Back in January, a member of the Portland Bike Forums started a thread asking what other folks ride. Since then, over 70 people have replied. I thought it’d be fun to take a look at the wide variety of bikes posted. Here is just a sampling…
First responder Sean Bennett. Eschweiler’s car came to a stop near the fence in the background.(Photos by Jonathan Maus) My office is just a few blocks from where Johnny Eschweiler drove his car into Ben Ramsdell and Timothy Mastne last Friday. Yesterday I went over to check out the lay of the land, hoping for … Read more
Stencil on the Steel Bridge.(Photo: Jonathan Maus)
Screen shot of Velog.org. Portland cyclist and web development guru Brian Ellin has created Velog, a social networking site for cyclists. Ellin says the site is, “like a blend of Twitter.com and the Bike Commute Challenge website.” The site is “city centric” to encourage users to find other cyclists with similar riding interests nearby. Once … Read more
PIR has hosted bike races since the 1970s.(Photo: Jonathan Maus) Portland’s City Commissioner of Parks, Dan Saltzman, will get a taste of local bike racing when he pays a visit to Portland International Raceway (PIR) on Monday (8/27). The site — which has hosted bike racing since the mid 1970s — is home to popular … Read more
Trek president John Burke, with Bike Gallery owner Jay Graves at the National Bike Summit last March.(Photo: Jonathan Maus) After his stirring presentation about how bicycles can solve many of the world’s problems at this year’s National Bike Summit, I wondered whether or not Trek President John Burke was “the Al Gore of the bicycle … Read more
“…when the intention to harm one individual inadvertently causes a second person to be hurt instead.”-from Wikipedia’s definition of “transferred intent” A KGW report and a police spokesperson have said that one of the cyclists injured in last Friday’s road rage incident was completely unrelated to the initial altercation between driver Johnny Eschweiler and cyclist … Read more
Last night, KGW aired a report about Friday’s road rage incident. The headline of the story on their website is “Driver frustrated cyclist wasn’t sharing road”. Reporter Jane Smith presented the incident like this: “Police say he (Eschweiler) got into a confrontation with bicyclist Ben Ramsdell. Investigators say Ramsdell kicked Eschweiler’s vehicle. Eschweiler than struck … Read more
(Photo: Jonathan Maus) The Portland Police Bureau has named Vince Jarmer as the new Commander of the Traffic Division. The change became effective as of August 9th. Jarmer was formerly the Lieutenant of the Traffic Division (under former Commander Bill Sinnott) and was most recently Captain of the Personnel Division. Jarmer takes over the commander … Read more
The Justice Center(Photo: Jonathan Maus) A few minutes ago, at the Justice Center in downtown Portland, Johnny Eschweiler plead not guilty to all charges brought against him in last Friday’s road rage incident. Eschweiler was led into the courtroom in handcuffs and a blue jumpsuit. With disheveled hair and a somewhat confused-looking countenance, he stood … Read more
I just got off the phone with the Multnomah County District Attorney’s office, where the case of Johnny Eschweiler (the driver in Friday’s road rage incident) is being processed. Eschweiler will be arraigned later today at the Justice Center in downtown Portland. Here are the official charges that will be brought against him:
Friday’s tragic road rage incident against two bicyclists on SE Clinton Street has left the community with more questions than answers. Following the incident, news outlets immediately reported that one of the cyclists kicked the car, but that detail has still not been confirmed. I spoke with one of the cyclists, Ben Ramsdell from his … Read more