From Bicycle Retailer and Industry News The newly-opened Dutch, cargo and utility bike shop Clever Cycles, is featured in the latest issue of Bicycle Retailer and Industry News Magazine. In their “Retail Briefs” section, the article says that thanks to the shop, “Portlanders are embracing what the owners call the Dutch bike revolution.” The piece … Read more
Crowded paths, like this one on the Steel Bridge, are an issue in Boston too.(File photo)
Pereira in Mountain Bike Magazine.Photo: Dave Roth Local bike builder Tony Pereira is having a dream year. Last winter he found a great new shop space near SE 24th and Belmont and in March he took home coveted trophies from the North American Handmade Bike Show for his gorgeous,”Roaring 29’er”, fillet-brazed, mountain bike. A relative … Read more
Today’s editorial features aphoto of a female cyclist. Less than one week ago, the Oregonian surprised local bike advocates when they published a forceful editorial in support of stiffer penalties for motor vehicle operators who hit bicyclists. Today, they continue to show their support for two-wheeled transportation with an editorial that reads like it could … Read more
[From the Associated Press] The Vatican has seen the light.(Photo: Corydora on Flickr) Citing the world’s 1.2 million annual traffic deaths, the Vatican has issued a document titled, “Guidelines for the Pastoral Care of the Road,” that addresses the “consequence of trangressions and negligence” behind the wheel and offers solutions via a ‘Drivers 10 Commandments’. … Read more
Nationally syndicated radio talk show host Lars Larson can usually be counted on for ranting against bicyclists, but now it seems he’s taking a cue from the Oregonian and showing his support for the Vulnerable Roadway Users bill. Case in point. I was forwarded an email from someone who claimed to have heard him speaking … Read more
I got Pez’d! If you’re just clicking over here from the article in Pez Cycling News…welcome to BikePortland! Since you read Pez, you’re probably a big bike racing fan (so am I). I’ve got lots of racing articles and photos for you to enjoy. Check out the slideshow below from a recent criterium series held … Read more
A forceful editorial in today’s Oregonian gives a much needed push to the Vulnerable Roadway Users bill (H.B. 3314), which is (hopefully) just days from a final Senate vote. The article is bluntly titled, “Bad drivers, dead bicyclists,” and it opens with this line: “Let’s save for another time the argument about reckless bicyclists, the … Read more
From Wend Magazine, Spring ’07. The Spring ’07 issue of Portland-based Wend Magazine, has a feature article on a recent Portland alleycat race. Alleycats — which are usually put on by messengers, but everyone is welcome to participate — have become a regular fixture on the Portland bike scene. Wend contributor Johnathon Allen captures the … Read more
A reader just sent me the link to an audio essay that ran on OPB yesterday. It was created by writer, and recent Portland transplant (from San Francisco via Boston), Elizabeth Moore.
Cover of June ’07 Oregon Cycling Magazine.Read full article here. It feels awkward to write about myself, but several folks have written in wondering why I haven’t mentioned the story about BikePortland in the June issue of Oregon Cycling Magazine. Writer Ellee Thalheimer — who also teaches yoga for cyclists at River City Bicycles — … Read more
Scan of Portland Monthly article Portland’s “original” bike lawyer Ray Thomas has a two-page spread in the June issue of post local lifestyle magazine, Portland Monthly. Thomas is one of four lawyers singled out (out of 325 mentioned) in the “Top Lawyers” segment. The piece features an interview and a full-page photo that shows Thomas … Read more