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This weekend!(Photo: Adams Carroll) When I first held BikeCraft on that snowy evening way back in December 2005, besides an excuse to bring people together and hang out with friends, my main goal was prove the following point: “Look at all this amazing bike stuff that’s made by hand right here in Portland!” In subsequent … Read more
This tricky intersection on Hayden Island has one reader dreaming of solutions…See his below. If you’ve ever biked across the I-5 Bridge from Portland to Vancouver, you are aware of the annoyingly serpentine route you’re expected to take once the dedicated bike path ends and you’re forced to cross N. Tomahawk Island Drive (map). Reader … Read more
KGW screen grab showing Crippen. A 50 year old woman was found dead on the I-205 multi-use path in Clackamas County at 1:00 am on Friday morning (11/25) and law enforcement officials are now searching for clues in what they believe to be a homicide. According to the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office, Dana Crippen — … Read more
Good Sport Promotion, the local company behind the Worst Day of the Year Ride, the Cirque du Cycling, Portland Century, and many others, has a new ‘VIP’ program. Good Sport’s Ayleen Crotty says it’s just another way to get folks motivated to get out and ride. “We have a lot of dedicated participants who ride … Read more
Former President George Bush and Portland-based bike fitting expert Michael Sylvester in 2008.(Photos courtesy Michael Sylvester) On August 28th, 2008, local bicycle fitting expert Michael Sylvester got a call from Trek Bicycle Corporation president John Burke. Burke wanted to know if Sylvester was free to do a bike fit for former President of the United … Read more
Riding near Corbett is beautiful; but some locals would rather you didn’t.(Photo © J. Maus) A recent reader email shared an important perspective from another front in the battle for bike safety on rural roads. If you thought these issues were limited to Portland’s West Hills, rural Washington County, and Sauvie Island — think again. … Read more
A great carfree holiday tradition continues this year. See the info and times/dates of the Peacock Lane light display event below… Portland’s Peacock Lane Tradition Continues Residents plan light displays, pedestrian-only nights to accommodate Portlanders of all ages Portland, OR, October 26, 2011: Continuing a rich tradition of holiday spirit that began in the 1920s, … Read more
Union Station sunset.(Photo: J. Maus) Welcome to Thanksgiving morning! The weather is actually dry (at least for now) and a bit less dreadful than it has been. If you aren’t out there already, I highly recommend getting out for a ride, whether it’s to enhance your appetite, burn off some of those turkey calories, or … Read more
Bike swarm participants in downtown Portland during the N17 protests. (Photo: Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian) The ‘bike swarm’, like the Occupy movement itself, isn’t going anywhere. In fact, it’s getting stronger and smarter.
The Guardian (UK) has published a map that is getting some serious attention: It’s an interactive representation of the 369,629 people who died on America’s roads between 2001 and 2009. The map — and the numbers — are powerful to say the least. But they’re not just numbers. Carnage on our roads is happening every … Read more
Cover of Bike Art. A new book published by Gingko Press has done something amazing. The 256 page coffee table book, Bike Art. Bicycles in Art Around the World has managed to collect a global sampling of bike-inspired art from more than 250 illustrators, painters, sculptors, industrial designers, and more. Here’s the publisher’s blurb:
View of I-5 bridge bike path looking south from Vancouver.(Photo: Doug Merritt) A concrete barricade in the shoulder of the southbound lanes of Interstate 5 on the Columbia River bridge is partially blocking the bike path. Doug Merritt shared a photo of the situation with us this morning and we’ve found out that it’s the … Read more