January 2014 Archives

‘Cycle City’ exhibit coming to Portland Children’s Museum

Detail from poster for new exhibit.

The Portland Children’s Museum is prepping for a new exhibit called “Cycle City: A Spin on Bikes“. The museum says the exhibit’s interactive displays will, “inspire the next generation of PDX ‘bicycle buffs'”.

Fresh off the world-renowned Michael Embacher collection making its North American debut at the Portland Art Museum’s “Cyclepedia” exhibition this past summer, bicycling will play another starring role at the Children’s Museum.

According to a museum press release, Cycle City was created with materials donated from local bike shops, designers, mechanics, and riders. Here a partial list of the exhibit components set to open on January 31st:

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Job Title
Clothing Sales Associate

Company/Organization
River City Bicycles

Job Description
River City Bicycles is looking for a clothing sales associate.

Must like to work w/ people, has a passion for clothing and technical fabrics…and perhaps rides a bike.:)

Exceptional customer service is a must.

No (bike shop) experience is necessary for the RIGHT person.

How to Apply
Please apply in person w/ a resume’

Ask For Wendy or Jesse.

New riverside project raises questions about linking east-bank paths

The unlabeled parcel, between SK
Northwest and Ross Island Sand and Gravel,
is the site of a new development proposal.
(Graphic: BikePortland)

A proposed service shop and event space for high-end racecars and motorcycles is the latest puzzle piece in the awkward connection between Southeast Portland’s two riverfront bike paths.

As reported last week by the Daily Journal of Commerce, Portland-based Vollgas Motorwerks is planning to redevelop one of the four parcels that currently sit between the southern end of the Eastbank Esplanade and the northern end of the Springwater Corridor, along the Willamette River near downtown.

City plans require any development of the parcel to include a paved pathway that could one day be part of an off-road link between the two paths. After years of legal battle, the watercraft and RV retailer SK Northwest built a similar orphan path in 2009, immediately north of the Vollgas Motorworks property.

However, the northernmost and southernmost landowners of this quartet, the Portland Spirit cruise company and Ross Island Sand and Gravel respectively, both have thriving operations and no active plans to sell or redevelop.

Brand: Tirreno
Model: Razza 2.0
Color:Grey
Size:Medium
Serial: J31080375
Photo: http://i.imgur.com/uJ2xxNA.jpg?2
Stolen in Portland, OR 97239
Stolen:2014-01-22
Stolen From: OHSU Campus Drive Garage
Neighborhood: OHSU Hospital
Owner: Kyle Gunsul
OwnerEmail: kyle(replace with at sign)themedmon.com
Description: Has(d) a very distinctive SMP Strike Pro saddle (see picture). Fenders, bar tape is black. Recent non-black spoke repair in rear. SPD double sided pedals.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: Tracking # T14000739
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Organic Transit plans Portland test drive event for solar/pedal-powered trike

Coming to Portland

If our story back in November piqued your curiosity about what some call the “most efficient vehicle on the planet”, you’ll want to mark your calendar for a chance to drive one yourself.

Organic Transit (based in Durham, North Carolina) is bringing their ELF solar and pedal-powered tricycles to Portland for three days of test rides. The company that says its missions is to “get more cars off the road” knows that the Portland region’s biking and transit-centric demographic makes it a great marketing target. In fact, the company is considering opening an assembly plant in Portland.

In a press release about the Portland-area test ride events, company founder Rob Cotter said the ELF gets the equivalent of 1,800 miles per gallon. Far from a recumbent bike, the vehicle itself comes with side and rear mirrors, head and taillights, and a fully protective enclosure while still being legal to operate in bike lanes, paths, and in standard traffic lanes.

Mayor Adams at Safe Routes to School ride-4

Elementary schools already get bike education and
improvements from the Safe Routes to School program.
(Photo by J.Maus/BikePortland)

After seeing substantial success at getting more elementary schoolers to bike and walk to class, the City of Portland’s Safe Routes to School program is moving up the age ladder.

A three-year state grant will expand the program to several middle schools, said Safe Routes program manager Gabe Graff in an interview last week.

“We’ve done a lot of work to educate second graders, fourth graders, fifth graders, about walking and biking to school,” Graff explained. “Then the student heads to middle school and it’s kind of like, ‘Good luck!'”

Year: 1979
Brand: Schwinn
Model: Le Tour
Color:chipped Dark Blue metallic
Stolen in Portland, OR 97203
Stolen:2014-01-21
Stolen From: parking lot of the st john’s mcmenamins (out of the back of my friend’s truck–the back wheel and my helmet were U-locked to the frame)
Neighborhood: st john’s
Owner: Sam Davis
OwnerEmail: singlespeed1975(at sign)yahoo.com
Reward: $100
Description: very distinct section of the frame under the seat that was repaired and is a lighter blue, single/fixed flip/flop hub, white seat, Black bar tape on drop bars, stickers ($0/gallon, keep driving cars and we’ll keep fighting wars for oil, portlandians.com)
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

Blue Marin Venezia

Brand: Marin
Model: Venezia
Color:Blue
Size:52cm
Serial: C905HA4001
Photo: http://imgur.com/q07yndX
Stolen in Portland, OR 97236
Stolen:2014-01-19
Stolen From: Stolen from my second floor patio in the SkyNat Apartments on se 122nd just north of Foster.
Neighborhood: SE portland
Owner: Sam Shipley
OwnerEmail: Sam.g.shipley(AT)gmail.com
Description: There is a Switchfoot sticker on the side and a Hobbit get glue sticker on the front. There are also toe loops on it. There is also an REI sticker on the bottom of the frame stating the bike is 52cm.
Police record with: Portland police bureau
Police reference#: 14-150497
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

NAVY Trek 7.1 FX 2011

Year: 2011
Brand: Trek
Model: 7.1 FX
Color:NAVY
Size:22.5
Serial:SWTU316C0974F
Stolen in Portland, OR 97213
Stolen:2013-01-21
Stolen From: 24-Hour Fitness on NE Halsey
Neighborhood: Hollywood
Owner: Martin Buckenmeyer
OwnerEmail: mbuckenmeyer@hotmail.com
Reward: Yes
Description: Commuter bike, includes mount for water bottle, rear Bontrager rack, and tail light below seat
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 14-150563
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

When TriMet asked for bridge names, bike-inspired ideas rolled in

Kirk Reeves on the Hawthorne Bridge.
(Photos by J.Maus/BikePortland)

As we mentioned in this week’s Monday Roundup, the late trumpet performer Kirk Reeves was passed over by TriMet’s official bridge-naming committee, but not before getting 840 bits of love from people who suggested that the agency name their bridge for him.

Reeves connected with many people who crossed the nearby Hawthorne Bridge on bikes, and he’s one of several public suggestions for the bridge’s name that had links to local biking.

Here’s a look at a few of them, culled from TriMet’s news release of 9,000 public suggestions for the name of the bridge that will carry bikes, buses, MAX trains, streetcars, ambulances and people on foot:

Riding the Historic Highway.
(Photo by J. Maus/BikePortland)

A new online survey just launched by Travel Oregon wants to know more about your bicycling experiences in the Columbia River Gorge. With exciting cycling momentum — both on and off road — in the Gorge, state tourism officials now hope to analyze the impacts of recently completed projects as they prep for new ones already in the pipeline.

As we shared back in November, nearly two miles of newly paved cycling paths opened adjacent to I-84, completing the connection between Troutdale and Cascade Locks. That new path is already spurring economic development in Cascade Locks, a small town that is quickly becoming a bicycling epicenter in the Gorge.

‘Cycle City’ exhibit coming to Portland Children’s Museum

Job: Clothing Sales Associate – River City Bicycles

New riverside project raises questions about linking east-bank paths

Grey Tirreno Razza 2.0

Organic Transit plans Portland test drive event for solar/pedal-powered trike

Three-year grant could fund better biking to Portland middle schools

chipped Dark Blue metallic Schwinn Le Tour 1979

Blue Marin Venezia

NAVY Trek 7.1 FX 2011

When TriMet asked for bridge names, bike-inspired ideas rolled in

Travel Oregon launches Columbia Gorge Bicycle Trail Survey

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