Quick complaint, quick action: Bike shop and customer show how to fight everyday sexism
This is what it looks like when people come together to marginalize a sexist comment from a bike shop employee.
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The Monday Roundup: Beauty from Cleveland, dancing by the Seine and more
Cleveland’s concept for its abandoned streetcar routes, and other great bike links of the week.
Comment of the week: ‘The stream carves its own bed’
“Build it and they will come” can’t beat “we’re here, get used to it” pragmatism.
Lifestyle column: You don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone
I was a remarkably healthy cancer patient. Until I stopped bike commuting.
Weekend Event Guide: Bridge Pedal, alleycat, and more
It’s that time of the year again… Bridge Pedal will take over the city on Sunday.(Photo J. Maus/BikePortland) Welcome to your menu of weekend rides and events, lovingly brought to you by our friends at Hopworks Urban Brewery. It’s Bridge Pedal weekend. The massive ride that dwarfs all others in Portland (except for the Naked … Read more
Jobs of the Week
We’ve had a great selection of opportunities posted to our Job Listings this week. Check out all them via the links below… Mechanic/Sales – Cycle Portland Bicycle Tour Manager – Bike Florida, Inc. Service Manager – Athletes Lounge General Shop Assistant – Ti Cycles Fabrication Bike Mechanic – Pacific Patrol Services, Inc. Account Service Representative … Read more
‘Day without the bicycle’ follow-up: How to make 1/3 of Portland’s bikers vanish
Massive temporary shifts from bike to other modes already happen regularly.
‘Cross is coming! These clinics will help get you ready
The cyclocross season starts in just a few weeks. Here are some clinics to help get your ready.
A close-up look at the best business bike parking in Portland
A grocery store in north Portland has the best bike parking of any business in the city.
Anti-violence ride will ‘Take back the streets’ of north Portland
A bike ride in north Portland will show the community streets can be places of much more than senseless violence.
Williams Ave project will break ground next month
It can’t happen soon enough.(Photo: J. Maus/BikePortland) At long last, the Portland Bureau of Transportation is ready to break ground on a re-design of N Williams Avenue. The project began in January 2011 with an eye toward transforming Williams into a street that offered world-class bicycling conditions. However, as many of you know, just five … Read more
The case for streetcar as pro-bike infrastructure
Streetcars might actually be the very best sort of public transit at improving biking.