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In their ongoing effort to make the biking and walking path adjacent to I-205 into a “world class facility,” the Oregon Department of Transportation has just announced the “Equity Bike Ride” to show off what they’ve done and what’s planned for the future. Shelli Romero, ODOT’s Public Policy & Community Affairs Manager, has been doing … Read more
The 2007 car-for-bike trader.(You’d be happy too if you just gave up your car for a sweet new bike.)(Photo © J. Maus) New Belgium Brewing’s big bike circus, parade and celebration, the Tour de Fat rolls into Portland this weekend. It’s one of the best bike events of the year, and the entire day is … Read more
Riders pedal north on I-405.Slideshow below/Gallery (82 images)(Photos © J. Maus)
Bridge Pedal 2009, as seen from a helicopter flying over the Fremont Bridge.(Photos © J. Maus)
Steel Bridge crowds without 10,000 event riders.(Photo © J. Maus) Cascade Bicycle Club, the group behind the Seattle-to-Portland Bicycle Classic has announced a last minute route change. This Saturday and Sunday, an estimated 10,000 riders (most of them on Sunday) will roll across the lower deck of the Steel Bridge en route to their final … Read more
Official poster. If you’ve got Tour de France fever than mark your calendar for July 22nd when the film Chasing Legends comes to town. Chasing Legends is the latest from filmmaker Curtis Winsor and his Gripped Films crew. The movie gives viewers an inside look at big-time professional road racing as it follows team HTC-Columbia … Read more
A sun-drenched field at Benson Highwas a perfect spot for activities.-Slideshow below/Gallery–(Photos © J. Maus) Some (finally!) hot summer weather led to a big turnout on the Sprockettes Ride last night. The ride was part of Shift’s Pedalpalooza, which runs through Sunday. Here’s the report from Agent Rod Quake, followed by a slideshow of my … Read more
Ride participants in action.(Photo: Steve Bozzone) [Publisher’s note: The ride report below came in as part of our ongoing coverage of Pedalpalooza 2010. I thought it was so informative that I decided to put in on the Front Page. The ride was led by volunteer members of Active Right of Way (AROW), a grassroots transportation … Read more
On Tuesday (6/29), the Architects Without Borders and the Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium will host a free screening of PBS’s Beyond the Motor City. The film is part of the PBS special series, Blueprint America, which takes an in-depth look at the past, present and future state of our country’s transportation infrastructure (one … Read more
The dice told us where to go.–Gallery–(Photos © J. Maus) On Friday, I took a gamble and went on a Pedalpalooza ride that left the route up to chance. As luck would have it, myself and the 20 or so others on the ride got lucky and had a memorable excursion through the streets of … Read more
Naked Riders on West Burnside. – Photo by Jared Souney/JaredSouney.com.
Detail from ride flyer.-Full version below- Eben Weiss, the inimitable “Bike Snob” behind the popular and eponymously named blog and book, rolls into Portland on Sunday. He’s in town for a signing and presentation at Powell’s and there’s a ride to the event being organized by Chris King Precision Components. The plan is to meet … Read more