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Year: 2013

Dispatch from Copenhagen

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Rainy day in Copenhagen

Bikes are everywhere on the streets of Copenhagen.
(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)

I just wrapped up my first full day exploring Copenhagen (remember, it’s nine hours ahead of Portland over here). From a bicycling perspective it’s simply remarkable.

They have a 36% bicycle mode share and in some parts of the central city it’s over 50%. What caught my eye at first was the sheer numbers. The packs of riders are larger than I’ve ever seen. I’m staying just a block off of Nørrebrogade (“North Bridge”) which is one of the busiest bike streets in the world. On some days they can see 38,000 bicycle trips over Queen Louise’s Bridge which feeds into it from the southeast. (Nørrebrogade deserves it’s own post. Stay tuned tomorrow.)

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Grey/black Lemond Fillmore 2008

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Year: 2008
Brand: Lemond
Model: Fillmore
Color:Grey/black
Size:55cm
Photo: http://i.imgur.com/ecQZQFE.jpg
Stolen in Portland, OR 97214
Stolen:2013-05-26
Stolen From: Outside of Lovecraft Bar. SE Oak St and Grand Ave.
Neighborhood: Inner SE Industrial
Owner: Avery Dulles-Coelho
OwnerEmail: averyrdc@gmail.com
Reward: 100
Description: Fixed gear 55 cm frame with bullhorn handlebars. Sugino black messenger cranckset. Weinmann DP18 wheels (deep V).

Bike is stickered up, as you can see from the image. I don’t know what counts as "proof", but unless the stickers are removed, it’s damn unique and images are proof enough.
Police record with: Portland Police
Police reference#: 13-42502

For girls on bikes, new research shows a turning point: age 14

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Lots of girls love bikes. But
for many, things change in their teens.
Image © J. Maus/BikePortland

Statistically speaking, girls and boys tend to have similar attitudes toward bikes until their 14th birthday or so. But around that age, gender attitudes diverge dramatically – and no one’s quite sure why.

As they enter puberty, Portland girls suddenly start reporting much more concern about not knowing “how to exercise the right way,” according to a new study. That’s also the age at which girls start worrying more than boys do about hurting themselves if they’re physically active.

Portland State University researcher Tara Goddard, who presented those findings to colleagues Friday, wonders if girls and boys should get different sorts of encouragement as they build active teen lifestyles.

“Maybe we need to catch them before this split starts to happen,” Goddard said Friday. “Otherwise you’re kind of working backwards and trying to repair that split.”

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Black Trek Lime 2008

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Year: 2008
Brand: Trek
Model: Lime
Color:Black
Stolen in Portland, OR 97239
Stolen:2013-05-26
Stolen From: Hoodview apartments on SW kelly and whitaker
Neighborhood: Lair Hill
Owner: Cole Burbidge
OwnerEmail: burbidge(AT)ohsu.edu
Reward: $100
Description: It’s a Trek Lime, no one rides these. Has distinctive silver dome hub caps and no apparent shift cables, shifter, or brakes (cruiser style brakes)
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: T13004542
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

The Monday Roundup: NYC’s CitiBike and more

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Happy Memorial Day, Portland. As you might have noticed, Jonathan and I will be serving up bike-related reporting for the next two weeks by way of a transcontinental tag-team. Let’s start things off with the national bike news that caught our eyes in the last week.

New York City’s long-awaited CitiBike sharing system launched today, and it’s the talk of the town and the bike world in general. With 14,000 annual memberships presold at about $100 apiece, it’s poised to be the biggest win yet for Portland-based Alta Bicycle Share, which operates the systems. Here are some interesting tidbits from this week’s coverage of CitiBike:

— The New York Times showed how the modern bikeshare system was invented in Paris, improved in London, priced in DC and built on station hardware from Montreal. In another piece, the paper reports that experts seem to agree that bikesharing will be remembered as the key achievement of Michael Bloomberg’s 12 years of transportation reforms. “If this is the playoffs, what’s the finals?” says Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan. “As far as I’m concerned, we’re there.”

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Black Specialized Globe City 6 2008

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Year: 2008
Brand: Specialized
Model: Globe City 6
Color:Black
Size:58
Serial:WUD70713325B
Photo: http://1mg.me/?w=300&h=300&filename=2008-Specialized-Globe-City-6.jpg&f=Photos
Stolen in Portland, OR 97202
Stolen:2013-05-27
Stolen From: SE Francis and SE 30th Avenue
Neighborhood: Kerston-kenilworth
Owner: Carl Stark
OwnerEmail: LELIPSTIQUE@AOL.COM
Description: Front Wald wide basket with top net, computer and various additional lights.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 13-153369
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Black Specialized Rock Hopper Comp 2010

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Year: 2010
Brand: Specialized
Model: Rock Hopper Comp
Color:Black
Size:21″
Serial: p10bd40291
Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/79702706@N04/8847486769/
Stolen in Portland, OR 97214
Stolen:2013-05-16
Stolen From: My back yard.
Neighborhood: Laurelhurst
Owner: James Murphy
OwnerEmail: roscoemurphy(replace with at sign)gmail.com
Description: Black bike with large wheels. The brake handles are red as are the calipers on the brakes. Specialized is written on the bar.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 13-039657
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Dark Blue Dimond Back Centurion ?

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Year: ?
Brand: Dimond Back
Model: Centurion
Color:Dark Blue
Size:40inch
Serial: ?
Stolen in Portland, OR 97213
Stolen:2013-05-26
Stolen From: My bike was stolen from the green railing that it was tied up to at mount Tabor when you first get there to the left by the bottom of the stairs.
Neighborhood: 60th and SE Salmon
Owner: Fernanda Stier
OwnerEmail: gem83fv(at sign)yahoo.com
Reward: a hug
Description: Dark Blue frame. Neon green grip tape. road bike small. Silver plastic fenders. Black bike seat.
Police record with: Portland Police bureau
Police reference#: T13004521
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Gray Trek 7.3(?) FX

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Brand: Trek
Model: 7.3(?) FX
Color:Gray
Size:Larger
Stolen in Portland, OR 97212
Stolen:2013-05-25
Stolen From: The side walk beside the Sheridan Fruit Co. parking lot, on SE Oak, between 3rd Ave and MLK.
Neighborhood: Industrial/Warehouse/MLK
Owner: Milo Cutts-Carey
OwnerEmail: mcuttscarey(AT)gmail.com
Reward: 200
Description: I locked a bike I had borrowed from a friend, a Grey Trek 7.(?) FX (I would guess it was a 7.3 FX but I’m not certain), to a bike rack beside the Sheridan Fruit Company Parking Lot, on Oak, between MLK and 3rd Avenue, around 8pm. When I returned to it, around 11pm, I found my Onguard lock cut and the bike taken. The bike has thin road wheels, no back fender, a black seat adorned with red and grey on it’s sides (it’s the same seat that comes on a Trek 3700, I’m not sure of the series of this bike, but it looks like the street equivalent of the 3700), straight handle bars, very squeaky brakes, especially the front, and, if still attached, a red back light that attaches onto a band with a mechanism to screw it tight. Many of it’s bolt and screws are rusted, notably where the handle bars are.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: T13004507
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

Nickel (Gray w/ Black trim) Trek Soho 3.0 2008

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Year: 2008
Brand: Trek
Model: Soho 3.0
Color:Nickel (Gray w/ Black trim)
Size:22.5
Serial: WTU284C1456C
Photo: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/–z-CHd7aLYI/UZ_i0NYM_7I/AAAAAAAABjA/dvTs6Rjaxv8/s320/img-1.jpg
Stolen in Portland, OR 97202
Stolen:2013-05-24
Stolen From: SE 29th & Francis
Neighborhood: Creston-Kenilworth
Owner: Aaron Choate
OwnerEmail: aaronnchoate(AT)gmail.com
Description: Rear fender rattles (was slightly detached), flat front tire, attached U-lock to frame, sticky hand grips.

Stolen from locked bike rack (broken in theft) on back of car.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 13-41819
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Brown Trek 520 2011

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Year: 2011
Brand: Trek
Model: 520
Color:Brown
Size:59
Serial: SWTU182MW226F
Stolen in Portland, OR 97210
Stolen:2013-05-25
Stolen From: Max station on NW 18th and Lovejoy
Neighborhood: Northwest
Owner: Ernest Piscitello
OwnerEmail: scott.piscitello( atsign )gmail.com
Reward: $200
Description: Bike is equipped with front/rear fenders, front/rear pannier racks and a kickstand.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: T13004496
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

White/Aluminum/Blue Giant TCX 2010

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Year: 2010
Brand: Giant
Model: TCX
Color:White/Aluminum/Blue
Size:M/L
Serial:GF975789
Stolen in Portland, OR 97209
Stolen:2013-05-25
Stolen From: Downtown Portland, Pearl District. NW Flanders and NW Glisan and NW 11th.
Neighborhood: Pearl District
Owner: Charlie Wolff
OwnerEmail: cwolff@cresa.com
Reward: Yes
Description: , white/grey/ blue fork and lettering, M/L Giant TCX (Cross) ’10 with grey detachable fenders, partially zip-tied on, nitrider minewt front light, planet bike tail light on the seat post on a velcro strap, under a black jandd saddle bag with: topeak tool, tube and tire levers.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 13-153272
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

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