Cross season ends on muddy and memorable note
Held under clear, sunny skies on Sauvie Island — a rural paradise just north of Portland — the inaugural Kruger’s Crossing capped another wild and crazy Portland cyclocross season.
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Updated: Win an Electra Amsterdam in this month’s raffle!
Update: Oops! I forgot to add the PayPal button when I first published this post. It is now up on the Raffle Page. —– The bike giveaway madness continues in December with a very special prize…an Electra Amsterdam. Behold,
And the November raffle winner is…
[It’s all yours Wesley!] Wesley Robinson from Hillsboro, Oregon…come on down! Thanks to a generous donation from Cyclepath bike shop, you’re the winner of a brand new Redline 9-2-5! Wesley is the lucky winner of this month’s BikePortland Benefit Raffle. He joins October’s winner John Duffy of Morrisville Vermont and all the raffle participants who … Read more
Local racer nabs national magazine cover
The cover of this month’s Road Magazine — the “Journal of road cycling and culture” — features local racer Mark Blackwelder. The shot shows Mark competing at the recent Star Crossed cyclocross race up in Seattle. Mark is a member of Team Veloshop, which is based out of Veloshop bike shop in downtown Portland. Here’s … Read more
Bike Light Parade lights up the night
[The See and Be Seenparade lit up NE Portland] Last night in Northeast Portland, PDOT officially launched their new See and Be Seen campaign. City Commissioner Sam Adams, visibility visionary (and Get Lit founder) Jeff Bernards, PDOT staffers, and about 60 cyclists braved the chilly temps to take part in the festivities. Everyone was in … Read more
More on-street bike parking comes to North Portland
[New on-street bike parking!] On my way up Mississippi Street today I passed by a brand new, on-street bike parking facility at N. Beech Street, right in front of Amnesia Brewing. It’s very exciting to see this because it’s been in the works for over two years! Ever since a similar bike-parking facility was put … Read more
Sneak peek at new bike light campaign ad
PDOT and the Community Cycling Center have unveiled an ad they hope will ratchet up the visibility of their new “See and Be Seen” campaign. Below is the ad they plan to unveil tonight at the Bike Light Parade, which is the official kickoff to the campaign:
Some of our own medicine
Well, what do you expect? We asked for it.
Endless happy hour if you arrive by bike
Just caught this interesting announcement in the BTA Digest: The Waypost, a European-style bar/cafe at 3120 N Williams (a few blocks south of Fremont), has declared December “Bicycle Love Month.” There will be endless happy hour for customers who arrive by bike, and a showing of the film “A Sunday in Hell” on December 14th. … Read more
Update on stage race funding request
Today at City Council, Commissioner Sam Adams proposed an amendment to the city budget that would allocate $100,000 in seed money for a “Tour de Portland” style stage race.
Year-to-date bicycle citation stats
I just received the bicycle citation numbers from the Portland Police Bureau Traffic Division (the Traffic Division writes 80% of all tickets in the Portland metro area). I took the numbers and made a few charts.
Police propose bike lane law change
[The crux of the problem.] The current Oregon statutes governing the operation of a motor vehicle in a bike lane are confusing and unclear. The Portland Police Bureau found this out the hard way and they want to find a solution and have the laws fixed for good at the upcoming legislative session in Salem.