Brand: Origin8
Model: uno
Color:Grey
Stolen in Portland, OR 97214
Stolen:2012-12-18
Stolen From: SE 38th and Stephens
Neighborhood: Hawthorne
Owner: Flynn Casey
OwnerEmail: fcasey(AT)lclark.edu
Description: Grey single speed road bike with bull horn handle bars wrapped in white tape. New white break lines and brown leather seat.
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike
Brand: Maruishi
Color:black
Size:27″
Stolen in Portland, OR 97215
Stolen:2012-12-18
Stolen From: 44th and Division area
Neighborhood: Richmond/Hawthorne
Owner: Aaron Bach
OwnerEmail: bach.aaron.m(at sign)gmail.com
Description: Black road bike with ram horn style handlebars and green cloth tape.
Oregon’s State Scenic Bikeway program has really taken off in recent years. Routes have sprung up all over the state and they’re spurring economic development and providing people with great bike adventures. But so far, none of them are very close to Portland.
Now comes word from the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department that there’s a proposal on the table to designate a new scenic bikeway that would be relatively close to Portland and would begin just south of Hillsboro.
The Portland Police Bureau have issued a citation to the person who was driving their car and failed to stop in time to avoid a man who was stopped in front of them on his bicycle. The man on the bike was pulling his son behind him in a child trailer and it was crumpled under the car’s bumper.
The collision happened on the evening of November 29th while a man on a bike was on SE 60th waiting at the red light on SE Division. Thankfully, the low-speed collision resulted in only minor cuts and bruises to both the man and his four year-old son. Even so, it has sparked a lively discussion about the safety of biking with children.
Year: 2012
Brand: Felt
Model: F75X
Color:Blue
Photo: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=446371295429299&set=a.103926156340483.5670.101359529930479&type=1&theater
Stolen in Portland, OR 97211
Stolen:2012-12-15
Stolen From: NE17th Dekum
Neighborhood: Woodlawn Neighborhood
Owner: Jason Miranda
OwnerEmail: jason(at sign)trustyswitchblade.com
Description: Felt 2012 Felt F75X
• Blue / Black mostly stock
• Thompson seat post with Selle SMP saddle
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
Hey folks, I’m down in California on a holiday road trip, visiting family from Arcata to Cypress (in northern Orange County). Hope all is well up in Portland. I hear you’re having a winter storm? Well, it’s not exactly warm and sunny down here if it makes you feel any better. If you need help getting caught up on cool and noteworthy links that popped up in the last week, check out the list below…
— Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel spoke at a press conference for the opening of new protected bike lanes on Dearborn Street. Back on the 4th, I wrote about what a big deal this project is and it turns out that someone on Emanuel’s staff shared our story with him. Here’s what the mayor said at the opening event (as reported by Grid Chicago):
Year: 2009
Brand: Schwinn
Model: Road, touring
Color:BLUE
Size:58 MM
Photo: http://i.imgur.com/QcrdA.jpg
Stolen in Milwaukie, OR 97222
Stolen:2012-10-20
Stolen From: Bike was stored inside garage.
Neighborhood: SE Milwaukie,
Owner: Tomas Tortuga
OwnerEmail: kaziertm(replace with at sign)gmail.com
Description: Bike had front and rear racks, tool kit on seat, hand pump, 2 water bottles, new rear tire. Just rode cross country from Madison, Wisconsin. Foot pedals in need of replacement.
Police record with: None filed
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike
Year: 2005
Brand: Redline
Model: 17X24
Color:red,blk
Size:24 in
Serial: HP0206143
Stolen in Portland, OR 97236
Stolen:2012-07-14
Stolen From: This bike was in our gated back yard. someone moved the recycle bin, open back gate, and took only this bike. Between Powell and
Division
Neighborhood: Centennial
Owner: Dawn Imlay
OwnerEmail: tenznuff(AT)comcast.net
Description: I just found our bike purchase registration and thought it might be worth it to report this theft.
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
Year: 1992
Brand: Marin
Model: Sausalito Hybrid
Color:Gray
Photo: /home/sbr/public_html/temp/17426.jpg
Stolen in Portland, OR 97215
Stolen:2012-12-11
Stolen From: From our backyard at SE 52nd and Salmon.
Neighborhood: Mt Tabor
Owner: Shannon Rhoads
OwnerEmail: shannon.rhoads@yahoo.com
Description: Bike is painted with a dark gray coarse coating that reminds me of teflon. There is an American flag decal and a Sausalito decal on frame in addition to Marin. Bike had a gel seat, kickstand and a bike rack in the back. 503-332-6530 .
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 12-108500
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
A reader sent us a note recently about a traffic situation that I feel could use more community awareness and discussion. It has to do with stopping for people who are waiting to walk across the street. Oregon law (ORS 811.028) clearly states that if you see a person waiting to cross an intersection at a corner, and you’re able to do so in time, you must stop and let them cross. (UPDATE: To clarify, the law says you must only stop if the person extends their body/bike/cane/stroller into the intersection.)
But what if you’re on your bike and you’re afraid that people behind you in cars (or on bikes for that matter) might not stop and that they’d run into you? That’s a sensation I can relate to. It’s also one that reader Chris S. felt compelled to email us about. Here’s what he wrote:
Year: 2007
Brand: Trek
Model: 1.2
Color:White/Blue Pink Handlebars
Size:54cm
Serial: WTU20300153C
Photo: http://www.trekbikes.com/images/bikes/2008/xl/12wsd_whiteblue.jpg
Stolen in El Cerrito, CA 94706
Stolen:2012-12-12
Stolen From: Bike rack outside El Cerrito Plaza BART Station. U-locked outside during business hours.
Owner: Veena Patel
OwnerEmail: VeenaIPatel(at sign)gmail.com
Reward: TBD
Description: White and baby blue Trek cycle with white seat (slighty torn) and light pink handle bars. Stickers – Freewheeling Bicycles and Iowa City PD Registration.
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
Many people ride with bike bells; but the truth is, in the midst of traffic they are not nearly loud enough to be heard inside the cabin of a car or truck. That’s a problem that Toren Orzeck of Fuse, a product design firm located in southeast Portland, wanted to fix. “I’m not the best biker,” he said when I met him at his shop back in September, “but I love to solve problems.”
The “Orp” — which went live on Kickstarter today — is Orzeck’s solution. Orzeck is a former designer for GE Plastics and Nike whose brain seems to never stop working. He started thinking about the bike horn idea after the tragic, right-hook deaths of Tracey Sparling and Brett Jarolimek in October 2007. He felt an even greater urgency to solve this problem when, in summer of 2008, the gas-price induced bike boom got him and his employees on their bikes.
“I thought, there’s got to be a way to make bikes more visible — or maybe more hearable.”