The Bike Exchange on SE Division If you love finding good deals on vintage and classic American and Euro bike parts, you’ll be happy to hear that The Bike Exchange (4937 SE Division) is all set to host a bike swap meet this Sunday. It’s the first of five such events that shop manger Tom … Read more
With its calm streets, SE Lincoln is a popular bikeway. That is, until you get past SE 50th.(Photos by Spencer Boomhower) The bike boulevard on Harrison and Lincoln Streets between SE 12th and SE 60th Avenues is one the most popular in Portland, and with good reason: it offers a pleasant ride in a straight … Read more
(Photos © Elly Blue) Portland-based New Deal Distillery will unveil a new label for their signature Portland 88 vodka next month. The label features an illustration of a woman standing valiantly astride a fat-tired cruiser bicycle, sporting striped kneesocks, a flowing dress, and a playing card in the spokes. Think of her as Portlandia (Portland’s … Read more
Many kids and families turned out.(Photo: Matthew Arnold)
Crossing Spokane at SE 13th.(Photos © J. Maus) Last night at the headquarters of the Sellwood-Moreland neighborhood association, about 50 residents showed up to learn more about the City of Portland’s plans to create a bicycle boulevard on SE Spokane Street. They got a chance to see some of the latest innovations in the city’s … Read more
Sellwood residents are gearing up for a march on the Sellwood Bridge this Saturday. According to one of the event’s organizers, Bradley Heintz, the goal of the march is to send a message that any bridge that is built adheres to existing planning guidelines as community livability concerns.
Riding on MLK Jr. Blvd. in the Central Eastside — one of life’s finer pleasures.(Photo © J. Maus) The City of Portland Office of Transportation wants to hear from anyone who works and/or lives on the Central Eastside. They’ve launched the Central Eastside Transportation Survey (take it here) to learn more about how Portlanders “use … Read more
Graphic of potential new bike skills park at a defunct school on SE Stark and 14th.(Graphic taken from forum post by Will Heiber)
Now Portlanders can roam (or ride) without worry at the annual Peacock Lane holiday lights show. (Photo © J. Maus) Each year, for the last two weeks of December, residents of the little-traveled Southeast Portland street, Peacock Lane, deck out their houses with elaborate holiday light displays and invite the public to come enjoy the … Read more
Last night I had one of those comments that reminds me why I’ve devoted so much of my life to this site. It came from “Nick’s mom”. Nick is Nick Moreno, a 17-year-old boy who died in the ICU on October 29th, one day after he was struck by a car while trying to cross … Read more
The Bike Exchange
Eager to ride.-Watch video below- (Photos © J. Maus) This morning, despite a steady stream of rain, hundreds of Abernethy Elementary School kids took part in a new spin on the the traditional walk-a-thon fundraiser; they did a bike-a-thon. Dubbed the Tour de Ladd, organizers of the event closed a loop of streets adjacent to … Read more