At some events there’s nowhere good to park.(Photo © J. Maus) Now you’ll be able to park your bike at the carfree evening planned for viewing the lights on Peacock Lane this Sunday. I reported a couple weeks ago that the neighborhood association wanted to encourage people to ride their bikes over to Peacock lane … Read more
Here’s the news! Cancellation notice put up by activists at the proposed Gateway construction site. “Gateway canceled due to climate crisis” read the headline in my in-box. Great news! The Gateway is a controversial 11 billion dollar freeway expansion project being planned in Vancouver, BC. For a project of this scope to be canceled due … Read more
BikeCraft IV will be here next week! We have an amazing collection of crafters and artists this year. More people than ever before came forward, with work ranging from gorgeous artisan metalworking to silkscreened patches for your messenger bag. There is something for everyone — so shop local this holiday season as you replenish your … Read more
I’ve just added more books that were recommended by readers. Thanks, and enjoy! — Elly Kids love books about bikes!(Photo © J. Maus) The kid’s bookshelf at the BikePortland Bookstore is growing rapidly. We’ve rounded up a stack of recommendations that have come to us from biking families all over Portland. These new additions are … Read more
We are continually adding new titles to our shelves at the BikePortland Bookstore. Below are some recently added titles. We’re always looking for more suggestions. Feel free to head over to the Forums to discuss! Also, in bookstore news, we just learned about this: on the Powell’s site you can order books to be shipped … Read more
Bike-inspired earrings by Jim Duthie. Do you love bikes enough to wear friction-shifter earrings? Looking over the final vendor/artist list for BikeCraft, I’m amazed at the unexpected ways our local craftsmen and women use bike imagery and bike parts in their work. This year, we’ve got several vendors who are putting a bikey spin on … Read more
Could a carfree city center work in Portland? It would sure be fun! (Photos © J. Maus) Take a seat and join me on a tour of interesting stories from around the Web. Here’s your Monday Roundup… In the world of bikes: As the rest of the economy falls, bicycle retail is doing just fine, … Read more
Justa Phillips will return this year. You’ll have to show up to see if her classic cowboy design will be there! BikeCraft IV is just around the corner. We’ve gotten so much response from vendors that we’ve capped attendance and now have a full lineup of folks eager to sell their wares. Before we share … Read more
Read more, ride better! We announced the BikePortland Bookstore last week, and response has been great. Thanks to all of you who have been buying titles both from our shelves and from all of the shelves at Powell’s. Your purchases really help us keep on doing what we do. And hopefully we’ve been able to … Read more
Here’s the news, folks! Governor Kulongoski(Photo © J. Maus) Governor Kulongoski has a vision for green transportation. Unfortunately, it’s all about cars. On a trip to Asia last week, he made a deal with Nissan to add their electric cars to the state’s fleet, and lobbied hard to bring China’s cheap hybrid cars to Oregon. … Read more
Leaves where bikes like to be.(Photo: Elly Blue) Every fall in Portland, mounds of leaves pile up on neighborhood streets, creating slippery conditions on road shoulders and sidewalks. Yesterday the Oregonian featured a story about a new “leaf tax” being considered by Mayor-elect Sam Adams that would create “leaf districts” in areas of the city … Read more
Now Portlanders can roam (or ride) without worry at the annual Peacock Lane holiday lights show. (Photo © J. Maus) Each year, for the last two weeks of December, residents of the little-traveled Southeast Portland street, Peacock Lane, deck out their houses with elaborate holiday light displays and invite the public to come enjoy the … Read more