Month: August 2014

Job: Service Manager – Athletes Lounge – FILLED

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Job Title
Service Manager

Company/Organization
Athletes Lounge

Job Description
Service Manager
Athletes Lounge is seeking a full time service manager/ lead mechanic. The service manager is responsible for scheduling and completion of timely repairs and builds along with ordering service parts and managing inventory for the service department. The service manager will communicate with the store manager in order to manage the inventory in the service department to meet the needs of our customers. The service manager will be responsible for training and advising other service department staff of best practices and new technologies. The service manager is expected to stay up to date on all new products as well service tech; in order to assist the sales staff and other mechanics when new products are being introduced to the store.

Responsibilities
• Training and education of service staff for best practices and new products
• Staying up to date on all new products in order to offer the most information and advice to the staff and customers of the store
• Strong attention to detail with regards to offering customers the most complete and effective service possible
• Promote clear time standards for repairs and encourage staff to improve efficiency while marinating the highest quality work
• Evaluate new products on their potential to increase sales in the service department
• Respond promptly to emails and phone calls from customers with a clear and concise answer
• Allocate work to service staff based on their skills and productivity
Applicants should have a high level of knowledge of past and present high-end components with knowledge of Triathlon specific products a plus and have 3-5 years bicycle service experience; management experience is a plus.

How to Apply
Email Resume and Cover Letter with references to gary@athleteslounge.com

How to get more biking advocates to ‘show up’

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City staffer Steve Hoyt-McBeth discussing possible bike projects at Portland City Hall, 2012.
(Photos J.Maus/BikePortland)

America's Next Bicycle Capital

Part of our series of guest posts, America’s Next Bicycle Capital, where we share community voices about the future of biking in Portland.

This week’s guest writer is Kirk Paulsen (@PedalPortland), a traffic analyst for Lancaster Engineering.

If Portland is going to actually build its planned bike network, more people need to show up to neighborhood meetings to demand change. It’s unfortunate that this is the case, but it is.

But here’s the problem: this request from the city to active transportation advocates happens over and over again, with little increase in the number of people showing up. And this is Portland where, already, many more people are actively involved in transportation advocacy than in most any other place in the country.

Why aren’t even more people showing up to the meetings? This is my personal experience with why more aren’t.

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ODOT announces ‘listening sessions’ for state Bike & Ped Mode Plan

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The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has been working on their new Bicycle and Pedestrian Mode Plan for just over a year. Now they want to hear what Oregonians think.

ODOT has announced a series of five “listening sessions” around the state that are being billed as a way to “help inform policy development” of the plan.

Keep in mind that this effort isn’t merely an update to the existing statewide biking and walking plan. That plan was last updated in 1995 and it has almost zero political teeth. As a strictly “staff-level” plan, the outdated document is only a guide for ODOT employees that tells them general best practices when it comes to bicycle access issues. This new effort will create an entirely new plan, a “mode plan” that, once officially adopted, will be given the same institutional respect that their Highway Plan and Freight Plan currently enjoy.

Here’s more about the listening sessions via the official announcement:

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Bicycle tour Manager – Bike Florida, Inc.

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Job Title
Bicycle Tour Manager

Company/Organization
Bike Florida, Inc.

Job Description
Bike Florida seeks an experienced bicycle Tour Manager for our growing small group Boutique Tours and to assist with our annual Spring Tour.

Job Description:
The ideal candidate will bring extensive knowledge and experience to Bike Florida with the ability to blend their unique skills and knowledge base with Bike Florida’s established culture. A successful candidate will take full responsibility for the Boutique Tour business. This includes managing our established tours while expanding our small group Boutique Tour offerings. The successful candidate will also act as the Spring Tour Assistant for the 2014-15 Spring Tour with potential of transitioning into the Ride Director position for the 2015-16 Spring Tour.

The Tour Manager will report to Bike Florida’s Associate Director.

Qualifications:
• Demonstrated ability to organize all aspects of small group (20-person maximum), bicycle tours and larger group, 6 – 900 person bicycle tours, 3 to 5 years experience required.
• Electronic marketing experience to include electronic newsletter management, Facebook ad and posting experience.
• Website management, WordPress experience.
• Strong oral and written communication skills as well as listening skills.
• The ability to contribute to team goals for the betterment of the organization.
• Proven ability to work remotely, with little supervision.
• Public speaking and presentation experience.
• Knowledge of and ability to process timely reports and financial paperwork.
• Bachelor’s degree in complementary field, commensurate experience may substitute.
• Passionate about bicycling.

Responsibilities:
• Manage all aspects of the bicycle touring process including but not limited to: registration, route planning, hotel and meal reservations, entertainment, transportation, rest stops, contracting for services, bid management, electronic mapping, marketing, graphic art development, volunteer management, meal planning and rider interaction.
• Develop content, assemble and distribute Bike Florida’s Tour Update email newsletter.
• Create, post, edit and generally contribute to Bike Florida’s website.
• Manage Facebook postings, develop content, and respond to comments.
• Recruit, hire, and manage contractors to assist with bicycle tours.
• Prepare and submit purchase orders, travel requests, expense reimbursement documents, prepare and evaluate bids as well as check requests and hours reports.
• Create financial planning documents, and assist with projections and forecasting.
• Requires frequent, seasonal travel

Compensation:
Starting salary range of $30,000to $35,000 commensurate with experience; with a possibility of a bonus based on performance adding 20% or more to the base salary.
Please send resume resumes to ken@bikeflorida,org Position closes August 15th
Anticipated start date September 1

How to Apply
Send resume to Ken@bikeflorida.org

Job: Mechanic/Sales – Cycle Portland

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Job Title
Mechanic/Sales

Company/Organization
Cycle Portland

Job Description
Part Time Mechanic/ sales staff position at Cycle Portland Bike Shop downtown.

We’re looking for an experienced mechanic to round out our team. Certification is preferred, but not required. Applicants should have some previous bike shop experience and be comfortable working on a wide variety of different bike styles. This position includes working on the retail sales floor as well as behind the stand.

Customer Service experience is a must and you should enjoy working with the public. We also rent bikes at our shop and a large part of this position is checking bikes in and out to customers along with helping cyclists choose appropriate accessories for their needs.

Many of our customers are visitors from around the world and a large part of the position is being able to give directions, route assistance, and food/ drink recommendations to make their Portland experience a success.

How to Apply
Please e-mail info@portlandbicycletours.com or drop off a resume at 117 NW 2nd Ave., along with a paragraph or two about why you would be a good fit for the position, and what days of the week you are available

The Monday Roundup: Railroad recumbent, wireless bike charging and more

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Riding the rails in Joseph, Ore.
(Photo: Road Less Traveled)

This week’s news roundup is sponsored by Western Bikeworks, who reminds you to join them for their shop ride this on Sunday (8/10) followed by a Team in Training BBQ fundraiser that afternoon.

Here are the great bike links from around the world that caught our eyes this week:

The “rail rider”: This looks like a fun way to get around rural Oregon.

Wireless e-bikes: These concept bikes imagine a future “where inductive bicycle lanes could be used to wirelessly charge electric bikes and other devices on the go.”

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Comment of the week: Five spicy new ideas for Sunday Parkways

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Shaking up the route planning is just one.
(Photo: J.Maus/BikePortland)

As of this summer, Portland has six years of open-streets festivals under its belt. If Sunday Parkways were a kid, it’d be in kindergarten. If it were a bad relationship, it’d be fraying around the edges.

Fortunately, Portland has a pretty great relationship with these remarkable summertime events that have become popular across the country thanks in part to our successful experimentation. All the more reason to try spicing things up with some interesting tweaks.

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The Friday Profile: Jackie Dingfelder, the lawmaker who biked away

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One of the best friends bicycling has ever had in Salem, Jackie Dingfelder, left the state senate last year to become one of the biggest fans of biking in Portland City Hall.
(Photos: M.Andersen/BikePortland)

There is no particular reason to doubt the former chair of the Oregon Senate’s Environment and Natural Resources Committee when she says she was just ready for a change.

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