Comment of the Week: 43 words that perfectly define good bike parking
Dear America: It’s not actually that hard.
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Weekend Event Guide: Worst Day, Powell, King Kong and more
“Worst” ride, best costumes.(Photo by J. Maus/BikePortland) Welcome to your menu of weekend rides and events, lovingly brought to you by our friends at Hopworks Urban Brewery. Once again it looks like the “Worst Day” ride will have pretty OK weather — but at least there’s no risk of cancellation like last year! There are … Read more
Ask BikePortland: Who can teach my autistic teen how to ride?
Where can a teenager with Autism Spectrum Disorder learn to ride a bike?
Comment of the Week: The challenge of speaking up as a woman who bikes
“This is a systemic problem of which we have only scratched the surface.”
Ask BikePortland: Is it legal to ride with my dog?
It might be fun, but is it legal?
Weekend Event Guide: Women’s only, 3-speeds, a bike party, and more
Grab your three-speed and head to Velo Cult on Saturday.(Photo by J. Maus/BikePortland) Welcome to your menu of weekend rides and events, lovingly brought to you by our friends at Hopworks Urban Brewery. Seriously. Is this weather amazing or what? You better get while the gettin’s good when it comes to biking in winter because … Read more
Comment of the week: A brief intro to bike fitting
“Bicycles have substantial bilateral symmetry. Humans, not so much; we just look that way.”
Weekend Event Guide: Sprints, Swan Island, trail work and more
The weather outside is delightful. Here’s your guide to make the most of it.
Comment of the Week: Commissioner Steve Novick on the virtues of taxes
Steve Novick at a Bike Walk Votecandidate party in 2012.(Photo: J.Maus/BikePortland) With friends like Joe Cortright, Transportation Commissioner Steve Novick doesn’t need enemies. That’s the case Novick made this morning in a sharp response in the comments beneath a widely circulated column we published by Cortright, a local urban economist. Cortright, who like Novick comes … Read more
Weekend Event Guide: Palm trees, volcanoes, freak bikes, and more
Palm trees, volcanoes and freak bikes. Oh my!
Comment of the Week: The end of errands and driving’s decline
Say what you will about Amazon – they might have done as much as any private company to make low-car life convenient.
Comment of the Week: Thinking globally, denying climate change locally
What’s the relationship between small-scale and large-scale environmental action?