🚨

6/20: Hello readers and friends. I am having my second (of two) total knee replacement surgeries today so I'll be out of commission for a bit while I recover. Please be patient while I get back to full health. I hope to be back to posting as soon as I can. I look forward to getting back out there. 🙏. - Jonathan Maus, BikePortland Publisher and Editor

Yellow 1950s

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Year: 1950s
Color:Yellow
Size:Folding
Photo: http://instagram.com/p/czmWlQsRQG/
Stolen in Portland, OR 97214
Stolen:2013-09-12
Stolen From: SE Cesar Chavez and Lincoln
Neighborhood: Richmond
Owner: Joe Biel
OwnerEmail: joe(replace with at sign)microcosmpublishing.com
Description: Old bright yellow folding bike, with stripes around the frame (model and brand not in English). Yellow rear rack built into frame. Extra long cranks. Stinger bars. Brand new tires. 20″ wheels.
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Completing the Coast Route – North Bend to Brookings

People's Coast Classic Day Five-43

Exploring the coastline in Cape Blanco State Park.
(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)

I’m back in Portland now, but I’ve still still got 114 stunning miles of the Oregon Coast Bike Route to share. We didn’t have any connection to the outside world on our last night in Arizona Beach on Thursday night. Then yesterday, after our final, 50-mile final day on The People’s Coast Classic, we had to hustle into a shuttle bus in Brookings in order to get back to Portland at a respectable hour.

So below are my photos and a few thoughts from the last two days of the ride…

Read more

Silver Trek 7.2 FX WSD 2012

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Year: 2012
Brand: Trek
Model: 7.2 FX WSD
Color:Silver
Size:20 inch?
Serial: SWTUO95C7429G
Stolen in Portland, OR 97232
Stolen:2013-09-13
Stolen From: Lloyd Center, on Multnomah, bike racks at Macy’s.
Neighborhood: NE
Owner: Carolynn Duncan
OwnerEmail: duncan.carolynn(A T)gmail.com
Description: Silver women’s Trek 7.2 with teal and white striping. Bike pump, red light no front light. Water bottle holder + Bike Gallery water bottle, 2 stickers – World Naked Bike Ride, Bike Gallery. Custom handles.
Police record with: Portland PD
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Job: Bicycle Mechanics Instructor – United Bicycle Institute

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Job Title
Bicycle Mechanics Instructor

Company/Organization
United Bicycle Institute

Job Description
United Bicycle Institute is seeking a bicycle mechanics instructor for UBI’s Portland location. We are looking for a mature, dynamic, enthusiastic person who wants to join an innovative, growing company.

You must have:

* A minimum of five years experience as a professional bicycle mechanic
* Demonstrated public speaking, teaching or coaching experience
* Extensive knowledge of the bicycle industry and current bicycle products
* A deep commitment to customer service
* A strong work ethic
* The ability to work as a member of a team and work well with students from a wide variety of cultures, backgrounds and experience levels
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Basic computer skills
* A strong desire to grow your skills and stay current with industry trends and new technologies

Experience working for a major industry manufacturer, distributor or fabricator, familiarity with frame building, solid experience with suspension technology, and/or social media marketing skills are all a big plus.

UBI provides competitive wages as well as company-paid health and retirement benefits.

How to Apply
To apply please e-mail a resume, three professional references and cover letter by October 4 to:
employment@bikeschool.com
No phone calls, please.

PSU traffic engineer adds new criticism of ODOT’s Barbur analysis

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward
PSU transpo researcher Chris Monsere

PSU’s Chris Monsere in 2010.
(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)

Two days after a Metro engineer publicly called out the Oregon Department of Transportation for allegedly misrepresenting traffic data in a memo that sidelined a bike safety proposal for Southwest Barbur, another expert is adding new skepticism.

The latest critic is Chris Monsere, a Portland State University associate professor and nationally recognized expert in the effects of restriping roads to reduce auto travel lanes. In addition to questioning ODOT’s conclusions, Monsere questioned the agency’s priorities and said he was “disappointed in the way the analysis is framed.”

“Vehicle speeds are way too high on Barbur, safety is poor, and bicycle / ped accommodation is substandard,” Monsere writes. “Road diets have generally been shown to improve safety for all users. Motor vehicle delay at the peak hour shouldn’t be only decision variable.”

Read more

brown Black Mountain 2011

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Year: 2011
Brand: Black Mountain
Color:brown
Size:59 cm
Serial: HMW1H0038
Stolen in Portland, OR 97214
Stolen:2013-09-13
Stolen From: Bike rack at approximately 2500 E. Burnside (south side of street)
Neighborhood: Kearns
Owner: Joe Walsh
OwnerEmail: joe.walshpdx( atsign )gmail.com
Reward: Yes
Description: Brown bike, green rack, mustache handlebars.

Black Mountain Bicycle
Police record with: Portland
Police reference#: T13009087
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Blue and yellow Murray Eagle River BAJA M-U

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Brand: Murray
Model: Eagle River BAJA M-U
Color:Blue and yellow
Size:Adult
Photo: http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/charliemc/608350/787922/787922_original.jpg
Stolen in Portland, OR 97217
Stolen:2013-09-12
Stolen From: The bike was taken from the garage of our house, located on Washburne AVE in North Portland.
Neighborhood: Kenton
Owner: Charlie M. Clint
OwnerEmail: charliec(AT)rosefestival.org
Reward: $100
Description: This is an OLD mountain bike with several additions over the years, including a kickstand, folding metal baskets (saddlebags), lights, a bell, stronger wheels, a rear bumper and over-sized padded seat. I’m offering a reward of $100 for return of the bike. I can reached at: 503.286.5455
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 13-77224
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

Green Zebra Grocery wants to be the bike-friendly Plaid Pantry

Green Zebra CEO Sedlar wears a pink hardhat on site. Like a boss.
(Photos © M.Andersen/BikePortland)
real estate beat logo

Lisa Sedlar is on a mission to do for the Portland mini-mart what Burgerville did for fast food and New Seasons did for grocery stores.

Her plan starts in North Portland next month and is intended to expand to Southeast soon after.

Here’s what the plan looks like: A huge, curving salad bar area at the front of the room, with fresh grab-and-go sandwiches, four cook-from-scratch soups and freshly cooked Indian food. A “microroast coffee of the week.” A meat department that includes grass-fed beef. Beer, wine and kombucha on tap, with tables on the patio out front. All of it in 7,000 square feet.

Read more

White SE Draft 2010

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Year: 2010
Brand: SE
Model: Draft
Color:White
Size:47
Serial: SICFJ10H00885
Photo: http://images.craigslist.org/00a0a_2JCY8RO5bvW_600x450.jpg
Stolen in 97217, OR
Stolen:2013-09-11
Stolen From: N. Denver and N. Lombard
Neighborhood: Kenton
Owner: Aleksandra Rozga
OwnerEmail: alexrozga( atsign )yahoo.com
Description: Small framed (47), White, single speed (all original stickers were taken off). Some rust and scratches. Had sea-foam green grip tape, and a sea-foam green “elly” sticker when stolen.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 13-76729
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Blue Cannondale Quick SL 3 2013

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Year: 2013
Brand: Cannondale
Model: Quick SL 3
Color:Blue
Size:Medium
Serial: LM59791
Stolen in Portland, OR 97210
Stolen:2013-09-12
Stolen From: NW Library Parking Lot, 2300 Nw Thurman St Portland, OR 97210
Neighborhood: Northwest
Owner: Abigail Tillier
OwnerEmail: fabnabby(AT)tillier.net
Description: 2013 Cannondale Quicl SL 3, Medium, Blue with Orange highlights, Yepp Maxi rear child seat mounted to seat tube, Wald front rack mounted to handlebars and fork, SKS Chromoplastic fenders
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 13-156851
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Metro traffic engineer says ODOT memo overstated effects of restriping Barbur

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward
Riding Portland's urban highways-40

(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)

A state memo that dismissed a set of bike safety improvements on Southwest Barbur Boulevard was “wrong” in its use of traffic data, a traffic engineer who helped prepare the data said Wednesday.

Barbur, the only flat and direct route connecting much of Southwest Portland and the rest of the city, currently forces cars and bicycles to merge into the same 45 mph lane in order to cross two narrow bridges. The Oregon Department of Transportation has been under pressure from some nearby residents to explain its unwillingness to restripe the road after a planned repaving job.

As part of its case against replacing one of two northbound auto lanes with two dedicated bike lanes across the bridges, ODOT had cited a report finding that the change might increase travel times somewhere between 10 and 65 percent on the corridor by 2035. (It comes to something like 84 seconds to 9 minutes of additional auto travel time over the course of the 4.9 miles south of the proposed changes.) Among other things, the models assume that no one will ever change their schedule or mode of travel to avoid that congestion.

But Anthony Buczek, a traffic engineer for regional agency Metro who’s participated in months of negotiations over ways to change the road, said in an interview that those numbers were not the best available and said the two agencies had previously agreed not to release them without agreeing on how to correct their inaccuracies.

Read more