Month: June 2013

Blue/White Cannondale SuperSix3 2010

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Year: 2010
Brand: Cannondale
Model: SuperSix3
Color:Blue/White
Size:50CM
Serial: XM34040
Stolen in Portland, OR 97209
Stolen:2013-06-26
Stolen From: Stolen from REI Parking garage 15th & Johnson
Neighborhood: Pearl District
Owner: Scott Ryan
OwnerEmail: scottryan513(AT)gmail.com
Description: Cannondale SuperSix 3, White Cobb Saddle, Look Carbon Fiber Bottle Cages, Look Carbon Pedals, Barfly GPS Mount), etc
Police record with: Portland
Police reference#: T13005555
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Light Green All City Nature Boy 2012

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Year: 2012
Brand: All City
Model: Nature Boy
Color:Light Green
Serial: m10050107
Stolen in Portland, OR
Stolen:2013-06-24
Stolen From: Lloyd Center Mall
Owner: richard barakat
OwnerEmail: bear31251(at sign)aol.com
Description: Light green with green Chris King headset, cage pedals with toe clips, black saddle, straight bar with brown leather grips
Police record with: Filed
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Blue Specialized Globe Daily 2 2011

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Year: 2011
Brand: Specialized
Model: Globe Daily 2
Color:Blue
Size:Medium
Serial: WSBC606047327F
Stolen in Portland, OR 97211
Stolen:2013-06-23
Stolen From: NE Garfield and NE Wygant. It was stolen out of the canopy of my locked truck.
Neighborhood: Alberta Arts district
Owner: Erin Ehly
OwnerEmail: erinehly(at sign)yahoo.com
Description: The handlebar ends stand out, as they are stitched leather (tan colored). Otherwise, it is rather plain looking all blue colored bike. Regular men’s frame, not a step-through.
Police record with: Police PD
Police reference#: 13-154020
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Graphite Satin/Red Specialized Allez 2013

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Year: 2013
Brand: Specialized
Model: Allez
Color:Graphite Satin/Red
Size:54
Serial: WSBC606004852H
Photo: http://i.imgur.com/fLBnC1S.jpg
Stolen in Portland, OR 97225
Stolen:2013-06-25
Stolen From: PSU Miller Library, right most rack
1875 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR 97201
Neighborhood: PSU
Owner: Paramintr Tienpasertkij
OwnerEmail: igenius.id22.5588(at sign)gmail.com
Description: Bike description:
2013 Specialized Allez Elite
Graphite Black/Satin with red stripes
Seat post has gold sharpie marking on it
Fulcrum Racing 6 Wheels with Continental GP4000S tires
Police record with: Portland PD and PSU Campus Police
Police reference#: T13005546, 13-000864
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

matte black Kildemoes (Danish brand) Logic (pretty sure) 2008

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Year: 2008
Brand: Kildemoes (Danish brand)
Model: Logic (pretty sure)
Color:matte black
Size:medium frame
Stolen in Portland, OR 97212
Stolen:2013-06-25
Stolen From: NE Stanton and NE Rodney, back yard.
Neighborhood: Eliot
Owner: Michelle Fredette
OwnerEmail: michelle_fredette(replace with at sign)hotmail.com
Description: 8 speed Kildemoes Logic, disc brakes, back wheel has Danish between the spokes lock.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 13-51975
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

Crater Lake official: Make carfree Rim Drive an annual event – UPDATED

Carl Larson drove down from Portland
to take advantage of a carfree Rim Drive.
(Photo: Emily Wilson)

The legendary Rim Drive around Crater Lake was officially carfree for the first time ever this past weekend. And even though the official announcement gave folks just a few days notice, it appears many people showed up to ride one of the most scenic roads in America in total silence and comfort.

Yesterday we got an email from Crater Lake National Park Superintendent Craig Ackerman. He shared that “a large number of cyclists” took advantage of this rare opportunity. Ackerman also said he’d like to expand the carfree designation in future years.

“We are very much interested in making this an annual event,” Ackerman wrote, “and will contemplate making it a longer opportunity if possible.”

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Exploring the ‘Oregon Outback’ by bike

Plentiful marshes flush with waterfowl in the Sprague River Valley

Plentiful marshes flush with waterfowl in the Sprague River Valley.
(Photos by Gabriel Amadeus)

Please join us in welcoming this special contribution from Portland-based graphic designer, tall bike builder, photographer and consummate adventurer Gabriel Amadeus. Gabe’s inspiring story and photos are brought to you in part by Treo Bike Tours, eastern Oregon’s new gravel and road-riding destination.

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Governor’s new transportation policy advisor seen as good for bicycling

bike legislation discussion at PDOT

Kitzhaber’s incoming transportation policy advisor, Karmen Fore,
speaking at a 2007 event on bicycle legislation.
(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland)

Governor Kitzhaber announced yesterday that Karmen Fore will be his new transportation policy advisor. Fore will leave her post as deputy chief of staff to Congressman Peter DeFazio and report for work in Salem on July 1st.

Fore brings a deep well of experience and knowledge about transportation issues to her new role. Not only is Rep. DeFazio a senior member of the powerful House Transportation & Infrastructure committee and ranking member of the Highways & Transit Subcommittee, Fore was his senior advisor to that committee. It’s worth noting that Rep. DeFazio is one of bicycling’s biggest champions on Capitol Hill (and its only former bike mechanic, as he’s fond of pointing out). Fore has been present at meetings with the Oregon delegation during many past years of the National Bike Summit. In 2007, Fore was guest speaker — along with former Bicycle Transportation Alliance Executive Director Scott Bricker — at an event hosted by the Portland Bureau of Transportation.

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A few more thoughts and photos on new Skidmore Street bike lanes

New bike lanes on Skidmore-4

Completed striping on Skidmore.
(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)

As we reported yesterday, PBOT has just installed bike lanes on a short stretch of North Skidmore Street. They go from Michigan Ave to Maryland Ave (one block east of Interstate). When I went by yesterday morning they hadn’t finished applying all the striping into the buffer zone, so I wanted to share some updated photos. I also wanted to address a few things that came up in the comments to yesterday’s story.

First, here are a few more photos of the completed lanes…

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Navy Marin Hybrid 2008

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Year: 2008
Brand: Marin
Model: Hybrid
Color:Navy
Stolen in Portland, OR 97217
Stolen:2013-06-25
Stolen From: Inside my locked garage, Lombard & Vancouver area.
Neighborhood: Piedmont
Owner: Audrey Burkhardt
OwnerEmail: audreylburkhardt(at sign)gmail.com
Description: If it hasn’t been stripped down it has black fenders, black rear rack, and blue milk crate. Shimano pedals half platform/half SPD.
Police record with: PPD
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

white Trek 1.5 2010

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Year: 2010
Brand: Trek
Model: 1.5
Color:white
Size:54
Serial:WTU108C2218D
Stolen in Portland, OR 97217
Stolen:2013-06-25
Stolen From: Inside my locked garage, Lombard & Vancouver area.
Neighborhood: Piedmont
Owner: Audrey Burkhardt
OwnerEmail: audreylburkhardt@gmail.com
Description: Red & black writing, white handlebar tape, tape & components a little scuffed on the right side where I slid out. SPD pedals.
Police record with: PPD
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

94% of bike riders wait at red lights, study finds

Wait up? Most people do.
(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland)

We’ve all met that person who can’t seem to talk about bikes without complaining about “the cyclists” who are “always running” red lights.

Next time you cross paths with them, you might want to mention a new study suggesting that speeding in a car on local streets is at least six times more common than running a red light on a bike.

Nearly 94 percent of people riding bikes in Portland, Beaverton, Corvallis and Eugene stopped for red lights, a forthcoming Portland State University-based study of 2,026 intersection crossing videos has found. Of those, almost all (89 percent of the total) followed the rules perfectly, while another 4 percent entered the intersection just before the light changed to green.

Only 6 percent of riders were observed heading directly through the red light.

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