🚨 Please note that BikePortland slows down during this time of year as I have family in town and just need a break! Please don't expect typical volume of news stories and content. I'll be back in regular form after the new year. Thanks. - Jonathan 🙏
Year: 1979
Brand: Schwinn
Color:Black
Photo: http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/9053/76464424.jpg
Stolen in 97202, OR
Stolen:2012-05-15
Stolen From: 3737 SE Brooklyn St. out of our laundry room!
Neighborhood: Richmond
Owner: Ben Maciariello
OwnerEmail: benmaciariello@gmail.com
Description: Black Schwinn bike with yellow dropbars.
Police record with: Portland, PD
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
Portland resident Chris Chapman has launched a new cycling apparel brand called, “It’s in my Heart“. The business is just getting off the ground; but Chapman, a former brand manager at Castelli/Sportful, says he’s already got orders flowing in from all of Portland’s major bike shops as well as the Made in Oregon store and REI.
Chapman has licensed the well-known heart artwork from Portlander Chris Bucci. Bucci is the man who became something of a local celebrity for his ubiquitous stickers and hats with a simple green heart inside an outline of the state of Oregon.
Chapman plans to take that design and use it to create jerseys, hats, socks and other cycling apparel items for all 50 states. He’s starting locally; but he’ll make a national launch at the Interbike trade show this fall.
Job Title
Bicycle Mechanic
Company/Organization
Western Bike Works
Job Description
Looking for professional bike mechanic with a minimum of 3 years experience to work in a fast-paced NW shop.
Experience with high-end bikes.
Detail oriented.
Self-starter.
Exceptional customer service and ability to multi-task seamlessly.
All types of bikes, hydraulic brake experience and fork suspension rebuilds preferred.
How to Apply
Email resume and cover letter to: joelt@velotech.com
Please note: I’ve posted an updated version of this animation that is much more detailed.
Portland’s bike network was not built overnight. Most of our bike-specific infrastructure was built in the mid to late 1990s, but it really started in the early ’80s. About seven years ago (before many of you even knew about BikePortland), I stitched together an animation showing how Portland’s bike network has evolved.
Yesterday, something on Twitter sparked my memory of the animation, so I shared it again. Given how it has spread overnight, I figured many folks might be interested in seeing it again (or for the first time). The animation shows the spread of bike-specific infrastructure in Portland from 1980 through 2005 (and then into the future) in five year increments. Check it out:
To all of our readers in Portland and Oregon (which is just over half of our audience by the way), your ballots are due by 8:00 pm tonight. There really is no good reason to sit this one out, so if you haven’t mailed in your ballot yet, check out BallotDrop.org for a location near you.
In Portland, we’ve got a tight race for Mayor that could very likely be decided by who shows up. The most recent OPB poll shows that Charlie Hales has surged into the lead with 32% of the vote, Jefferson Smith getting 24%, and Eileen Brady dropping seven percentage points in just one month to come in third with 16%. Remember, a candidate must get over 50% of the vote to avoid a runoff in November.
Year: 2005
Brand: specialized
Model: s works
Color:red and white
Size:size 58
Serial:A31202719
Stolen in Portland, OR 97202
Stolen:2012-05-14
Stolen From: Beer mongers at the corner of se 12th and division.
Owner: carlos saldana
OwnerEmail: chuckjsaldana@yahoo.com
Reward: 200.00
Description: Red white specialized s-works, has black with yellow lettering kona fork, silver sks fenders, silver mavic ksyrium sl wheels, black fizik arione dura ace compontents.
Police record with: portland pd
Police reference#: 12-41189
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
Year: 2001
Brand: Raleigh
Model: Hybrid 21 Speed
Color:Red
Size:Womens
Stolen in Portland, OR 97211
Stolen:2012-05-12
Stolen From: It was stolen from Grant Park. It was locked up in front of the Pool entrance. Last seen Fri eve 5/11/12.
Neighborhood: Grant Park
Owner: katrina stoner
OwnerEmail: ckjctstoner@gmail.com
Reward: 50
Description: Does not have original seat. More narrow “BIKE” brand seat. The chain is rusty.
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
Year: 2010
Brand: Soma
Model: Smoothie ES
Color:Blue
Size:54 cm
Serial:TJT9D00246
Stolen in Portland, OR 97211
Stolen:2012-05-14
Stolen From: Stolen from the rack in front of the Grand Central Bakery offices on 2249 NW York St.
Neighborhood: Industrial Northwest
Owner: Claire Randall
OwnerEmail: c.randall@grandcentralbaking.com
Reward: $100
Description: Reward available. Deep pretty blue with white Soma logo. Black handle bar tape and black rear rack.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 12-152962
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
Sunday Parkways got off to a great start yesterday as throngs of Portlanders enjoyed the warm sun and rolled through eight miles of carfree northeast neighborhoods.
CycloFemme — a global ride to honor, celebrate, and empower women — rolled through Northeast Portland during Sunday Parkways yesterday. Women of all shapes, sizes, ages and ethnicities met at Woodlawn Park, attached blue balloons to their bikes, attached “Women on Wheels” sashes over their skirts and dresses, got a souvenir CycloFemme tattoo and listened to an inspiring welcome by City of Portland staffer Janis McDonald:
“We are here to honor the women of yesterday who fought for our equality; to celebrate the women of today who make bicycling more mainstream in Portland; and to empower the women of tomorrow to take our momentum and make bicycling accessible to every woman and girls.”
On Saturday night, the Oregon Department of Transportation installed sharrows and new signs on the St. Johns Bridge. Their “St. Johns Bridge Safety Awareness Project” was done in order to, “encourage motorists to be aware that the bridge and roadway is a shared facility and that bicyclists may opt to travel on the roadway.”
They have placed eight sharrows in each direction, as well as adding two new “Bicycles on Roadway” signs mid-span. They also moved an existing sign at the westbound entry to a more visible location because it was partially blocked by a speed sign.
I rolled out to see everything myself this morning. My impression is that, while it’s nice to see ODOT acknowledge the bike access problems on this bridge, these sharrows and signs do not make this a more pleasant place to ride. Then again, that was not ODOT’s mission. As the name of the project implies, the new markings and signs will only increase awareness that people have the legal right to ride bicycles on the bridge. That’s helpful, but it’s a far cry from what should be the ultimate goal — to make the bridge a more viable (and less stressful) option for people on bicycles.