Year: 2010
Brand: Ridley
Model: Dean
Color:white
Size:xs
Serial: 20875
Stolen in Portland, OR 92715
Stolen:2013-07-23
Neighborhood: Southeast
Owner: Mohammad Ayach
OwnerEmail: mayach(at sign)gmail.com
Reward: 1000
Description: 2010 Red/white/black Ridley Dean with black Fizik saddle and mavic cosmic elite rear wheel
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 1360856
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
Metropolis Cycle Repair (2249 N Williams Ave) was broken into last night, becoming just the latest in a long and steady stream of bike shop burglaries.
According to shop owner Nathan Roll, thieves took four bikes and “a few thousand dollars in tools and merchandise.” The Police have been at the store all morning to assess the damage and document the crime.
Roll has emailed all the other shops in town to keep an eye out for the merchandise and he’s hoping the larger community will help out too. He emailed us a list of the products that were stolen:
The Portland Police Bureau has a long history of working with the community to catch bike thieves and educate folks about how to prevent bikes from being stolen in the first place. Today, with summer cycling season in full swing, they’ve released a video and a statement about bike theft prevention and recovery. The main focus of their message: Know your serial number.
“The Division has hundreds of unclaimed bikes, due to owners not knowing their serial numbers,” reads their statement, “Only 34% of bike theft victims knew their bike’s serial number last year – making it harder for police to identify the bike recovered.”
“I respectfully disagree with you on the topic of traffic signals and support the dialogue on speed limits.”
— A good opening line to a blog comment.
I say it a lot in private conversations, but perhaps not enough here on the Front Page: I believe the most valuable part of BikePortland isn’t the words and pictures we share, but the comments that appear below them. Since the early days, the comments are what have given this site its mojo and they’re what has given me the excitement and energy to keep on blogging.
I could write a book about all my blog comment thoughts and practices, and all the crazy/amazing things that have happened in our comments section. But today, I just want to share one that was written a few days ago by a City of Portland staffer. And not just any staffer, one of a select few Division Managers who actually run things and make important decisions about transportation policy and projects in our city. Peter Koonce is the Manager of PBOT’s Signals, Street Lighting, & ITS (Intelligent Transportation Systems) Division. He is not only a national leader in how to make signals work better, he also “gets it” when it comes to engaging with the public he serves (and his personal, yet work-related blog isn’t too shabby either).
Year: 2006
Brand: Trek
Model: 1000 SL
Color:Orange/Yellow
Size:60 cm
Serial: SC75CU283
Stolen in Portland, OR
Stolen:2013-07-14
Stolen From: 1504 NE Broadway from the bike rack at TriMet stop #6843
Neighborhood: Lloyd District/Sullivan’s Gulch/Irvington
Owner: Betsy Price
OwnerEmail: bets.price(A T)gmail.com
Description: Women’s black Terry Butterfly seat, blue
Cateye wireless computer ltd ed from “Frostbike” convention in 2007, Shimano road pedals, two water bottle cages, Blackburn tire pump on bracket, seat pack that says “Helen’s Cycles”
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 13-154708
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
Year: 2011
Brand: Specialized
Model: Rockhopper Expert 29er
Color:Black/White
Size:17.5
Serial: WSBC602363020F
Photo: http://www.specialized.com/us/en/bikes/archive/2011/rockhopper/rhrockhopperexpert29er
Stolen in Eugene, OR 97477
Stolen:2013-07-19
Stolen From: Holiday Inn Express Eugene, Oregon.
Neighborhood: University area.
Owner: Kris Wolmar
OwnerEmail: kwolmar(AT)gmail.com
Reward: $100 and $100 to charity of choice.
Description: Shimano SPD pedals, Rockshox Tora fork.
Police record with: Eugene PD
Police reference#: T13001560
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
The nation’s smallest Target, which opened its doors on the west end of Portland’s downtown Wednesday, was happy to use bikes in their marketing campaign.
“I’m all for Target jumping on the bike bandwagon, but you’d think they’d put some parking in.”
— David Backes, customer
That makes sense — the store’s urban location and lack of free auto parking mean that the retail giant is banking on bikes to bring in plenty of its customers.
But making it easy to park a bike nearby? Maybe the site managers never got the memo.
Three days before its grand opening Sunday is expected to swamp the joint with bargain-hunters, bikes had already filled the three bike staples and all the sidewalk fixtures outside the new store at Southwest 10th Avenue and Morrison.
Job Title
Service Technician
Company/Organization
West End Bikes
Job Description
West End Bikes, located in downtown Portland, is looking for a Part-Time Service Technician.
Candidates must have prior shop experience, excellent mechanical and troubleshooting skills, task efficiency, a great attitude, and the ability to effectively communicate with customers and sales staff.
Check us out at westendbikespdx.com. We offer a fun, fast paced work environment with competitive wages.
How to Apply
Email your cover letter, resume, and salary history to: pjgill@westendbikespdx.com
Year: 2000
Brand: Specialized
Model: Sirius Sport
Color:Silver
Serial:PN118954
Stolen in Portland, OR 97203
Stolen:2013-07-26
Stolen From: From home, 7127 N Westanna Ave
Neighborhood: University Park
Owner: Darrell Fuhriman
OwnerEmail: darrell@garnix.org
Reward: 100
Description: Has a registration sticker from Centre County, PA #03470
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 13-155176
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
Southeast Portlanders are split over how to handle a big choice for the Lents area, surrounding the intersection of 92nd Avenue and Foster Road: keep Foster at its current four standard vehicle lanes, or cut it to three in order to add bike lanes and wider sidewalks?
Or, put another way: if a redesigned Foster Road needs to transition from three to four auto lanes somewhere, should that happen east of Lents, west of it, or two blocks from the middle of its commercial area?
The project’s Stakeholder Advisory Committee meets tonight to hash it out, so we thought it was time to get you up to speed about the options and hear from a few members of the committee…
Last week we told you that Portland Mayor Charlie Hales was rolling up his sleeves to improve road safety. Today he and Commissioner Steve Novick teamed up with the Portland Police Bureau to launch a key component of that effort.
Hales and Novick have ordered the PPB to blanket notoriously dangerous roads with enforcement resources. This “crackdown” on dangerous road users comes after what the City describes as “An unusually high number of traffic fatalities so far this year.” “The public needs to know driver awareness can help keep the roadways safe,” reads their official statement.