🚨 Please note: For the latest on the future of BikePortland, please read this update from founder and publisher Jonathan Maus.
Rapha Performance Roadwear, whose North American headquarters are in North Portland, has partnered with Focus Bicycles USA to field a professional cyclocross team for the 2010-2011 season. The Rapha-Focus Team will consist of young up-and-coming racers Chris Jones (Auburn, California) and Zach McDonald (Seattle, Washington).
Gates around damaged trail prevent through bike traffic.(Photos © J. Maus) A portion of the Willamette Greenway Trail north of the Steel Bridge is closed to biking and walking due to an erosion problem that is causing the paved trail to crack and sink into the river. A handwritten, “Sidewalk closed – Use Naito” sign … Read more
Robby Fenstermaker in his SE Madison Avenue location in August 2009.(Photo © J. Maus) Portland-based used bike shop The Recyclery has closed two of their four locations. The Ladds Addition and SE Madison Avenue shops are now closed, while the St. Johns and downtown Portland locations will remain open. Owner of The Recyclery, Robby Fenstermaker, … Read more
Parks will consider adding stripes and signage to warn riders of these bumps.(Photos © J. Maus) Last week I joined a Portland Parks & Recreation staffer for a visit to the Eastbank Esplanade. Our intention was to see what, if anything, could be done to smooth out a series of bumps that exist on ramps … Read more
When I first became familiar with Bogota’s ciclovias — the event that inspired Portland’s Sunday Parkways — I was excited by its sheer size. Unlike in Portland, Bogota (and other cities in Latin America) closes major thoroughfares, not just small residential streets during their events. The result is an event that has transcended transportation and … Read more
Smiles for miles at East Portland Sunday Parkways.-Slideshow below/Gallery–(Photos © J. Maus) The Portland Bureau of Transportation’s Sunday Parkways event traveled to uncharted territory over the weekend with its first every foray into outer east neighborhoods. Thousands turned out to walk and bike on 4.5 miles of streets that were (mostly) closed to motor vehicle … Read more
Here’s the news that caught our eye this week: – Bend, Oregon continues to be the choice of big-time race organizers. They’ve been chosen to host the 2011 and 2012 Marathon Mountain Bike National Championships. – The final 150 mile gap of an off-road biking and walking path running from Washington, DC to Pittsburgh will … Read more
Still from ‘Get Dirty’ by Robin Moore Productions. Portland-based filmmaker Robin Moore has done it again. The man behind the phenomenal web video sensation, “Performance,” which parodied fixed gear and roadie culture, has released “Get Dirty,” which does the same to mountain bikers. Moore’s latest is equally entertaining. Listen to the lyrics…they’re hilarious! Check it … Read more
Butterfly Beach in Santa Barbara, CA. What’s everyone up to this weekend? I’ve been in California visiting family. We took a few days to venture to my old stomping grounds of Santa Barbara. The photo at right is the bike parking at Butterfly Beach, a gorgeous stretch of sand in front of the famous Biltmore … Read more
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Steel Bridge crowds without 10,000 event riders.(Photo © J. Maus) Cascade Bicycle Club, the group behind the Seattle-to-Portland Bicycle Classic has announced a last minute route change. This Saturday and Sunday, an estimated 10,000 riders (most of them on Sunday) will roll across the lower deck of the Steel Bridge en route to their final … Read more
Riders roll by the junction with theOaks Bottom Trail.(Photo © J. Maus) As I reported back in March, next summer, from June to the end of September, the Springwater Corridor Trail on the Willamette River will be closed for a major project at Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge. As a vital link from Sellwood to downtown … Read more