City, BTA gear up for Walk and Bike to School Day
The morning scene at Trillium Charter School in North Portland.(Photos © J. Maus)
Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)
BikePortland Articles by Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)
Cemetery will form committee to address bike access issue
“We are formulating a strong core of people who are in leadership positions in the bicycle community… to discuss how our concerns can be mitigated without simply closing the cemetery to bicycle traffic.” — David Noble, Executive Director of River View Cemetery David Noble, the executive director of River View Cemetery in Southwest Portland, has … Read more
Builder Focus: Sweetpea is latest builder to offer production bike line
[BikePortland intern Jonathan “J.R.” Reed contributed reporting to this story.] Production means more riding and less waiting.(Photo: Daniel Sharp Photography) Portland-based Sweetpea Bicycles is the latest local bike builder to offer a line of production bikes. Builder Natalie Ramsland says the move was made to make Sweetpeas more accessible, both in terms of price and … Read more
City announces Walk + Bike to School Day event
September 28, 2009 This just in from the Bureau of Transportation: Walk + Bike to School Day Event on Oct. 7 WHAT For International Walk + Bike to School Day, the Portland Bureau of Transportation is hosting a media event with the students of James John Elementary, local dignitaries and businesses encouraging students and families … Read more
This year, Singlespeed ‘Cross Worlds goes “Beyond Thunderdome”
I just came across the event poster for this year’s Singlespeed Cyclocross World Championships and felt it was worth sharing: Here’s the copy from the top in case you can’t read it: “Racers searching for their destiny… A tribe of spectators waiting for a hero… In a race battling to survive, they face Portland determined … Read more
Metro Transatlantic Workshop latest in U.S./European bike-cultural exchange
Cycletrack and transit stop integration in Copenhagen.(Photo: Mikael Colville-Andersen) Beginning with a welcome reception at a downtown brewery tomorrow, Metro will host a European delegation as part of their Transatlantic Active Transportation Workshop. The four-day event is just the latest example of bicycle-related knowledge sharing between experts from America and Europe. Portland has been sending … Read more
Made in Portland: A front rack to carry an extra set of wheels
The new wheel rack from TCB. A friend stopped by the office recently with an interesting new product by Portland-based company TCB Racks. It’s a product only racers are probably going to love and/or understand — a front rack that allows you to carry your precious race wheels on the way to a workout or … Read more
Sky Yaeger of Swobo Bikes: Industry will notice Manifest bikes
Sky Yaeger on a Swobo Otis.(Photo: Richard Masoner/Cyclelicious) We’re getting excited for the kickoff of the Oregon Manifest on Friday. One of the marquee events in the six-week bike culture blowout is the Constructor’s Design Challenge. We’ve already written a lot about it, but today we take a look at it from a different angle. … Read more
20-year cabbie shares thoughts on Portland’s new traffic mix
Bob Wagner, ready to roll.(Photos © J. Maus) Bob Wagner has seen a lot from behind the windshield of his cab. For the 20-year veteran driver with Portland-based Radio Cab Company, dealing with the mix of downtown traffic is a daily task. And that task, according to Wagner, has gotten tougher in recent years with … Read more
A Portlander’s view of Cross Vegas
A cyclocross race, Las Vegas, and Interbike make for quite a combination.(Photos: Caroline Paquette for BikePortland.org) BikePortland’s reporter on the scene at Interbike, Elly Blue, couldn’t make it out to Cross Vegas — billed as the “Biggest Cyclocross Race in America” and held on the first night of the Interbike trade show — but we … Read more
PSU wants you to ‘Get to Know Your Bike’
Students at Portland State University are gearing up for a big bike she-bang. It’s called Get To Know Your Bike and it’s happening next week at their downtown campus in the Smith Memorial Student Union. The event will feature vendors selling all manner of bike gear and accessories, and fun diversions like a bike art … Read more
Eugene revamps an old bike box, but advocates aren’t satisfied
Eugene bike advocates say the City missed an opportunity when they decided to not color this bike box green.(Photo: Shane Rhodes/GEARs) Not many folks realize that when it comes to bike boxes, Eugene was way ahead of the game. They installed one on High Street at 7th Ave. way back in 1998. That bike box … Read more