BTA wins Give Guide contest
Jessica Roberts just gave word that the BTA raised more money than any other local non-profit in the Willamette Week’s Give! Guide promotion. Read the whole story (scroll to bottom)…
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New campaign to bring motorists to justice
Local bike lawyer Ray Thomas is working on a new campaign to empower injured cyclists to literally take the law in their own hands. His is distributing a new pamphlet titled, “Action Pamphlet #1; Do-it Yourself Guide to Citizen Initiation of Violation Proceedings.” You can find it at local bike shops, download the PDF here … Read more
Report: Danica’s first ride!
On New Year’s Day the girls and I joined about 100 or so others for the annual BTA New Year’s Day ride. After a long trip down to Southern California it felt great to get out and pedal around the city. As an added bonus it was Danica’s first ride ever! Danica is my 4.5 … Read more
Four local builders to attend Hand Made Bicycle Show
[Sacha at last year’s show (photo credit )] Portland will be well represented at the 2nd annual North American Hand Made Bicycle Show. So far, four local frame builders will make the trip down to San Jose, California in March to display their creations alongside the best in the business. Last year, Sacha White of … Read more
First look: new BTA website
Here’s the first look at the BTA’s new website. They’ve been in dire need of an update and from what I’ve seen poking around the beta version, it was well worth the wait! The work was done by Grapheon, a local communications design firm. The site should be live to the public “sometime next week”. … Read more
Add me to your Gmail web clips
If you use Google’s popular email service, Gmail or their killer Desktop*, I just heard about a cool new feature called Web Clips that allows you to display headlines from your favorite websites (hint, wink) right above your inbox (see below) or in your sidebar. (*update: I just downloaded Google Desktop (wow) and as a … Read more
“Unstolen” bike ready for release
The Wise Old Bicycle Guy has been working on a unique way to combat our growing bike theft problem. His idea is to “unsteal” bikes by fixing them up from donated parts and giving them back to bike theft victims…for free. He’s got a “bike-shop quality” mountain bike (he used to be a pro mechanic … Read more
Close calls map in development
A team comprised of BTA, PDOT, and the Bureau of Technology Services (BTS) reps is developing a web tool to report bicycle crashes and near misses. This close calls map should be ready for beta testing this March and the initial database will be populated with data from your comments to my “Wanted: your close … Read more
Update on KBOO Bike Show podcasts
[Me on the show back in August] Chris Smith has officially launched his KBOO Bike Show podcast page. I downloaded them to my IPod (thanks Mom!) and listened to a show while riding on my rollers this morning. Very cool! Don’t forget to check out this week’s show (Wednesday from 9-10AM on 90.7FM) that will … Read more
Portland LiveStrong Ride date announced
Last year, the Lance Armstrong Foundation put on its first LiveSTRONG Ride in Portland (Beaverton actually). Now I just got word from Cyclelicious that they’ve announced a full series of LiveSTRONG Rides for 2006. The Portland edition with happen on September 24th and registration is already open. Judging from the crowds last year, I’d say … Read more
STP registration opens today
Registration for the 27th annual Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic opens today. On July 15, 9,000 riders will brave the 200 mile journey in the largest multi-day bicycle event in the Northwest (you can do it in one or two days). Here are some interesting facts from the 2005 ride (taken from the STP website):
Happy New Year!
It has been an amazing ride since I started this site back in August. Because of your participation, we’ve played an important role in the bike community and the best is yet to come! Here’s a few stats if you’re interested: BikePortland.org is currently ranked in the top 1% of all blogs worldwide. 34,000 people … Read more