(Photos: Good Sport Promotion) It’s no secret that Portlanders love dogs and bikes. So, it might come as no surprise that Sunday’s inaugural Tour de Lab bike ride was a huge success. Ayleen Crotty with Good Sport Promotion (the company that put on the ride) says 1,200 people came out to enjoy a day of … Read more
Rep. Jim Oberstar addressing the Pro Walk/Pro Bike Conference in Seattle.(Photos © J. Maus) In the closing address of the 2008 Pro Walk/Pro Bike Conference in Seattle on Friday, bicycling’s Grand Man in Congress, Jim Oberstar, shared a history of America’s bike movement, and inspired the assembled crowd with his trademark energy and bravado. For … Read more
PDOT’s Timo Forsberg (L) and Jeff Smith (R) at last weekend’s Pro Walk/Pro Bike conference in Seattle.(Photos © J. Maus) I’ve still got a few notes and stories I’d like to share from my trip to the Pro Walk/Pro Bike conference in Seattle over the weekend. On the last day of the conference, I asked … Read more
Allan Folz is focused on his new Portland Sag Wagon business. In the realm of bike touring, you’ve got fully-supported options (like Cycle Oregon) on one end, and on the other, you’ve got the D.I.Y. option (load up those panniers, grab a map and hit the road). But what if you fall somewhere in the … Read more
Chris King’s marketing director Chris Distefano (L) and Jay Sycip at an event in Portland back in May.(Photos © J. Maus) Portland’s reputation as a hotbed for custom bike building has just taken another major leap forward with news breaking over the weekend that Chris King Precision Components has hired SyCip Designs co-founder and renowned … Read more
They fought it tooth and nail, but in the end the path prevailed.
The BTA has embarked an effort to create a bicycle boulevard on N. Going St.(Photo © J. Maus) Just two weeks after announcing an effort to establish a bicycle boulevard on NE Going Street, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance has scheduled a series of neighborhood meetings for the project. If your neighborhood association is listed below, … Read more
A story published today in the New York Times confirms previous speculation that America’s Highway Trust Fund is all but empty. Here’s a snip from the NT Times story: “Because the fund is draining away so fast, the Transportation Department will have to delay payments for the local projects, or reduce their amount, Ms. Peters … Read more
Mini-bikes were a big hit at the conference party last night.(Photos © J. Maus) Last night, conference organizers put on a great party in the old South Lake Union Armory building. The highlight of the night was the mini-bike racing. By mini-bikes, I don’t mean kids bikes like the Zoobombers ride, I mean tiny bikes … Read more
Now that the whole country thinks Oregon isn’t in the top-three best states to bike in, you might assume the Beaver State delegation here at Pro Walk/Pro Bike would be sulking and demanding a recount. Not exactly. When the League of American Bicyclist’s executive director Andy Clarke announced the rankings at a party at the … Read more
Conference-goers in action during a “Poster Session”.(Photos © J. Maus) Besides the 80 workshop sessions here at the Westin Hotel and the myriad “mobile workshops” (that take conference-goers around Seattle in search of sharrows, bike parking, and other things) there’s an ongoing display of information in the “Poster Sessions”. Displayed in rows of tables and … Read more
A dream deferred.(Photo © J. Maus) Oregon placed fourth in a new ranking of Bike Friendly States that was released tonight by the League of American Bicyclists. Washington took top honors, followed by Wisconsin and then Arizona. At the bottom of the list were Alabama and Georgia, with West Virginia coming in last. Yesterday, I … Read more