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BikeCraft just keeps getting better and better. We’re very excited for this weekend as the venue (former Dept. of Skateboarding indoor skatepark at 15 NE Hancock), the vendors, and all the other details are coming together beautifully. I’ll be posting more about BikeCraft throughout the week, but right now I want to update on what … Read more
New for 2011, Oregon Manifest will team with Core77 on‘Creative Collaborations’. What if you paired a small, custom bike builder with a world-class product design firm? That’s the experiment that organizers of the Oregon Manifest event plan to carry out during their event next year. Details of the 2011 Oregon Manifest were unveiled yesterday and … Read more
“We are coming out of a legislative session that really hurt us, so we need to rebuild our core support and rebuild our base in order to be able to pass something… particularly fighting the backlash and hatred that some folks feel about bicycles.” — Rob Sadowsky, BTA Executive Director With the 2011 Oregon legislative … Read more
The Springwater Corridor Trail with McClure Industries in the background.(Photo: Howie Oakes) A fiberglass product manufacturing facility that emits a hazardous air pollutant and is located adjacent to the Springwater Corridor Trail in Southeast Portland will be the subject of a public hearing on Wednesday. At issue is renewal of the Oregon Department of Environmental … Read more
Jude Kirstein in her shop.(Photo © Russ Roca) The latest episode of our ongoing Pedal People series features Jude Kirstein of Epic Wheel Works. Jude launched her custom wheel building business back in March of 2009. Since then, her business — which she runs out of a small shop in Southeast Portland — has flourished. … Read more
Touring on a Brompton; a must-read travelogue from a local bike shop owner.(Photo: Todd Fahrner) Here’s the news that caught our eye this week: – Pittsburgh has announced that the city’s transit service will be cut by a whopping 35%, eliminating 47 routes and leaving 15,000 riders without a bus to catch; an estimated 9,000 … Read more
The ghost bike at SE Cesar Chavez Blvd and Salmon St (photo taken a few hours ago).(Photo © J. Maus)
The Sellwood Bridge.(Photo © J. Maus) Members of the Oregon chapter of Americans for Prosperity, an anti-tax and limited government interest group founded by David Koch and Koch Industries, showed up in force on Thursday when the Clackamas County Board of Commissioners shared their plan to raise funds to help pay for the Sellwood Bridge. … Read more
A ‘Rider of Yule’ sets off on a delivery.(Photo: Trees By Bike) Like coffee, beer, food, and fashion, you can now add trees to the list of things with a strong connection to bicycling in Portland. This holiday season, a local non-profit that plants trees and a budding business that delivers them will both put … Read more
Our featured job opening this week is with Bike Gallery. The family owned, multi-store operation is seeking a retail store manager who will bring their skill and experience to this key position. Click the link for full details and be sure to tell them you read about it here. Good luck! Retail Store Manager — … Read more
This image shows the existing gap in the Rock Creek Trail (green) where it intersects with Evergreen Parkway.
What happens in places that have a mandatory, all-ages helmet law on the books? Do injury rates decline? Does bike ridership go down? That’s the conventional wisdom; but is it true? Nearly three years after passing such an ordinance, the effect of Vancouver’s helmet law is difficult to ascertain. Our Vancouver correspondent Marcus Griffith took … Read more