Month: July 2012

purplish blue black and silver Giant Yukon 1998

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Year: 1998
Brand: Giant
Model: Yukon
Color:purplish blue black and silver
Size:17?
Stolen in Portland, OR 97214
Stolen:2012-07-19
Stolen From: NE Martin Luther King and NE Oregon St. Right across the street from the convention center
Owner: Kerry Rizzuti
OwnerEmail: kerryrizzuti@gmail.com
Reward: yes!
Description: Someone cut my bike lock and stole my bike. It is a purplish blue Giant Yukon mountain bike. It has a decal that says Cycle Sports on the top tube of the frame and a small bag was attached to the top frame also. It was aluminum with front shocks and a Bell brand seat with a cutout. Also the original air valve stem caps that were black and diamond shape were still on it. The back reflector was broke off a little and there was mounting hardware for a bike computer as well as a front light. It was stolen right outside of the convention center when I was attending OSCON. I have pictures of it to identify it.
Police record with: Portland
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Gray Stella Road Bike 1980

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Year: 1980
Brand: Stella
Model: Road Bike
Color:Gray
Stolen in Portland, OR 97214
Stolen:2012-07-14
Stolen From: My front porch where it was locked up to the house. 41st and SE Grant.
Neighborhood: Richmond (btwn Hawthorne and Division) off SE 41st
Owner: Marc Hakim
OwnerEmail: marchakim@gmail.com
Reward: Yes (negotiable) !
Description: Gray/Silver Stella Road Bike with a mix of original and newer components (front wheel a year old). Faded red handlebar grip and a black seat.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 12-154409
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Blue Peugeot Road Bike 1990’s

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Year: 1990’s
Brand: Peugeot
Model: Road Bike
Color:Blue
Size:52-56
Stolen in Portland, OR 97227
Stolen:2012-07-19
Stolen From: NW 13th and Gleason.
Neighborhood: Pearl
Owner: n/a
OwnerEmail: n/a
Description: Blue 90’s Peugeot road bike with white frayed fake leather handlebar wraping. There was a light mount on the front but I had a different light strapped to it. There was a water bottle mound that was slightly bent out of shape.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 12-154399
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

grey blue Trek Madone 5.9 carbon 2004

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Year: 2004
Brand: Trek
Model: Madone 5.9 carbon
Color:grey blue
Size:60cm
Serial:WL3138088
Photo: http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/s720x720/553931_10151089430886350_283173856_n.jpg
Stolen in Portland, OR 97203
Stolen:2012-07-19
Stolen From: Home near N Willamette Blvd & Woolsey. Off the back porch. Chain cut.
Neighborhood: Mock’s Crest.
Owner: Jesiah Martin
OwnerEmail: jesiah@gmail.com
Reward: Value of bike & dinner
Description: Self built (just finished yesterday!), not original parts.
Trek Madone 2004 carbon OCLV frame/fork with the aero tube. Gunmetal frame with blue & white accents.
Full Shimano 600 groupset parts. The newer "tri-color" kind. Down tube shifters and drop bar lever brakes. 53/39 front and 7-speed in the back.
King brand headset. Blue handlebar tape. Blue accent tires. Shimano aluminum wheels with black rims/spokes – no stickers. Has crappy black plastic cage pedals.
Previous owner claims 2005, but pretty sure that frame/color was 04?
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 12-154405
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Wanted: Your stories

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Graffiti tellin’ it like it is.
(Photo © J. Maus)

Hi everyone. Remember back in April when I put out the call for reader story submissions? It went really well. People responded with some very interesting perspectives on a range of issues from tragedy to “auto amputation” to a philosophical take on the separated vs. shared space debate.

If you missed out on that chance to have your story published, I’m opening the site up to submissions once again. (I’ll be out of town for the rest of July starting later today. I’ll still be publishing stories, but won’t be working full time). I’m looking for pretty much anything, as long as it has to do with bikes and it has some connection to the Portland region.

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red/orange Cannondale Road Warrior 800 2001

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Year: 2001
Brand: Cannondale
Model: Road Warrior 800
Color:red/orange
Size:56cm
Stolen in Portland, OR 97209
Stolen:2012-07-18
Stolen From: 20th place and burnside
Neighborhood: Northwest
Owner: Garrett Eickelberg
OwnerEmail: geickelb@gmail.com
Description: has a Nexride noseless saddle equipped on it, aswell as an obey sticker on the frame
Police record with: Portland PD
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

PSU research delves deeper into ‘Four types of cyclists’

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Roger Geller’s chart that started it all.

It’s been six-and-a-half years since Portland Bureau of Transportation bicycle coordinator Roger Geller first defined the “Four types of cyclists”. Geller’s insights proved to be groundbreaking and his definitions have stood the test of time. I frequently hear references about the need to attract more “Interested but concerned” riders at conferences all over the country and I read about them in articles in media large and small.

Now a noted bicycle researcher at Portland State University, Jennifer Dill, is working to learn more about the various types of riders. At the recent Velo-City conference in Vancouver B.C., she shared her research, Categorizing Cyclists: What Do We Know? Insights from Portland, OR (PDF). Now her work has been made public.

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Follow up: Bike accident/liability insurance now available for purchase

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At the end of May, we shared the news that Portland-based Better World Club was on the verge of offering comprehensive insurance for people who ride bicycles. Earlier this month they made it official: the new “BIKEon” insurance product is being billed as the, “first nationwide, comprehensive, and affordable accident and liability insurance for bicyclists.”

Here’s more from a company press release:

“The nation’s bicycle community is growing rapidly, and as more cyclists share the road with cars, trucks and other cyclists, there is greater likelihood of an accident. As a result, the demand for bicycle insurance has never been higher.”

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Bigwigs set to roll on 8th annual ‘Policymakers Ride’

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In 2010, the ride showed regional officials
just how bad the Interstate Bridge is for bikes.
(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland)

In the spirit of the ancient proverb: “Tell me and I forget; show me and I remember; involve me and I understand,” on Friday, dozens of Oregon and Southwest Washington’s most prominent politicians and powerful bureaucrats will hop on bikes for the eighth annual “Policymakers Ride.”

The invite-only ride, hatched in 2005 by staffers from Metro and Cycle Oregon, has grown considerably over the years. Its intent is simple: Instead of testifying to them at public meetings and writing them letters, get key decision makers onto a bike and show them the good, bad, and ugly of our regional bikeway and trail network (or what Metro calls “the Intertwine“.)

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Black w/ blue and white accents Kona Jake The Snake 2011

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Year: 2011
Brand: Kona
Model: Jake The Snake
Color:Black w/ blue and white accents
Size:59 cm
Serial:H1IZ25231
Photo: http://2011.konaworld.com/images/bikes/med/jake_the_snake.jpg
Stolen in Portland, OR 97202
Stolen:2012-07-17
Stolen From: SE Portland
Owner: Michael Page
OwnerEmail: m.s.page@gmail.com
Reward: Handsome.
Description: There is a Sellwood Cycle bike shop sticker between the cranks.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 12-154369
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Summer camp teaches next generation of trail riders, stewards

(Photos: Dan Kaufman/CrankMyChain! CycleTV)

The Northwest Trail Alliance recently wrapped up their first ever kids summer camp last week. The Portland-based non-profit teamed up with lots of local and national partners to put 20 kids on bikes (donated by the Bureau of Transportation) for the three-day camp to learn all the essential skills of off-road riding — including how to take care of trails and riding areas.

The kids ventured from the Ventura Park Pump Track and Powell Butte Nature Park in Portland, to the budding trail system that’s emerged at Sandy Ridge and Cascade Locks (in the Columbia River Gorge).

NWTA’s director of advocacy, Tom Archer called the camp a “huge success.”

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