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There is nothing I can preface today’s list with other than, be safe and have fun! Follow the link for today’s full calendar. See you at WNBR. Share the fun with our Ride Report Form. We’ll be posting some of these and other Pedalpalooza news on our Pedalpalooza Special Coverage Page.
Detail from ride flyer.-Full version below- Eben Weiss, the inimitable “Bike Snob” behind the popular and eponymously named blog and book, rolls into Portland on Sunday. He’s in town for a signing and presentation at Powell’s and there’s a ride to the event being organized by Chris King Precision Components. The plan is to meet … Read more
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
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
[Publisher’s note: I’ve got a lot of opinions, but it’s perilous for me to try and weave them into the daily news stories here. So I’m going to try and start writing them up, once a week, in the form of the Friday Opinion column. Here goes…] Seen on Mississippi Ave. over the weekend.(Photo © … Read more
This week’s featured job listing seeks a Director level rain maker for local advocacy group, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance. Full time with benefits, plus you will be working alongside the new Executive Director, Rob Sadowsky. Follow the link and tell them you saw the job on BikePortland.org. Good luck!
Twenty-three hours of scheduled events today beginning with Breakfast on the Bridges and ending with an all-nighter out the Springwater corridor. Many fun options in between with lots of chances to make friends, eat well and have fun! Share the fun with our Ride Report Form. We’ll be posting some of these and other Pedalpalooza … Read more
Beth Hamon, Sunday Parkways volunteer.-Slideshow below-(Photos © J. Maus) OK Portland, it’s time to step up and take care of a good friend in need. That good friend is Sunday Parkways, an absolute gem of an event that we are all very lucky to have. Word from organizers is that the event is in need … Read more
This frame from onboard camera shows Sebastian Case on the sidewalk.-Watch video below- TriMet has released the onboard video from a collision between a bus and a bike that happened on SE Hawthorne earlier this week. The video clearly shows Sebastian Case — who was featured in an Oregonian story about the incident — riding … Read more
Commissioner Nick Fish.(Photo © J. Maus) City of Portland Commissioner Nick Fish, who oversees Portland Parks & Recreation (PP&R), has just announced five new management initiatives that will “address ecological and recreational concerns about Forest Park.” Fish is reacting to mounting public pressure to do something about the deteriorating health of the park. This pressure … Read more
The man behind The Gary Fisher Collection.(Photo © J. Maus) Two big announcements in the bike world this week could result in some interesting new bikes showing up on the streets of Portland. The first is from the biggest bike brand in the world, Trek. Trek announced Tuesday that they will shelve the Gary Fisher … Read more