🚨 Please note: For the latest on the future of BikePortland, please read this update from founder and publisher Jonathan Maus.
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
Traffic on Williams is a mess.(Photos © J. Maus)
Screenshot of The Copenhagen Post Among planners and bike advocates, Copenhagen is often held up as the apotheosis of a cycling city; a place that “gets it” when it comes to bicycling more than any other city in the world. But, if an article in The Copenhagen Post (an English-language newspaper), is any indication, there … Read more
Young U.S. racers perform turning drills in Forest Grove at the 2010 camp.(Photos: Jim Anderson) Beginning this Sunday (7/24), Pacific University in Forest Grove will host a camp for some of the nation’s top young road racers. It’s one of eleven USA Cycling Regional Development Camps that are held across the nation with the goal … Read more
New “Bicycle Forever” stamps set to be released sometime next year. Design is by USPS art director Phil Jordan using illustrations by John Mattos.
A meeting last night that was meant to discuss a new outreach campaign on N. Williams Avenue turned into a raw and emotional exchange between community members and project staff about racism and gentrification. It was the first public meeting for the North Williams Traffic Safety Operations Project since the Bureau of Transportation decided to … Read more
From DeafBikeSigns.com Being deaf while mixing with traffic on a bike poses unique challenges. What if you couldn’t hear the ring of the bell or the “on your left” so many of us rely on? What if the person you were passing or riding next to was Deaf? How would know? You wouldn’t. Unless of … Read more