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Behind the bars of a Metrofiets, with Phillip Ross, my 250-pound load.(Photos © J. Maus) Phillip Ross from Metrofiets stopped by my office yesterday. I never got a chance to ride his Portland-made, bakfiets-inspired bike at the Oregon Manifest show, so wanted me to give it a whirl. Before I took it around the block … Read more
Screenshot of Anna-Carin Davidson’s blog. Jeremy Jordan pled guilty yesterday to second-degree assault and drunk driving. Back in May, Jordan sped out of a Safeway parking lot and struck Eric Davidson as he pedaled down Fremont Street in Northeast Portland. Jordan, who was angry at being refused alcohol by the store clerk, left Eric lying … Read more
This weekend’s Cross Crusade event will be all about beer, costumes, and…oh yeah, bike racing.(Photo © J. Maus) This weekend, scores of Portlanders will head north for the annual Halloween-edition of the Cross Crusade. Held once again at the Clatsop Country Fairgrounds (in Astoria), this year organizers have planned the first-ever double weeekend of racing. … Read more
Check out this video (below) put together for Rapha by filmmaker Brian Vernor (of Pure Sweet Hell fame). It’s a mix of great music, a documentary-style look at some of the faces of Portland’s bike culture, and the craziness that was the Rapha Roller Race event held during the recent Oregon Manifest show.
The “Laughs Last” section on the back page of Portland Monthly magazine’s October issue features an eye-catching illustration (see it below). It’s a make-believe movie poster for Collision Course, which is “Coming this Halloween to a Theater Near You” and stars “Bikers vs. Cars”. Under the movie title is the tagline: “Feel the spine-snapping suspense … Read more
This is a draft design concept created by Matt Cardinal for a permanent memorial to honor Brett Jarolimek at N. Interstate and Greeley Ave. The image is taken from a photograph by Bob Libby of Creative Dog Photography.
If you’re looking for a great opportunity to combine your bike mechanic skills with one of America’s premier non-profit organizations, this might be your lucky day. Check the link below for more information about a position just posted by the Community Cycling Center: Bicycle Mechanic – Community Cycling Center
Which Cycle Zone do you ride in?–Watch slide presentation below– Alta Planning and Design and the City of Portland’s Office of Transportation have collaborated to develop “Cycle Zone Analysis”, a powerful new modeling tool that could have a significant impact on how Portland plans its future bikeways. PDOT’s bike coordinator Roger Geller presented the Cycle … Read more
A bike assembly area — like this one at the Christchurch Airport in New Zealand — might be installed at PDX by this spring.–More images below–(Photos courtesy Jason Gately/PDX) The Portland International Airport (PDX) hopes to become the first airport in the United States to offer bike assembly areas and other services for two-wheeled travelers. … Read more
Bike elevators for bridges are just one way Seoul, South Korea hopesto reach 10% bike mode share by 2020.(Graphic: Chosun Ilbo) Seoul, South Korea, a city with just 1.6% of their population regularly using bikes (Portland is at 6% by comparison) has set an aggressive plan to bump that up to 10% by 2020. They’ve … Read more
Red circle shows location of busted sewage line (map). The bike lane on SW Broadway between Montgomery and Harrison will be closed for up to a week due to a busted sewer line. Here’s the story from KGW: The city is just beginning its investigation into the burst pipe but says auto traffic will narrow … Read more
Stop sign in Vancouver BC (click forlarger version so you can read the fine print).(Photo © J. Maus) Close readers of this site might recall that on several occasions I’ve written that, “cars are the new smoking cigarettes.” It’s something that came from my continued bewilderment that, while most everyone realizes the multitude of negative … Read more