Specialized will hold job fair in Portland
The big, happy, Specialized family. (Photo: Specialized) This Saturday (2/2), Specialized Bicycle Components will hold a Job Fair at the Marriott City Center hotel in downtown Portland.
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Update on Share the Road license plates
[Updated: 1/30, 3:31pm (see end of article)] As I reported on Monday, the status of Oregon’s new Share the Road license plates are in temporary limbo. I have since learned from the man behind the plates, Jerry Norquist, that the issue stems from a need to “fine tune” the design. Norquist says there has been … Read more
Car hits woman on bike, driver flees
Please keep your eyes peeled for a motor vehicle involved with a hit-and-run collision that took place about an hour ago at SE 8th and Stark. According to officers I spoke to on the scene, a woman was riding her bike southbound on SE 8th when a man in a car turned his vehicle in … Read more
Local recumbent accessory maker expands
Southeast Portland based TerraCycle has purchased FastBack Designs of Fort Collins Colorado. Here’s more from the press release: TerraCycle, of Portland, Oregon, and FastBack Designs, of Fort Collins, Colorado, two leading companies in the design and manufacture of accessories for recumbent bicycles, have announced that TerraCycle will acquire FastBack and expand its successful line of … Read more
Vancouver Council will go for all-ages helmet law
(Photo © Jonathan Maus) Last night, Vancouver City Council decided to postpone their vote on a new helmet ordinance. The ordinance, which initially sought to only apply to kids under 18 years old, is now likely to apply to everyone. Jan Bader at the City Manager’s office told me that the Council did not pass … Read more
‘Share the Road’ plates hit snag over design
[Updated: 7:05pm, 1/28] Sources say that the DMV office in Salem has stopped issuing Oregon’s new “Share the Road” license plates. According to an email I received from a reader, as of last Friday (1/25), the DMV has suspended all applications for the special plates “pending some sort of legal issue,” with the plates’ designer.
Startup framebuilder will display ‘Courage’ at NAHBS
Aaron Hayes in his shop.(Photos © Jonathan Maus) 33 year-old Northeast Portlander Aaron Hayes has gone from zero-to-NAHBS in just six months. Burnt out from his job as a consumer products designer for Portland-based Ziba Design, Hayes launched Courage Bicycle Mfg., at the suggestion of his girlfriend. “She was volunteering with a school group that … Read more
Mandatory helmets for adults in Vancouver?
[Updated: 3:27pm] Vancouver Mayor Royce Pollard sets a good example.(Photo © Jonathan Maus) The majority of Vancouver (WA) City Council members are reportedly in favor of expanding a youth helmet ordinance to include adults. The ordinance was first heard by City Council earlier this month and based on recent comments by four of the seven … Read more
A small, yet re-energized Critical Mass
Friday’s Critical Mass in downtown Portland.More photos here(Photos © Jonathan Maus) Around 60 Portlanders remembered Critical Mass last Friday. While that number may seem low, it was the biggest turnout the ride has seen in many months. After seeing signs of a resurgence, I showed up to Friday’s ride (for the first time in over … Read more
Laughter and a lawsuit; two tales of callousness
I don’t usually re-post stories that are flying around the Internet, but two recent stories deserve attention for the level of indifference and callousness they show toward people on bikes. The first story comes from Tucson Arizona. The snip below is from a story posted on CNN.com yesterday: “A judge sentenced a woman to nearly … Read more
Bike tourism “Partnership” lays out strategies for the future
Coming together to make Oregon the “place bicycles dream about.”(Photos © Jonathan Maus) At a meeting in Portland’s downtown library earlier this week, the Oregon Bicycle Tourism Partnership came together to strategize about how to make Oregon the premier bicycling destination in the country. The group is a joint venture spearheaded by Oregon State Parks, … Read more
Remember Critical Mass?
Flyer for this month’s Critical Mass. Critical Mass — that enigmatic, fun, controversial, “defiant celebration” of bikes as traffic — has been all but missing from Portland’s bike scene lately. The theories about its demise vary, but in the last year or so it seems to have lost its mojo here in “Bike City USA”.