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Last week I posted about bike lawyer Ray Thomas’ new campaign to take the law into our own hands when in a serious injury crash with a motorist. The advice was great, but it wasn’t very clear to non-lawyers. What follows below is a more straightforward checklist of what do to after you’ve been hit. … Read more
[An Ira Ryan frame at Chunkathalon] [via GravelTech] Ira Ryan has added his name to the growing list of Portland frame builders. Ira is one of the founders of Magpie Messenger Collective, is the reigning champion of the Trans-Iowa endurance mountain bike race, and apprenticed with Sacha White of Vanilla Bicycles.
Back in October, transportation advocates and concerned citizens attended a Transportation Safety Summit hosted by Commissioner Sam Adams. The goal was to identify specific strategies that would make our streets safer. Based on the summit, PDOT created an action plan and released it for public input. Only problem is that no knows it exists. Turns … Read more
I never realized Cycle Oregon had its headquarters right here in North Portland. I visited them today to talk top secret business stuff and was impressed by what I saw. I especially liked this nifty bike rack. Here’s a photo of their top guy, Jerry Norquist (thanks for lunch!). He’s been in the bike industry … Read more
The Bicycle Paper has been covering the Pacific Northwest bike scene since 1972. It’s distributed free on over 500 newsstands throughout British Columbia, Washington, Idaho and Oregon (70 of those are in Portland). They’re looking to expand their coverage of Portland and Oregon, so starting with the March issue, I’ll be writing a news column … Read more
CyclingNews.com, a popular site that tracks the pro cycling scene, has an in-depth look at local racer Shannon Skerritt’s bike: a custom-made Vanilla made in SE Portland. The Oregonian reports on a developer in Wilsonville who is putting 2 free bikes in new homes. The Tribune did a nice feature on North Portland resident, bike … Read more
Chris DiStefano, former PR director for Shimano and board member of the International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA), has been hired to the sales and marketing team of Portland-based bike part manufacturer, Chris King Components. According to the official press release, King has a unique way of breaking in new office staff:
The civil trial against Lindsey Llaneza came to an end today. After several interesting twists and turns, the judge decided to award Angela Leazenby’s family $500,000 (plus funeral expenses), the maximum amount allowable. But this trial wasn’t about money (and besides, Llaneza doesn’t have any). This was more about principles and symbolism…and in that respect … Read more
Yesterday I had an earth-shattering realization: Recumbents are just bikes and the people that ride them are normal, friendly people. OK, I’m exaggerating a little…I never actually thought they’d be abnormal or mean or anything….it’s just that we all know how a certain stigma exists between ‘bent and upright riders. I have long been curious … Read more
The Voices section has gotten some great contributions lately. I want to highlight a few of them in case you haven’t had a chance to check them out. By the way, anyone can post a Voice and pretty much anything goes – from classifieds to haikus – as long as it pertains to biking in … Read more
[Photo credit Chris Lydgate] On June 25, 2003 Lindsey Llaneza’s mini-van plowed into three cyclists in SE Portland. Orion Satushek and Angela Leazenby were killed instantly and Caroline Buchalter was critically injured. Llaneza was going nearly 70mph (twice the posted limit) and had a blood-alcohol level of .224 – three times the legal limit. Also, … Read more
[Screenshot] Carlo Delumpa has been a busy man. In addition to being one of the founders of the new club, Portland Velo, he has also combined his passions for technology (he works at HP) and cycling into a new website, PortlandCycling.net.