🚨 Please note that BikePortland slows down during this time of year as I have family in town and just need a break! Please don't expect typical volume of news stories and content. I'll be back in regular form after the new year. Thanks. - Jonathan 🙏
There’s more than meets the eye.-Watch video below- Northeast Portland resident Michael Felix has just launched a project called Velosynth, an “open-source bicycle interaction synthesizer.” Or, in other words, it’s “a small computer that you attach to your bicycle that interprets your motion into sound.” With mobile sound systems flourishing on bikes throughout the city … Read more
Reporter Name – Michael Friedman Ride Date – Thursday, June 17, 2010 Ride Report About 50 people showed up for the inaugural Tutu Food Cart Ride. As we moved throughout downtown, the usual rush of group bike riding was accentuated by giggles and smiles as we seemed giddy to ride around sporting our most fashionable … Read more
Reporter Name – rev phil Ride Date – Friday, June 11, 2010 Ride Report We traversed the ends of the bikesexual universe without leaving the theater! The show featured original films from a dozen different filmmakers. New places representing include Detroit and Australia. The crowd spilled out into the street where a massive dance party … Read more
Reporter Name – Elisabeth Flaum Ride Date – Tuesday, June 15, 2010 Ride Report This ride was a lovely scenic tour of various SE Portland water features. We began at Reed College, pedalling over Reed Lake, and visited places like Westmoreland Park, Oaks Bottom, Johnson Creek Park, and Crystal Springs. The closure of the Springwater … Read more
Reporter Name- Oregon Humanities Ride Date – Wednesday, June 16, 2010 Ride Report About sixty Portlanders of all ages gathered under the Hawthorne Bridge, and we set off on our “Pedal through Time” tour led by Lewis & Clark professor Reiko Hillyer. With stops on the Eastbank Esplanade and a tour through Old Town/Chinatown, the … Read more
Getting a tour of Mike’s Movie Madness. Reporter Name – Carye Bye Ride description Ride Date – Friday, June 11, 2010 Ride Report Yes we had Marilyn, yes Marilyn Monroe on the tour, a mid-afternoon Museums By Bike/Hidden Portland bike ride on the theme of Museums and Hollywood. Portland now has two Movie Museums plus … Read more
Great to see kids in the Pedalpalooza spirit. Reporter – Bece Kidder Ride Description Ride Date – Sunday, June 13, 2010 Ride Report The ride was a lot of fun. There was a three year old who decorated her helmet similar to mine and a 7 or 8 year old that attended his first PedalPalooza … Read more
Reporter – melissa magic Ride description Ride Date – Sunday, June 13, 2010 Ride Report The ride was GREAT! Beautiful weather, Happy faces and everyone was dressed up in sparkles and of course, FUR!! We met up at Col. Summer Park, and attracted a crowd with our fire spinning, hoop trix and LOUD Soundsystem, (thanks … Read more
A flagger working with PBOT paving crews stops car traffic at Broadway and Williams to make sure people on bikes get through safely.(Photos © J. Maus)
If you haven’t been following along in the coverage and comments (nearly 300 of them) about TriMet in the last few days, let me try and bring you up to speed. On Monday, I reported about a collision between a bike and a bus on Hawthorne. A guy on a bike claimed a bus came … Read more
