Filmmaker Joe Biel will go to great lengths to capture bike footage.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) Did you know there’s a non-profit based in Portland devoted to teaching the art of the documentary? Not only does NW Documentary teach folks the, “art of non-fiction storytelling,” they have a new class this term that will delve into … Read more
The Bike Snob (Eben Weiss) has a new book and he’s headed to Portland next month as part of an 11-city promotional tour. The Snob’s eponymously named first book was a smash hit and he’s back for more with, The Enlightened Cyclist: Commuter Angst, Dangerous Drivers, and Other Obstacles in the Path to Two-Wheeled Transcendence … Read more
The future “Coolest street in Portland?” Maybe.
Five way-finding signs will be installed in Tigard along the Fanno Creek Trail.(Map courtesy City of Tigard) Riding a bike on Portland’s streets is made easier by the presence of way-finding signs. Unfortunately once you get off the street and on to a trail you don’t find many (if any) directional signs. That’s especially true … Read more
A view of the Bridge of the Gods from Thunder Island in the Marine Park.(Photos: Celilo Planning Studio) A group of planning students at Portland State University need your help on an ambitious project that could lead to much better bicycling in the Columbia River Gorge. The project, ‘Connect Cascade Locks’ is a joint effort … Read more
Committee Chair Debora Hutchins.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) The citizen-led committee tasked with how to improve bike access and traffic safety on N. Williams Avenue met for the 14th time yesterday. And as the clock winds down on making an official recommendation to PBOT on how to move forward, they appear no closer to reaching consensus. … Read more
Lost on I-5 south of Morrison Bridge. Portlander Rebecca Bookman is heartbroken today because her beloved bike is missing. To make matters worse, it suffered a violent fate and it all happened in agonizingly slow motion. Rebecca’s boyfriend, local bike shop employee Todd Foreman-Kinder says he was driving her to school on I-5 southbound near … Read more
The Tour de France is the ultimate stage in all of pro cycling; but it’s a stage where only men stand. What would happen if a team of women with regular jobs and just a little racing experience upstaged the men and rode the exact same route a day before them (all 3,479 kilometers/2,162 miles … Read more
Rob Sadowsky(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) University of Oregon players are on a roll when it comes to football victories; but they’re also racking up quite a few traffic violations. And we’re not talking about minor stuff like parking tickets and rolling a stop sign. Fed up with the dangerous driving, the executive director of the … Read more
The Metrofiets booth buzzed all weekend (and was popular with bike shop owners). The North American Handmade Bicycle Show in Sacramento delivered record attendance (8,100 people), and it turns out many of them came to do more than dream about a new bike. Some of them came to buy. The blur of a big bike … Read more
After bollards were uprooted — and despite new signs that say “No left turns” — this taxi pulls onto Terwilliger from Condor. This is the same maneuver that resulted in serious injuries to a bicycle rider in August and spurred PBOT into action.(Photo: BikePortland reader)
Screenshot Seven years after a few hundred friends and fellow bike lovers packed into a coffee shop in northeast Portland to celebrate and share locally handmade, bike-inspired goods — I’m very excited to announce that BikeCraft is now available 24/7 on the web.