‘Grand Prix of Portland’ race will come to downtown in 2015, organizer says
“The race would cover about 115 miles, with a one-day format that would be run like a stage of the Tour de France.”
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TriMet track work gives bikers one less reason to avoid the Lloyd
A key bike connection between Southeast and Inner North/Northeast Portland keeps getting a bit better.
Q&A: How bikes meet tech in Austin, Portland’s chillest sister city
Nate McGuire is part of two worlds that Austin, Texas, is still pretty new at: digital entrepreneurship and biking.
‘Mujeres en Movimiento’ group brings out the bike-fun smiles
A pair of Portlanders have organized a new group aimed at giving Latinas regular events for riding bikes together.
City Bicycle Advisory Committee leaders offer new vision, seek new members
“The No. 1 thing that we I think we’re missing from the committee is people who are in the bicycle industry.”
Portland’s Circa Cycles wants to bring $1500 custom bicycles to the mainstream
A Portland startup is marrying the 1980s concept of “screwed and glued” modular frames with modern computer machining to dramatically cut the price of a custom handmade bike.
The Monday Roundup: Robin Williams, Detroit’s biking rise & more
UPS’s new Cargo Cruiser is a highlight of the week’s best bike news.
Comment of the Week: How self-driving cars are actually going to work
“Car, take me to IKEA.”
BTA launches five new campaigns at annual members’ meeting
The goal is “to make not just Portland but the Portland metropolitan region the best place to bike in the country,” Executive Director Rob Sadowsky said.
Tech will make central-city parking spaces pointless, Gabe Klein tells Portland crowd
The author of the transportation reinventions in Washington DC and Chicago offered some advice to Portland-area developers Thursday: start building for parking-free cities.
Virtual ‘bike travel agency’ hosts Portland party and seeks local bike wisdom
Partly inspired by a visit to Portland last year, a Massachusetts woman has launched “a free travel agency for bike travel” across the United States.
Bikini-themed promo for local bike tour deepens criticism of industry’s gender issues
One of the Portland area’s biggest bike event companies apologized Wednesday for sending a promotional email dominated by a big photo of a weathercaster in a bikini.