Can you spot the bakfiets?Photo: Clever Cycles on Flickr Clever Cycles, Portland’s soon-to-be-opening retail shop that will carry bakfiets cargo bikes and “a complete line of resoundingly practical biking gear” is showing signs of life at their location on SE 9th Ave., just south of Hawthorne Blvd. Part of a Dutch bike invasion sweeping North … Read more
Shoes await alterationin the Mountain Soles shop.File photo: 4/6/07 Just off the busy cycling routes of Hawthorne Boulevard and Ladd Circle in southeast Portland, modern-day cobbler Matt Menely and his staff at Mountain Soles are hard at work keeping cyclist’s expensive gear in tip-top shape. At first glance, the shop may not seem like it … Read more
Officials including Director of Parks Zari Santner, Milwaukie Mayor Jim Bernard, and Congressman Earl Blumenauer, cut the ribbon last October.File photo: 10/20/06 The Cities of Portland and Milwaukie, Metro, and local neighborhoods have announced plans to celebrate the completion of the Three Bridges on the Springwater Corridor Trail The $5 million project, that created three … Read more
“A trail corridor must be provided to address transportation impacts.”-Bureau of Development Services. The Portland Bureau of Development Services has issued another denial for SK Northwest. It’s been one year since I first broke the story of the company’s plans to develop a facility along the Willamette River, just south of OMSI.
I just received a report on Wednesday’s enforcement mission at Ladds Circle from Traffic Division Sergeant Mike Fort: Photo: Portland Police Bureau Traffic Division
Cyclists during a race at Mt. Tabor.File photo: 5/26/05View archives The issue of cyclists going too fast on the popular loop road in Mt. Tabor Park has at least one neighbor concerned about safety. I first heard about this issue on the Portland Mercury Blog last week and have watched as the message has spread. … Read more
Last October, the cities of Portland and Milwaukie came together to dedicate the Three Bridges on the Springwater and Milwaukie Mayor James Bernard quipped, “we’re proud to have Portland as our suburb.”
Dave Hemming, a 35 year-old bicycle industry veteran who works for Marin Bicycles, just moved to Portland a month ago. Dave Hemming He and his wife Molly moved all their belongings into their southeast Portland home on February 25th and then finished up some business back in northern California. On Saturday March 10th, while they … Read more
Proposed development area.Click to enlarge graphic SK Northwest, a Portland-based retailer of jet-skis and personal watercraft, has submitted another proposal to develop a key parcel of Willamette riverfront land. The proposal was submitted to the Bureau of Development Services (BDS) on March 1st and once again, it does not include plans for a trail. You … Read more
[Clever Cycles’ Todd Fahrner in San Jose.] Cleverchimp founder and Clever Cycles co-owner Todd Fahrner is here at the Handmade Bicycle Show and he just gave me an update on his plans to open up a new bike shop in Portland. Todd and his partners in the business (his wife Martina Fahrner and Rachel and … Read more
[On-street bike parking, like this one at N. Shaver and N. Mississippi Streets, could be coming to SE Belmont.]
If you ride on the Esplanade and the Springwater Corridor south of OMSI you know that there’s a ton of construction going. In addition to the Big Pipe Project, ODOT is currently working on a $64 million project to replace the MLK/Grand Viaduct.