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From Santa Cruz and Rick Hunter to the trio behind the Ned Ludd Market Bike in Portland (Ben Leonard, Ira Ryan, Jason French), teaming up is paying off for framebuilders.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) As you pedal north from the Rose Quarter into Portland’s “fifth quadrant,” it would be easy to not even notice what has … Read more
“If a thousand-dollar bike purchase takes $30 off the retailer’s bottom line, the same purchase made via Dwolla only costs him 25¢.”— Rick Vosper, bike industry marketing consultant Rick Vosper is a veteran of the bike industry who has worked for major brands and now — as founder of Rick Vosper Marketing Services — makes … Read more
Taken yesterday from inside a car headed west just after the Broadway Bridge.
After years of patching and repainting, the time has come to lay new concrete at Alpenrose.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) The Oregon Bicycle Racing Association (OBRA) has launched a fund-raising effort to rebuild a major portion of Alpenrose Velodrome. The 1/6 mile track located on land owned by Alpenrose Dairy in Portland’s southwest hills has become … Read more
Screen grab from KGW segment. Amid a pervasive cultural narrative that bicycle operators behave badly in traffic; KGW news has a report about a recent sting targeted toward aggressive driving on Interstate 5 that netted 216 traffic stops and 163 citations in just two days. The sting was carried out by the Oregon Department of … Read more
One in a series of illustrations by Mike Joos.
Bike sharing is heating up around the world as summer approaches.(Photo: Will Vanlue/BikePortland) Here’s the news and other cool stuff that caught our eyes this past week… – Metro council candidate Bob Stacey says Oregon is “banking a lot on technology” and fuel-efficient cars to meet its greenhouse gas emission targets; but Slate warns that … Read more
“We believe we can catch more flies with honey than we can with vinegar… I don’t think direct action will turn around city council or businesses.”— Rob Sadowsky, BTA executive director Back in January, Metro Councilor Rex Burkholder took to a public forum and dropped a pretty hefty insult on the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA). … Read more
Filmmaker Joe Biel will go to great lengths to capture bike footage.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) Did you know there’s a non-profit based in Portland devoted to teaching the art of the documentary? Not only does NW Documentary teach folks the, “art of non-fiction storytelling,” they have a new class this term that will delve into … Read more
The “Foldnfix” fender will retail for $20. Two Kickstarter projects have come to our attention that have a bike and Portland connection: a nifty new foldable plastic rear fender and a vegan food cart pulled by a tandem bike. The fenders come from Full Windsor, a London-based design start-up with a U.S. sales rep in … Read more
The Bike Snob (Eben Weiss) has a new book and he’s headed to Portland next month as part of an 11-city promotional tour. The Snob’s eponymously named first book was a smash hit and he’s back for more with, The Enlightened Cyclist: Commuter Angst, Dangerous Drivers, and Other Obstacles in the Path to Two-Wheeled Transcendence … Read more