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Year: 2013

Vancouver cops and bike shop team up for creative theft-recovery program

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A Monkey Shield sticker probably
won’t keep thieves off your
bike, but it might get it back.

Across the river in Vancouver, police, a bike shop and a local bike advocate sat down over beers and came up with a smart, simple, free program to help recover stolen bikes.

Here’s how it works, starting this month: When you buy a frame from Bad Monkey Bikes in Vancouver’s Uptown Village area, Bad Monkey enters your bike’s serial number and contact info in their database and applies a special “Monkey Shield” sticker to show that it’s done so.

“When the police or C-Tran or any department recovers a bicycle and it has that Bad Monkey sticker, then they know it’s registered and know to call me,” shop manager Wade Leckie said Thursday.

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Red Breezer Uptown 8 Low-step 2008

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Year: 2008
Brand: Breezer
Model: Uptown 8 Low-step
Color:Red
Serial:00934-TB703
Stolen in Portland, OR 97214
Stolen:2013-05-30
Stolen From: House near SE 34th and Grant St.
Neighborhood: Richmond (Hawthorne)
Owner: Elaine Giraud
OwnerEmail: SeeFig.1@gmail.com
Description: Internal gear hub, integrated head and taillights, wheel lock, chaincase, fenders, bell, rack with folding baskets on both sides. The frame paint is rubbed off from being on a car rack.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 13-153411
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Black Specialized XC 2005

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Year: 2005
Brand: Specialized
Model: XC
Color:Black
Stolen in Portland, OR
Stolen:2013-05-30
Stolen From: parked to bike rack at PGE Park / Jeldwen field during Timber’s game last night
Neighborhood: PGE Park
Owner: Tim Purcell
OwnerEmail: pdxdawson(replace with at sign)gmail.com
Reward: 100
Description: Full suspension Mountain Bike, seat cloth ripped right on end of nose; otherwise very good condition
Police record with: Portland
Police reference#: T13004655
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

blue redline metro 9 2010

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Year: 2010
Brand: redline
Model: metro 9
Color:blue
Size:56
Stolen in Portland, OR 97206
Stolen:2013-05-28
Stolen From: division & 17th
Neighborhood: abernathy
Owner: reggie dean
OwnerEmail: lucky13bikes(A T)gmail.com
Reward: $500.00
Description: This bike has silver cane creek wheels metallic blue paint with creme panels on the frame, Paul brakes Paul wood rack, vintage Campagnolo chorus cranks and derailleurs, honjo hand pounded aluminum fenders silver in color,Cinelli solido stem, paul thumbie with shimano shifters,brooks b17 select saddle with copper rails and rivets, thomson seatpost black, black cane creek solos headset, wood grips, mks pedals black and silver,continental gator skin tires.
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Seafoam Green Spot Mod 2012

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Year: 2012
Brand: Spot
Model: Mod
Color:Seafoam Green
Size:56cm
Serial: SC56168
Stolen in Portland, OR 97215
Stolen:2013-05-30
Stolen From: Stolen from my living room on 1903 SE 52nd ave.
Neighborhood: Se near Mt. Tabor
Owner: William Ruehle
OwnerEmail: williamruehle( atsign )gmail.com
Description: 56cm Spot Mod, single-speed, belt-drive with disc brakes. Stans arch 29″ wheels with Freedom Thickslick tires. Shimano105 crank with a gates carbon drive center-track ring.

A few small things that make a big difference in Copenhagen

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Copenhagen Day 4-48-60

Riding in Copenhagen is so nice it’s even romantic.
(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland)

One thing I’ve learned on this trip is that it’s possible to vastly improve the cycling experience without spending millions on big and fancy projects. As I go through my photos and notes from each day, I’ve started a list of all the little things Copenhagen does to make cycling comfortable and easy.

I think several of these ideas could be adopted and/or expanded on in Portland.
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As we build more cycle tracks and protected bike lanes, we will have to figure out a way to sweep them. Copenhagen uses mini-sweepers to keep the cycle tracks clear of debris (they also have mini snow plows):

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From cycle track to green route to super highway

Copenhagen Day 3-29-30

We have highways for driving, why not have
highways for biking?
(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)

I’ve seen lots of cycle tracks in city centers; but yesterday I was curious what would happen if I just kept on riding all the way out to the suburbs. Just how far do Copenhagen’s famous cycle tracks go? After getting a bit lost (not the cycle track’s fault), I ended up riding a great loop that introduced me to two of Copenhagen’s other bikeway types: a “Green Cycle Route” and a “Cycle Super Highway”.

I left my little studio in Nørrebro, hopped on Nørrebrogade and headed west. While the cycle track varied in width and style from time to time, it remained pretty much in-tact for about 5 miles. Just outside Nørrebro however, I did notice my first tricky right-hook intersection. Turns out the City has noticed it too and they placed a pavement marking on the ground to warn folks about it (by the way, I’ve also noticed a similar warning on the side of trucks).

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Large Giant Tcr 2007

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Year: 2007
Brand: Giant
Model: Tcr
Color:Large
Size:Black
Stolen in 97216, OR Portland
Stolen:2013-05-30
Stolen From: Stolen from whole foods on 12th and Burnside downtown.
Neighborhood: Pearl
Owner: Kyle Conway
OwnerEmail: Kyledconway( atsign )gmail.com
Reward: 100$
Description: Repainted black matte. Textured, similar to truck bed liner. Yellow reflective tape accents with a front and rear. Shimano shifters. Good looking, clean bike with yellow and red reflectors on each tire.
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Report reignites talk of bike excise tax – but advocates aren’t howling

Jesse Fairbank
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Would you like tax with that? Maybe you would, actually.
(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland)

Today’s Portland City Club report that gave a big bear hug to biking also said buyers of new bikes should pay a special tax: 4 percent on each new bike purchase in Oregon, or $20 for a $500 bike.

The report recommended that the money — it’d be about $840,000 annually for the State of Oregon — go to programs that support and educate road users about bikes.

The city’s bicycle advocates aren’t exactly thrilled. But perhaps surprisingly, they aren’t gasping in horror, either.

“Generally speaking, the BTA is opposed to any new barrier between people and biking,” Bicycle Transportation Alliance advocacy director Gerik Kransky said today. “That being said, we’re open to the conversation. … It looks like their ideas about how to spend the money are pointed in the right direction.”

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Seafoam Focus corrente 2011

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Year: 2011
Brand: Focus
Model: corrente
Color:Seafoam
Size:small
Serial: 239122033
Photo: http://i.imgur.com/uhb74v3.jpg
Stolen in Portland, OR 97217
Stolen:2013-05-28
Stolen From: Portland State University at Montgomery and Broadway.
Neighborhood: University District
Owner: Jennifer Sharp
OwnerEmail: jennatcoho(at sign)yahoo.com
Description: When she was stolen she had black fenders, a rack, bike pump, front and rear lights, and a tool bag on the front.
Police record with: CPSO
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Red Centurion but unlabeled 70s/80s

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Year: 70s/80s
Brand: Centurion but unlabeled
Color:Red
Size:60 cm
Photo: http://instagram.com/p/Y6guxhjD14/
Stolen in Portland, OR 97202
Stolen:2013-05-29
Stolen From: 3005 SE 25th Ave
Neighborhood: Brooklyn
Owner: Michael Tousignant
OwnerEmail: Michael.tousignant( atsign )gmail.com
Reward: $50
Description: Red Centurion road bike, converted to single speed. 2 stickers on lower frame: 1. “If we’re not supposed to eat humans, then why are they made of meat?” (White) 2. Up Cycle bike shop (yellow). Black rear rack and double sided pedals (one side SPD). Panniers and front racks are not with bike. USB front light and mounted rear light.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 13-153372
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

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