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BikeRackers in action.(Photos © J. Maus) If you think it’s hard to find a bike parking spot around town, try finding one at an event (especially if it’s bike-related). Last March, a local entrepreneur set out to solve that problem and so far his business has been “amazing”. Jeff Castro, a former product designer (with … Read more
[View update at end of story.] (Photo from OregonLive.com) Portland’s new on-street bike parking corrals are the subject of an editorial in the Hillsboro Argus today (Hillsboro is about 17 miles west of Portland). In OK Bike Corral, Argus publisher Clark Gallagher shares concerns from delivery truck drivers about the new parking. Mr. Gallagher overheard … Read more
(Photo © J. Maus) The Multnomah County branch of the Barack Obama campaign has a bike event planned following this Friday’s presidential debate. First, they’ll host a viewing party of the debate at the Laurelhurst Theater in Northeast Portland.
A man who ended up in the emergency room after a serious crash while riding on the Eastbank Esplanade last Friday (9/19) is looking for witnesses to help him piece together what happened. Richard B. (he didn’t want to share his last name) says it was about 3:45 pm and he was riding south on … Read more
The “Portland” cap and jacket.(Photos © Jonathan Maus) I may not be at Interbike (the big bike industry trade show going on right now in Las Vegas), but I’m still looking to share as much as I can from local companies who are at the show (read my story from last week for what other … Read more
Hi folks. Welcome back from the weekend. I’ve got a lot of great stuff to share this week, but unfortunately things have gotten off to a bumpy start. If you tried to visit earlier today, you might have noticed some weird things going on with the design and/or server. It wasn’t you. It was me.
Joe “Metal Cowboy” Kurmaskie, shown here before his all-family trans-Canadian adventure, will share tales and tips this weekend.(Photo © J. Maus) Even though the kids are back in school and its feeling like fall, the weekend is still full of bike events. Once again, there’s something for everyone; families, racers, easy-riders, you name it. What … Read more
“On-street bicycle parking can provide many advantages… These advantages, which accrue to businesses and citizens, also support several city policies and objectives.”— from a PDOT press release Since some folks seem determined to find something negative about the new on-street bike parking facilities, I thought I would share the PDOT perspective. Yesterday afternoon they issued … Read more
Robert Stapleton and his tall-bike.(Photos © J. Maus) Yesterday morning on the way to my office, I made a slight detour to check out an amazing bike parked on SE Hawthorne Blvd. Turns out it belongs to a man named Robert Stapleton (he had stopped to do some window shopping). Robert told me this fully … Read more
KATU-TV has a hot story; bikes should pay to park!(Screenshot from KATU-TV video). I was afraid this might happen. With today’s big rollout of the four new on-street bike parking corrals in downtown Portland, I wondered how the local media would handle the news. KATU-TV is one of the first bits of coverage I’ve seen … Read more
[See end of story for updates.] Kids, cargo, or both; longbikes rule.(Photos © J. Maus) I can remember a time not too long ago, when Xtracycles were an oddity. They first started showing up at bike industry trade shows in the late 1990s and they were a novel, fringe product that only true bike geeks … Read more
Portland-based Chris King Precision Components will officially launch their new bottom bracket at Interbike in Las Vegas next week. It’s that time once again when the entire bike industry converges on Las Vegas for the annual Interbike trade show. For many Portlanders, that means a trek out to the desert to cavort with friends and … Read more