🎄🚨: BikeCraft is back! Our holiday gift bazaar happens Wednesday, 12/17 at Migration Brewing on N Williams Ave.
See full vendor list here.
Detail of route map with notes. Full map here (PDF). The seventh ride in PDOT’s monthly Bike Master Plan ride series will tackle the sometimes daunting routes in southwest Portland. City bike coordinator Roger Geller says the focus of August’s ride will be on Terwilliger and Barbur and will look at some of the challenges … Read more
Due to troubles finding a reliable wi-fi signal in Oakridge, I wasn’t able to post as many stories as I had hoped from Mountain Bike Oregon. I’ve put together a special coverage page and I just finished uploading and organizing all my photos.
A welcome sight for mountain bikers.(File photo) If Oakridge had an unofficial base camp for mountain biking adventurers, it would be The Trailhead. This aptly named cafe is right at the start of Main Street in Oakridge (which is actually a highway), and I couldn’t think of a better welcome to town.
Camping on the banks of the Middle Fork of the Willamette River.(File photo) The quality of riding in Oakridge can be illustrated in many ways. One of them is by the success of Mountain Bike Oregon. The first MTB Oregon was held in 2005 and was attended by 38 hearty soles. Founder Randy Dreiling says … Read more
On Alpine Trail.(File photo) Just finished my first day of riding down here at Mountain Bike Oregon in Oakridge. The trails are out of this world and my tent is set up mere feet from the rushing of the green-blue Willamette River (and just a few yards from the beer garden). I left Portland (very) … Read more
Just a quick post (I’m in Oakridge right now at MTB Oregon!) to share my photos from Last Thursday on Alberta. It was a great night out there. Don’t have time to share more, but hopefully the slideshow below will tell part of the story.
No free spaces near the tram.(File photo) Yesterday I had a meeting at the new OHSU Wellness Center (near the tram) and I was amazed at the number of bikes parked around the building. They overflowed the available racks and were locked up to light posts, benches, anything that was metal. In the general area … Read more
In the latest sign that Oregon is serious about encouraging bicycle recreation, officials in Salem have just agreed to build the first-ever BMX track inside an Oregon State Park. The facility will be built this weekend at the Salem Fairgrounds and will be called the Midway BMX Track. The news comes from Oregon’s Bicycle Recreation … Read more
Kent and his bike.(File photo) Well-known endurance cyclist and bike advocate Kent Peterson, made a brief stop in Portland yesterday. Peterson is the Commuting Program Director for the Bicycle Alliance of Washington and he’s on his “Wander Around Washington” — a 2-week, 1,100 mile sojourn to help get him acquainted with communities throughout the state.
The Oregonian reports that last night City Council unanimously approved a new Local Improvement District tax that will be used to improve NE 92nd Ave.
(File photo) Tonight I’m off to Oakridge, Oregon (“The center of Oregon recreation”) to take part in Mountain Bike Oregon. The event promises three full days of riding on what I’ve heard are some of the best trails anywhere in the country. I’ll join about 150 other folks at a rustic camp along the Willamette … Read more
Ride your bike to ¿Por Que No? and get a free taco. Today from 3-6pm only.(File photo) I just published a story about the DIY on-street bike parking in front of ¿Por Que No? taqueria on N. Mississippi Avenue. Then, in a strange coincidence, at nearly the exact moment I hit “publish,” a reader (without … Read more