[Screenshot] Carlo Delumpa has been a busy man. In addition to being one of the founders of the new club, Portland Velo, he has also combined his passions for technology (he works at HP) and cycling into a new website, PortlandCycling.net.
[Carlo Delumpa] Portland’s great cycling community just got even better. Local cyclists Carlo Delumpa (right), Susan France, David Kelly, Ty Lambert, David Russell and Rick Smith have launched Portland’s newest recreational cycling club, Portland Velo. Portland Velo was formed because the founders felt no existing group filled the growing need for organized road rides in … Read more
Jessica Roberts just gave word that the BTA raised more money than any other local non-profit in the Willamette Week’s Give! Guide promotion. Read the whole story (scroll to bottom)…
Local bike lawyer Ray Thomas is working on a new campaign to empower injured cyclists to literally take the law in their own hands. His is distributing a new pamphlet titled, “Action Pamphlet #1; Do-it Yourself Guide to Citizen Initiation of Violation Proceedings.” You can find it at local bike shops, download the PDF here … Read more
[Sacha at last year’s show (photo credit )] Portland will be well represented at the 2nd annual North American Hand Made Bicycle Show. So far, four local frame builders will make the trip down to San Jose, California in March to display their creations alongside the best in the business. Last year, Sacha White of … Read more
Here’s the first look at the BTA’s new website. They’ve been in dire need of an update and from what I’ve seen poking around the beta version, it was well worth the wait! The work was done by Grapheon, a local communications design firm. The site should be live to the public “sometime next week”. … Read more
The Wise Old Bicycle Guy has been working on a unique way to combat our growing bike theft problem. His idea is to “unsteal” bikes by fixing them up from donated parts and giving them back to bike theft victims…for free. He’s got a “bike-shop quality” mountain bike (he used to be a pro mechanic … Read more
A team comprised of BTA, PDOT, and the Bureau of Technology Services (BTS) reps is developing a web tool to report bicycle crashes and near misses. This close calls map should be ready for beta testing this March and the initial database will be populated with data from your comments to my “Wanted: your close … Read more
[Me on the show back in August] Chris Smith has officially launched his KBOO Bike Show podcast page. I downloaded them to my IPod (thanks Mom!) and listened to a show while riding on my rollers this morning. Very cool! Don’t forget to check out this week’s show (Wednesday from 9-10AM on 90.7FM) that will … Read more
Last year, the Lance Armstrong Foundation put on its first LiveSTRONG Ride in Portland (Beaverton actually). Now I just got word from Cyclelicious that they’ve announced a full series of LiveSTRONG Rides for 2006. The Portland edition with happen on September 24th and registration is already open. Judging from the crowds last year, I’d say … Read more
Registration for the 27th annual Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic opens today. On July 15, 9,000 riders will brave the 200 mile journey in the largest multi-day bicycle event in the Northwest (you can do it in one or two days). Here are some interesting facts from the 2005 ride (taken from the STP website):
Yesterday I got a call from one of my intrepid correspondents (thanks Dat!) that the downtown Bike Gallery has just received shipment of the very first Trek Portlands. Today I went down to investigate and sure enough, they’ve got two of them (a 52 and 54 cm) already in stock and they expect more to … Read more