Get your learn on with books about bikes (and other stuff). It’s time to get smart, and we don’t just mean using hand signals and fighting traffic tickets. Making headway against 50 plus years of car-centric policies, planning, and culture is no easy task. We need to educate ourselves. The more we know the better … Read more
Last night around midnight, two would-be thieves tried to break into Clever Cycles on SE Hawthorne Blvd. Here’s a photo of the scene taken a few hours ago:
This map shows were close calls and collisions have been reported with the BikePortland B-SMaRT tool.Click to enlarge(Graphic: Joe Broach).
Momentum publisher/editor Amy Walker as Olivia Newton-John in “Let’s Get Visible”.– Watch video below – The folks at Vancouver, BC-based Momentum Magazine have combined their passion for safe biking with their fun and fashionable style to create a new PSA for their local Bike to Work Week. The result is “Let’s Get Visible”, a bike … Read more
The following incident was posted on PDXFixed this evening… On my way to work yesterday (about 2:30), I was going down Moody, just past the Ross Island Bridge. I saw someone on a red road bike get hit by a black sedan, then the sedan drove off. Front wheel looked all fucked up. Roadie started … Read more
All you need to know, in the palm of your hand.(Larger views below)(Photo: Jennifer Campos) The City of Vancouver Washington (just a few short miles north of downtown Portland) has a new bicycle resource card available. According to Jennifer Campos, a planner in Vancouver’s transportation department, the card is small, portable, and provides all the … Read more
Cover of new book based on Portland cyclocross images. One of the biggest stories about this year’s cyclocross season (besides the record crowds) has been the emergence of PDXCross.com. The site launched back in September and offers a weekly photo slideshow of all the glorious, painful and muddy action. The work is a collaboration between … Read more
The Oregonian on July 15th, 2008. KGW reports that James Millican, who ran down and then drove with Jason Rehnberg on his hood after Rehnberg (who was on his bike) told him to slow down, has been sentenced to 45 days in jail. Along with jail, the 21-year-old Millican must do 160 hours of community … Read more
(Photos © J. Maus) A new bike shop has opened its doors on the corner of N. Page and N. Williams Ave (map). Metropolis Cycle Repair is owned by Nathan Roll and he shares the space with his brother Todd, who operates Pedal Bike Tours. I stopped by Metropolis on Friday and chatted with Nathan … Read more
The story below from the Oregonian was sent to me by a reader. It’s sad on so many levels (emphasis mine): A 97-year-old woman was killed Saturday in the parking lot of an apartment building in Milwaukie when she was hit by a car that was backing out of a parking space, the Milwaukie Police … Read more
PSU Cycling Club president Reuben Vyn and Officer Pryce.(Photos: Peter Welte) Two members of the PSU Cycling Club got a lot more than they bargained for while riding along NE Ainsworth yesterday. According to witnesses, Club president Reuben Vyn was riding along with six other members of the club on NE Ainsworth near NE 23rd … Read more
“As a 30-year cyclist, I feel this message is crucial.”–Howard Russell, ODOT The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has launched a bike safety campaign. Word of the campaign comes from ODOT’s Howard Russell. Russell is the safety enforcement manager of the agency’s Motor Carrier Division, which he says is a specialized unit devoted to preventing … Read more