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- Marketing Coordinator – Cyclone Bicycle Supply
Month: August 2012
Black with mint green underneath Pake C’mut
Brand: Pake
Model: C’mut
Color:Black with mint green underneath
Photo: http://img803.imageshack.us/img803/1151/407906801027016f7337b.jpg
Stolen in Portland, OR 97214
Stolen:2012-08-9
Stolen From: SE Ash St. & 12th ave.
Neighborhood: Buckman
Owner: Trevis Hutsell
OwnerEmail: pocketone@tgmail.com
Reward: $200
Description: A low profile bike meant to NOT attract thieves. Spray painted matte black, with no logos on frame, chipped with mint green factory paint. Has a rack and fenders, all details black, seat, bar tape.
Recognizable components.
Shimano 600 Ultegra cranks,
Shimano 600 rear derailleur,
Exage 500EX front derailleur,
Bontrager Sport bars
Truvativ stem
8 Speed Shimano bar end shifters
Handbuilt rear Alexrims AT400 rim with a Shimano 600 hub
front is WTB rim on a Deore hub
Tektro brake levers
My phone number is 503.936.5301
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: T12006627
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
National mag says bikes part of Portland’s “economic renaissance”
It’s sort of a running national joke that while Portland might have its perks (great coffee, beer, biking, food, independent businesses, natural areas, and so on), our economy isn’t much to brag about. Portlandia’s “Where young people go to retire” joke was the punchline heard ’round the world.
But what if we turned all that great stuff into a foundation for a healthy local economy? Well, according to Slate Magazine’s “Moneybox” blogger and commentator Matthew Yglesias, who visited Portland last week, we have. In a blog post today titled, How Portland Got Its Groove Back: The city where “young people go to retire” is having an economic renaissance, with lessons for the rest of the country, Yglesias takes a close look at current economic indicators and determines that Portland is “now doing fine.”
Not only does Yglesias’s article feature a person on a bike in the lead photo, he directly includes our local bike industry and general bike-friendliness as one of the key reasons we’ve rebounded. Here’s an excerpt:
New bike counter tallies 7,432 Hawthorne Bridge bike trips on first day of operation
6,038 as of 7:49 pm last night.
(Photo © J. Maus/BikePorltand)
(Photo © J. Maus/BikePorltand)
Portland’s new bike counter had its first full day of operation yesterday and it logged 7,432 bike trips across the Hawthorne Bridge. That number is relatively close to 8,044, which is the average daily number of trips PBOT tallied in their official 2011 counts.
As the counter rolls out, I’m still learning more about it and clarifying some confusion surrounding it.
First, I want to share that contrary to what I understood from PBOT staff, the daily and annual bike trip data is available online. The company we purchased the counter from, Montreal-based Eco-Counter, has a website up for the Hawthorne Bridge counter which displays the data in a few different formats. (UPDATE: According to PBOT bike coordinator Roger Geller, the website is updated once a day at 2:00 am.)
Another big bike weekend on tap for Portland
What are you doing tomorrow night?
Why not hang out in a park and watch a bike race!?
(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
Why not hang out in a park and watch a bike race!?
(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
This weekend (starting tomorrow actually) will be yet another one full of fun for bike lovers in Portland. From big-time bike racing downtown; to live bands, beer and bikes at an outdoor festival; to one of the most anticipated rides on the calendar.
To help plan your weekend, I’ve highlighted a few of my favorites below…
Twilight Criterium – Friday at the North Park Blocks
Man suffers serious injuries in crash after hitting bumps on N Vancouver
Scene of this morning’s crash.
(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
This morning just before 8:00 am, a man crashed and fell off of his bicycle while riding south on N. Vancouver Avenue just north of Broadway.
white & grey Scott Scale50 2009
Year: 2009
Brand: Scott
Model: Scale50
Color:white & grey
Size:XXL
Serial:WSSP H8DB30104D
Photo: http://bikescore.co.uk/images/models/Scott/2009/scale_50_09/Main.jpg
Stolen in Portland, OR 97232
Stolen:2012-08-08
Stolen From: Oregon convention center main Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. entrance, 777 NE MLK Jr. Blvd.
Owner: Julian Ehlers
OwnerEmail: jaehlers@gmail.com
Reward: $300+huge thanks!
Description: Very big bike, Avid Juicy 3.5 disk brakes front and rear, Deore XT, white Rock Shox front, sticker on seat tube or bottom bracket area of down tube reads "Per P. Cykler, Snejbjerg", Evo brand slick back tire, knobby front, both blackwall. Scott brand handlebar, stem, and seat. Resin platform pedals.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 12-154823
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
metallic beige Trek Trike 2010
Year: 2010
Brand: Trek
Model: Trike
Color:metallic beige
Photo: /usr/home/bikes/public_html/temp/15500.jpg
Stolen in PORTLAND, OR 97212
Stolen:2012-08-08
Stolen From: Stolen from my driveway in the area of NE 14th & Failing Avenues.
Neighborhood: Sabin
Owner: Lisa Nybakken
OwnerEmail: lisachef67@yahoo.com
Reward: $100
Description: Trek adult trike with large leather seat and large basket at the rear.
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
Should ODOT install sharrows on the Oregon City bridge?
After requests by citizens, ODOT says they’re considering the possibility of sharrows on the Oregon City/West Linn Arch Bridge.
Openings, closings, expansions: A bike shop news roundup
Green Garage made a move.
(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
In a city with something like 70 bike shops, change is the only constant. With a few noteworthy happenings bouncing around my head recently, I figured it was time to round them all up into one post. If I miss anything, feel free to drop me a line and I’ll add it to a future roundup. Here goes…
A small move for Green Garage (now featuring billiards while you wait)
Green Garage (FB) is a small, one-man service shop on N. Interstate at Mississippi (across from Widmer Brewery). The other day I noticed his signs moved one door over so I peeked in to find out what was going on. Owner Bill Fasano says he moved into the space next door to get more room and get better organized (his previous space also got rented out by a medical marijuana business). The space he’s in now was a former bar and lounge so it has some interesting qualities. Besides the bar (which comes in handy for after-hours hanging out and events), Green Garage is now the only bike shop in Portland where you can play a few games of pool while your bike gets serviced.
Burnt Orange Raliegh R-One Rampor 1979
Year: 1979
Brand: Raliegh
Model: R-One Rampor
Color:Burnt Orange
Size:24 inch
Photo: sam bike
Stolen in Portland, OR 97202
Stolen:2012-08-06
Stolen From: 6205 SE 19th Avenue from the driveway.
Neighborhood: Sellwood/Moreland
Owner: Winn Baskow
OwnerEmail: winn2009@gmail.com
Reward: A Very happy teen boy
Description: 1979, Raleigh R-one Rampor, Burnt Orange, 12 speed. Black handle bar tape, no bike cage, regular pedals, tires have dry rot, matching front and back light set. Black electrical tape on brake cable.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: T12006580
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
Portland makes bikes count on the Hawthorne Bridge
Let the counting begin!
(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
From now on, people crossing the Hawthorne Bridge by bike will count. Literally. A new bike counter (a.k.a. the bicycle barometer) — the first of its kind in the United States — went live at midnight last night and at this morning’s press conference the number was already well over 2,000.
The event was a chance for the City of Portland to unveil the new counter; but the moment really belonged to Cycle Oregon, the local non-profit that gave the City $20,000 to make it a reality. (The idea for the counter came from PBOT Bike Coordinator Roger Geller. Read more background in our archives.)
Jonathan Nicholas, the former columnist for The Oregonian who co-founded Cycle Oregon, was on hand this morning. As usual, his words cut through the clutter and I think they’re worth sharing verbatim: