Month: August 2012

White Fuji Roubaix 2.0 2011

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Year: 2011
Brand: Fuji
Model: Roubaix 2.0
Color:White
Size:56
Serial: SICFJ11I01091
Stolen in Portland, OR 97239
Stolen:2012-08-11
Stolen From: My bike was stolen along with my friends right outside the PSU rec center. They were both chained to a bike rack.
Neighborhood: PSU Campus
Owner: Matthew Willers
OwnerEmail: mwillers@pdx.edu
Reward: A few good beers
Description: My bike is a white Fuji road bike with white wheels. It has a small computer mounted on the handlebar and I’ve taken the reflectors off the bike.
Police record with: Campus Police
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Custard Felt Curbside 2009

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Year: 2009
Brand: Felt
Model: Curbside
Color:Custard
Serial: S9IKOI939
Stolen in Portland, OR 97213
Stolen:2012-08-9
Stolen From: In front of Vintage by the Pound on MLK and Knott st
Neighborhood: NE
Owner: Anthony Russell
OwnerEmail: russell.anthony@yahoo.com
Reward: What ever I have.
Description: Very pretty, suede seat and grips. White rims and straight bars
Police record with: Portland
Police reference#: 12-69868
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Dark Gray Kona Sutra 2006

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Year: 2006
Brand: Kona
Model: Sutra
Color:Dark Gray
Size:58 CM
Serial: H5C15007
Stolen in Portland, OR
Stolen:2012-08-10
Stolen From: Bike stolen from NW Couch and NW Broadway sidewalk bike rack sometime between 7-9pm, while watching the Twilight Criterium.
Neighborhood: N Park Blocks/Chinatown
Owner: Jeff Castro
OwnerEmail: jbcstro@gmail.com
Reward: $500
Description: 2006 Kona Sutra Touring Bike: Dark Gray in Color, Disk Brakes, Silver Mavic Wheels, Planet Bike Fenders: Black, Black Tubus Rear Rack. Cane Creek Bar Top brake levers, Syncros Stem. One bar end flasher and front and rear Cat Eye flasher lights.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: pending
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Black Cannondale Bad Boy 2007

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Year: 2007
Brand: Cannondale
Model: Bad Boy
Color:Black
Stolen in Portland, OR 97215
Stolen:2012-08-11
Stolen From: SE 72nd/Division
Owner: Ruthie Petty
OwnerEmail: ruthie@ruthiemacha.com
Description: New brakes, rack and panier on the back, lights front and back, odometer and bell on handlebars, tire pump and bottle holder attached to frame. Was taken with aqua helmet, gloves and bike lock.
Police record with: PDX
Police reference#: 12-154879
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

To prevent right-hooks, PBOT will take bold step and close Wheeler Ave

PBOT’s Greg Raisman shares plans for Broadway/Wheeler.
(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)

The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) has announced plans to close auto access on N Wheeler Avenue where it intersects with Broadway. The surprise announcement — nothing short of a bold attempt to prevent right-hook collisions — was made at a special meeting of neighborhood reps, ODOT, and other stakeholders at the City of Portland building earlier today. The meeting was called to discuss “immediate” steps to improve what PBOT (and many others) see as an urgent safety issue: Right-hook collisions at N. Broadway and Wheeler.

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White Peugeot Corbier P4 1986

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Year: 1986
Brand: Peugeot
Model: Corbier P4
Color:White
Serial: Y603 4(6 or 8) 231
Stolen in Portland, OR 97202
Stolen:2012-08-9
Stolen From: My apartment SE 23rd and Division
Neighborhood: Clinton
Owner: Justin Warber
OwnerEmail: justwarber@gmail.com
Reward: $150
Description: White Peugeot that has many upgraded parts (mostly black) including bull horn handlebars. It is a single speed with a flip flop hub (fixie)
Police record with: PPD
Police reference#: T12006649
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Black Giant Iguana

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Brand: Giant
Model: Iguana
Color:Black
Size:19
Serial:70274
Stolen in Portland, OR 97212
Stolen:2012-08-10
Stolen From: NE 6th Ave between NE Shaver and NE Failing
Neighborhood: NorthEast portland
Owner: Aaron Altman
OwnerEmail: lovecontext@hotmail.com
Reward: Yes
Description: Black frame, 27 speeds, silver friction gear shifts in center of handlebars, black cork wrapped drop handlebars, black duel-layer Super Tourist back-rack, Planet Bike brand seat, 26×1.75 wheels, front and back black fenders, purple clip on front holding brake line in place, two bottle cages
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 12-154862
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

29 bikes stolen from non-profit Bike Clark County in Vancouver

The stolen bikes.
(Photo: Vancouver PD)

Yesterday afternoon, Vancouver Police responded to a burglary and theft call at the Hough Pool/Recreation Center and discovered 29 bicycles had been stolen. The bikes were used by the non-profit Bike Clark County to teach kids bike safety and were being stored in the rec center prior to the theft.

Now the Vancouver PD — and the entire community — is on the lookout for the bikes. According to the VPD, the bikes were mostly silver in color with only a few solid blue bicycles. The brand of bikes is “MTX” and the words ‘two twenty five’ is part of the logo. Anyone with information on this burglary and theft is asked to contact the Vancouver Police Department West Neighborhood Response Team Detective Adam Millard at (360) 487-7449.

Below are a few more detail shots of the bikes (images courtesy of VPD):

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yellow & white Kastle Tour Montagne unk

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Year: unk
Brand: Kastle
Model: Tour Montagne
Color:yellow & white
Serial:FS801130
Stolen in Portland, OR 97203
Stolen:2012-08-10
Stolen From: University of Portland, the racks in front of Kenna Hall. 5000 N Willamette Blvd.
Neighborhood: Portsmouth/St. Johns
Owner: Abi Stokes
OwnerEmail: abistokes@gmail.com
Description: The bike was a white & yellow Kastle hybrid (male bike), serial
#FS801130 (hard to read the number). It had plastic fenders, a
speedometer, a black metal water bottle holster, and a plastic light
mount; and a red rear reflector under the seat. It also was registered at
University of Portland, and had a sticker on the front, registration
#2204.
Police record with: Portland PD, Public Safety
Police reference#: 12-154861
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

The BTA releases status report on ’05 ‘Blueprint’; launches new effort

BTA Annual meeting-1

BTA Board Chair Stephen Gomez at
their annual member meeting
Wednesday night.
(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)

At their annual meeting Wednesday night, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) launched an effort to identify and prioritize a list of projects that will update their ‘Blueprint for Better Bicycling.’ The BTA’s first Blueprint, a report that identified a list of their top 40 infrastructure projects around the region, was released nearly seven years ago.

Along with announcing the start of a process to develop a new Blueprint report, the BTA offered an update on how those projects have fared since 2005. Addressing the crowd of members as they milled around the Portland Art Museum Sculpture Garden dining on tacos and beer (served by bike by Taco Pedaler and the Hopworks Beer Bike), BTA Board Director Stephen Gomez reflected on the 2005 project list. “I can’t say we’ve had success with everything on this list. But the list, it really matters.”

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Black and Yellow Gary Fischer Mountain Bike 2004

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Year: 2004
Brand: Gary Fischer
Model: Mountain Bike
Color:Black and Yellow
Photo: http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/5462/sroost027.jpg
Stolen in Portland, OR 97202
Stolen:2012-08-10
Stolen From: 31st and Division, lobby of apartment building
Neighborhood: Division/Clinton
Owner: Marta Lewis
OwnerEmail: marta.e.lewis@gmail.com
Reward: 75
Description: Older Gary Fischer Mt. Bike, black and yellow, well used, plastic covers over gears cracked and breaking off. U-lock bracket attached to main frame of bike.
Police record with: Portland Police
Police reference#: 12-69498
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Riverview property holds major mountain biking potential

Riding and working at Riverview property-6

Volunteers gathered at the Riverview property
for a work party yesterday.
(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)

Yesterday I rolled out to southwest Portland to get a closer look at the Riverview property — and I am now even more optimistic about its potential as a riding area. Riverview could become what is now major missing element of Portland’s bicycling ecosystem — a fun place to ride singletrack that doesn’t require two hours of driving.

The City of Portland purchased the 146 acre parcel from Riverview Cemetery back in May. The property is in a heavily wooded area bordered by Lewis & Clark College (to the south), the cemetery (to the north), Highway 43 (to the east), and SW Palatine Hill Road (to the west). For years, the land has been used by nearby residents, Lewis & Clark College students, people without homes, and people who weren’t afraid to ride their mountain bikes on the technical, steep, and private trails (thankfully, trespassing laws were never enforced by the owners).

Now that it’s owned by the City, Riverview is no longer a secret.

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