Some streets are made for dancing, not driving
Last night was the Last Thursday art celebration on NE Alberta Street. As usual, hoardes of people spilled off the crowded sidewalks and into the streets.
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Lyla Emery Reno is a local fine art photographer who skillfully captured several bike events this past summer. She exhibited some of her work at the Made in Portland Bike Show and Art Exhibition that happened last July in City Hall. [Photo by: Lyla Emery Reno]
Update: Tell Sam you want the 70s bike boulevard
[Update from the BTA: They just got $1.8 of this money in part because of your phone calls!] Just got an urgent action alert from the BTA:
Scapegoating messengers and fixed-gear fallacies
Nearly every time someone complains about how bicyclists are unsafe, uncourteous, dangerous, and suicidal riders, they nearly always mention messengers. Or “those downtown messengers” as the cop put it who wrote me a ticket for rolling through a four-way stop intersection on a sleepy bike boulevard.
Honing skills at a cyclocross clinic
Yesterday I finally made it out to one of the Alpenrose Cross Clinics put on by Team S&M and Sellwood Cycle Repair. I’ve heard the clinics have been very popular since they started earlier this month and this one (the final one) was no exception. There were at least 100 participants all looking to hone … Read more
A quick stop at the BTA Open House
[The reception area] The BTA has some new digs (1979 SW 5th Avenue) and they had a little office-warming party last night to make it official. I was able to make a quick visit to the open house to check things out. It was great to see their new place all cleaned up. Last time … Read more
Sneak peek at stolen bikes on Google Maps
As promised when I introduced my partnership with Finetoothcog, web programming guru Michael Jones of Code in Motion has been hard at work trying to integrate your stolen bike listings into a Google Map interface. It’s not quite fully functional just yet, but this morning he sent me over a sneak preview of an actual … Read more
Checking in on my visitor stats
It’s been almost a year since I last shared information about my visitor statistics. Given everything that has happened on this site, one year ago seems like ancient history so I figured it was time to reflect on how traffic to this site has grown. [Monthly visits to BikePortland.org]
Vintage Ritchey bicycle recovered
[Officer Jim to the rescue]Photo: Jack Newlevant I’m happy to share that yet another bicycle has been recovered due to this site and the vigilance of our bike community. This time the bike was the beloved, vintage Ritchey belonging to Jack Newlevant. He has documented the story well on his personal website. Here’s an excerpt … Read more
Cycling fashion and the gender divide
Last week I ran into Natalie Ramsland of Sweetpea Bicycles at a backyard party. We both bike a lot for transportation or work, and were talking about how we choose our clothes based on their bike-worthiness. Natalie said she chooses all her jeans by testing whether or not she can fit her U-lock in the … Read more
Alpenrose hour record falls
[Seth Hosmer]Photo: CMG Racing Seth Hosmer, a 31 year-old Woodstock neighborhood resident and racer with the CMG Racing/Alpine Mortgage Cycling Team set a new hour record Saturday at the Alpenrose Velodrome. According to OBRA‘s Candi Murray Seth took advantage of “ideal conditions” and pedaled his bike around the fabled banked course just over 166 times … Read more
New program gets seniors cycling (and smiling)
[Riders at a recent session atWillamette Park]Photo credit: Kirsty Hall In their ongoing effort to reach out to new cyclists, PDOT has started a program aimed at getting seniors aged 60 and over riding again. Officially named the Older Adult Three-Wheeled Bicycle Program, the program is already proving to be a big success. According to … Read more