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[Carlo Delumpa] Portland’s great cycling community just got even better. Local cyclists Carlo Delumpa (right), Susan France, David Kelly, Ty Lambert, David Russell and Rick Smith have launched Portland’s newest recreational cycling club, Portland Velo. Portland Velo was formed because the founders felt no existing group filled the growing need for organized road rides in … Read more
Shawn Granton needs help updating his awesome zine, the Portland Bicycle Culture Primer. Update on “Super-retiree” Alan Koch: He has now ridden every Portland street from I-205 to the Willamette River. Congrats Alan, keep us posted! Major changes brewing at the Community Cycling Center with the recent departure of their main man, Daniel Bohn. Check … Read more
Just noticed this interesting New Year’s Eve ride summary written on napkins by CHUNK chronicler, Silken. It’s sort of hard to read but I think this napkin (#3 of 5 in the series) says: “Later, Ian and his tallbike did a slow motion crash on Karli. She cried a lot but then drank a beer … Read more
Just realized that my bike got stolen last night. It was unlocked in my backyard (I know, my mistake) and they walked right up, detached the Burley trailer and made off with it. It was a kooky, unique bike (see photo and specs below) that had sentimental value and good, quality parts. It had front … Read more
Jessica Roberts just gave word that the BTA raised more money than any other local non-profit in the Willamette Week’s Give! Guide promotion. Read the whole story (scroll to bottom)…
Local bike lawyer Ray Thomas is working on a new campaign to empower injured cyclists to literally take the law in their own hands. His is distributing a new pamphlet titled, “Action Pamphlet #1; Do-it Yourself Guide to Citizen Initiation of Violation Proceedings.” You can find it at local bike shops, download the PDF here … Read more
On New Year’s Day the girls and I joined about 100 or so others for the annual BTA New Year’s Day ride. After a long trip down to Southern California it felt great to get out and pedal around the city. As an added bonus it was Danica’s first ride ever! Danica is my 4.5 … Read more
[Sacha at last year’s show (photo credit )] Portland will be well represented at the 2nd annual North American Hand Made Bicycle Show. So far, four local frame builders will make the trip down to San Jose, California in March to display their creations alongside the best in the business. Last year, Sacha White of … Read more
It just wouldn’t be a Euro ‘cross camp without learning some lessons the hard way. Well, on Sunday I paid the price for being too greedy and overconfident. But first, let me offer some background info. This year I came to camp focused on the first 4 races because they would effect team selection for … Read more
Here’s the first look at the BTA’s new website. They’ve been in dire need of an update and from what I’ve seen poking around the beta version, it was well worth the wait! The work was done by Grapheon, a local communications design firm. The site should be live to the public “sometime next week”. … Read more
If you use Google’s popular email service, Gmail or their killer Desktop*, I just heard about a cool new feature called Web Clips that allows you to display headlines from your favorite websites (hint, wink) right above your inbox (see below) or in your sidebar. (*update: I just downloaded Google Desktop (wow) and as a … Read more
The Wise Old Bicycle Guy has been working on a unique way to combat our growing bike theft problem. His idea is to “unsteal” bikes by fixing them up from donated parts and giving them back to bike theft victims…for free. He’s got a “bike-shop quality” mountain bike (he used to be a pro mechanic … Read more