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Learn how to fly over barriers like this guy.(Photo © J. Maus) With the Tour de France in the rear view and August approaching, many Portlanders are beginning the annual mental (and physical) shift into cyclocross season. For some, that means it’s time to brush up on those ‘cross-specific skills. Fortunately, there are many clinics … Read more
As I demonstrate, a road bike with a trailer can work on a multi-day tour (just make sure the gearing will get you up the hills).(Photo: Daniel Sharp)
Representatives from Coca-Cola join City Commissioner Randy Leonard, PBOT Director Tom Miller, Portland Safe Routes to School manager Gabe Graff and students from Beach and Sabin schools at halftime of the Timbers game.(Photo: John Q. Porter/JQP Design)
These high tech velomobiles (and 48 others just like them) are set to launch on a cross-country tour this Thursday from downtown Portland.(Photos: Ted Buehler)
This is why, “We must consider alternative transportation systems,” says Car and Driver.(Photo © J. Maus) Car and Driver Magazine, one of America’s most respected automobile enthusiast publications with a circulation of 1.3 million, published an investigative report in their July issue titled, The State of the Union’s Roads: What’s happening to our playground? The … Read more
Thanks to a PBOT construction project this weekend, the citizens of Portland will have a rare opportunity to enjoy NW Cornell Road through the West Hills with very little to no motor vehicle traffic.
Circulus will go from a Portland warehouse to the international gaze of Interbike in Las Vegas. Lots of news on the bike industry front of late. Not only are local companies continuing to make waves nationally, but there’s quite a bit of buzz and attention for bumping up manufacturing of bikes and parts in Portland. … Read more
The N Williams Ave project continues to inspire a robust discussion about race, bicycle infrastructure and gentrification in North Portland. If you are interested in how these topics intersect in Portland (or how they don’t), I recommend reading through the many thoughtful comments left on previous posts. Early this morning, a comment came in from … Read more
Shop logo ‘Cartlandia,’ the food cart pod along the Springwater Corridor Trail that opened in May now boasts Portland’s first-ever bike shop cart. The Bike Rack is a full-service repair shop in a trailer, and a welcome addition to a cart pod that’s adjacent to a popular bicycling route.
Portlanders jumped at the chance to enjoy sun and carfree streets. (Photos © J. Maus)
The race was held in the warehouse of Portland Design Works.(Photos © J. Maus)
Here’s the bike news that caught my eye in the past week: – In Toronto, a thousand people turned out on bikes to protest the planned removal of a bike lane on a major street. – Los Angeles has passed a law that makes it illegal to physically or verbally harass anyone who is riding … Read more