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Weekend Event Guide: Clowns, Unity Ride, Splish Splash, Bikearaoke, and more!
Hey folks! July is here and after a weekend of an extreme heatwave hitting the north-western coast, it is time to keep on with Pedalpalooza events. Here are some of the main activities to do this weekend. Don’t forget to bring your sunscreen!
Greenway and bike lanes coming to 60th Avenue corridor
The Portland Bureau of Transportation is poised to install bike lanes on a key section of Northeast 60th Avenue and create a neighborhood greenway in the Rose City Park neighborhood south of Alameda Ridge. The changes are coming as part of PBOT’s $9.5 million 60th and Halsey Area Improvement Project. Last month, the city announced … Read more
Who is Mt. Tabor’s moto man?
(Please welcome new contributor Hannah Moraes! You might recall her post-race interviews from the Red R Crit last week.) A motorcycle rider on Mt. Tabor? During the weekly bike race? After a collision between a rider and skateboarder brought an abrupt end to the third week of the Mt. Tabor Race Series on June 16th, … Read more
Book Review: Last Best Hope, America in Crisis and Renewal
Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021-06-15) is an essay on the meaning of the year 2020. If the gift of the virus was to interrupt us, author George Packer uses the interruption to take a close look at America, a “long middle-aged stare in the mirror.” Packer’s examination … Read more
Riding the Portland heat wave (video)
Holy heck Portland! Record heat. It is stifling out there. I don’t have much time because I’m leaving for vacation tonight and I’ve got family in town, but wanted to share a little video I did yesterday biking in the hottest part of the day. I went out in my neighborhood to try and find … Read more