November 2013 Archives

silver Specialized Elite Allez 2007

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Year: 2007
Brand: Specialized
Model: Elite Allez
Color:silver
Size:small
Serial:P3CD26917
Stolen in Portland, OR 97211
Stolen:2013-11-25
Stolen From: From my apartment, at the corner of 32nd and Alberta. It was locked up outside and the cable was cut.
Neighborhood: Concordia
Owner: Chris Nelsen
OwnerEmail: cnelsen84@gmail.com
Reward: $50
Description: My bike is small, black and silver. It has a lot of yellow reflector stickies on it, and a spot on the upper part of the frame where a sticker was removed, but it’s still discolored there. The wheels have only a few spokes and they’re flat, rather than cylindrical. It is an aluminum frame and has a carbon fiber seat post and front fork. It has plastic platform pedals. The handlebars are road bike style and wrapped in black tape. The shifters and the brakes are both on the handlebars.
Police record with: Portland
Police reference#: 13-159109
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Portlanders raise $1,500 for charity with Cranksgiving bike ride

Organizers Tom McTighe and Laura Recker with the afternoon’s haul.
(Photos by M.Andersen/BikePortland)

In an event organizers said might be the first of a new tradition of charity-oriented bike fun in Portland, 96 cheerful people pedaled across the city Saturday to gather an assigned list of goods from the city’s grocery stores and co-ops.

The alleycat-inspired game, which was part of a 14-year-old American tradition called Cranksgiving, brought in $1,573 worth of dry goods for Outside In, a local nonprofit that helps homeless young people and other marginalized Portlanders.

“This isn’t a race,” one organizer said at the start. “But because this is America, there’s going to be a prize for the first team back. And because this is Portland, there’s going to be a prize for the team with the best costumes.”

Jim Howe being handcuffed after deciding to make an
issue of his inability to pick up his kids on foot.
(YouTube screen capture by Howe Motorsports)

Here’s the bike-related news from around the world that caught our eyes this week:

Parent arrested: A Tennessee dad was arrested this month after being told he couldn’t pick up his children from school on foot; he had to wait in the line of cars with everyone else. For some reason, this upset him.

Red lights for speeders: If you’re speeding on this Philadelphia road (and almost everyone is) you’ll activate a red light up ahead.

Year: 2013
Brand: We the People
Model: Versus
Color:Black, dark teal and bronzish gold
Size:20-21 inches
Serial:HAHVE03401
Stolen in Milwaukie, OR 97222
Stolen:2013-11-23
Stolen From: Stolen from back yard at Briarwood terrace on 65th and King Rd. Kind of bizarre that the lawn maintenance guys were out back of our place cleaning leaves a week prior to theft, the only people who have been back there, since we are tucked away and last townhouse on the row, just seems to coincidentally suspicious. It’s been back there 7 months and been completely untouched, whoever did it knew what they were back there for. All the other bikes weren’t touched, but mine, hmmmmm.
Owner: Jason Bartz
OwnerEmail: Ridebrdr8626@gmail.com
Reward: Negotiable
Description: 21 inch Bmx bike with black frame and teal writing on it, has a DansComp sticker on the top tube. There are teal colored skulls on each side of the forks along with an s&m sticker on it. The rims are both dark teal colored with black spokes, the valve caps are chrome spikes and back tire has a reflective strip all the way around the wall. The handlebars are gold colored and have been cut down which you won’t see unless you take the bar ends off (hackjob) the chain is gold in color as well. There aren’t any brakes at all on it. Plus a lot of the parts have the word salt on them. Was just about to try and sell it too so my children can have a little bit better christmas, the nerve of some people! If you happen to see or find it text or call at 971-255-3589 please and thank you.
Police record with: clackamas sheriff’s department
Police reference#: 13-35907
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

gray Caffery Dragonfly 3010

Year: 3010
Brand: Caffery
Model: Dragonfly
Color:gray
Stolen in Portland, OR
Stolen:2013-04-15
Stolen From: Downtown pdx
Neighborhood: goose hollow
Owner: steven james
OwnerEmail: stjames( atsign )gmal.com
Description: Gray full carbon frame, carbon spoke mavic rims. Shimano deora. Carbon fenders. Yellow caffery decal
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Green and Purple Klein Quantum 2010

Year: 2010
Brand: Klein
Model: Quantum
Color:Green and Purple
Stolen in Tigard, OR 97223
Stolen:2013-11-24
Stolen From: This was stolen from my home in Tigard Oregon.
Neighborhood: Progress Ridge
Owner: Ryan Burr
OwnerEmail: ryanwburr(AT)gmail.com
Description: My Klein bike is a quantum carbon race. It’s green and purple and changes between those colors based on the lighting conditions.
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

green Free Spirit Small ladies step through 1980s

Year: 1980s
Brand: Free Spirit
Model: Small ladies step through
Color:green
Size:step through small
Stolen in Portland, OR 97217
Stolen:2013-11-23
Stolen From: detached garage
Neighborhood: North
Owner: Bryn Dearborn
OwnerEmail: dearborns( atsign )gmail.com
Reward: 50
Description: Green free spirit, step thru style. Small ladies. Bike rack attached.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: T13011992
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Silver Marin 1998

Year: 1998
Brand: Marin
Color:Silver
Size:700CC
Stolen in Portland, OR 97217
Stolen:2013-11-23
Stolen From: Detached garage
Neighborhood: North
Owner: Bryn Dearborn
OwnerEmail: dearborns(replace with at sign)gmail
Description: Silver Marin Hybrid with bike rack
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: T13011992
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Red Lemond Buenos Aires 1997

Year: 1997
Brand: Lemond
Model: Buenos Aires
Color:Red
Size:54cm
Stolen in Portland, OR 97202
Stolen:2013-11-10
Stolen From: My garage, SE 12th and SE Pershing Street (estimated date of theft)
Neighborhood: Brooklyn
Owner: Cheryl Willson
OwnerEmail: cjwillson@gmail.com
Reward: Yes
Description: The bike had a Serfas Saddle circa 1997. It had a wide/female cut and the top was kevlar, I think. I definitely didn’t have a leather look. Time pedals. Really short stem. Narrow handle bars.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 1398899
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Job: Sales/Bike Builder – Universal Cycles

Job Title
Sales/Bike Builder

Company/Organization
Universal Cycles

Job Description
We are looking for a candidate that has a vast bicycle knowledge. Experience in the industry is a plus, but not a requirement. The ideal candidate will be full of energy and have a TEAM mentality. This position will be a little bit of everything that we do here at Universal. We have ten shop cats, so the candidate should like cats. The position is full time. The schedule is Sunday 10:00-6:30PM. Mon-Thur 3:30PM till Midnight. We like a clean shop, so candidate shouldn’t mind cleaning restroom. We are a team here, managers clean too!

-We offer high wages for qualified candidates.
-Medical after 90 days.
-Paid vacation is one week after an year, and 2 weeks after 3 years.
– 3 paid sick days.
-Paid closed days for our business are New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.
– We are a locally owed business that takes pride in providing a great job for great employees!

How to Apply
Please apply in person and ask for Meiko, Brad, Mary, or Jason.

Broadway Bridge closed to all crossings for much of Sunday

Not an option Sunday.
(Photo by J.Maus/BikePortland)

Portland’s northernmost downtown bridge will be closed for repairs Sunday, blocking auto, bike, skate and streetcar traffic alike.

Here’s the county’s press release:

The Broadway Bridge will be closed to motor vehicles and sidewalk traffic on Sunday, November 24 from 7:30 a.m. until as late as 5 p.m. while crews make a repair to the lift span. The work will require the drawbridge to be in the open position much of the day. The closure will not impact river traffic.

TriMet’s 17-Holgate/Broadway bus route will detour to the Steel Bridge while the Broadway Bridge is closed. The Steel Bridge is also the best alternate crossing for bicyclists and pedestrians.

This is veteran transportation activist Jim Howell’s new concept for the central east side: a bike-rail corridor and second-story commercial district running over the Union Pacific railroad tracks and across three bridge landings.

Welcome to the first of a new feature on BikePortland: a brief look at the life or work of an extraordinary local person.

Jim Howell.
(Photo by J.Maus)

When Jim Howell was 37, he organized the first demonstrations that eventually turned Harbor Drive into Waterfront Park. At 40, working as an independent architect, he drew up the design for Northeast Portland’s Woodlawn Park. At 41, he sat on the citizens’ committee that recommended Portland’s first MAX line. At 48, while working for TriMet, he engineered the west-side bus node now known as Beaverton Transit Center. At 51, he co-founded a private van service between Portland and the Oregon coast, a predecessor to today’s Wave bus. At 77, he co-created the plan that became the most prominent alternative to the Columbia River Crossing.

Now, two months before his 80th birthday, Howell has designed his first transportation concept that puts bikes front and center.

silver Specialized Elite Allez 2007

Portlanders raise $1,500 for charity with Cranksgiving bike ride

The Monday Roundup: Arrested for parenting, red lights for speeders & more

Black, dark teal and bronzish gold We the People Versus 2013

gray Caffery Dragonfly 3010

Green and Purple Klein Quantum 2010

green Free Spirit Small ladies step through 1980s

Silver Marin 1998

Red Lemond Buenos Aires 1997

Job: Sales/Bike Builder – Universal Cycles

Broadway Bridge closed to all crossings for much of Sunday

The Friday Profile: Portland’s idea man has a big plan for eastside biking

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