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About 40 people showed up for the Benson Bubbler ride yesterday. (For those of you not from Portland, Benson Bubblers are the name given to our iconic drinking fountains). We met at SW 5th and Washington, site of the first bubbler, installed in 1912 (and still looking great). Our ride leader Lily brought along a … Read more
Full report on this ride by Deacon Amos Hunter at BikeTemple.org. Slideshow below (for captions, browse the album in the photo gallery): — More Pedalpalooza coverage
[Welcome to your daily Pedalpalooza rundown. We’ll post each day’s events and rides here, so you can plan, email them to your friends, etc… See all our Pedalpalooza coverage here and follow the latest updates on Twitter. Click ride title for full details… have fun out there!] 9:45am – 5:45am: Midweek Ride to the Gorge … Read more
Streets filled with bikes: a commonsight during Pedalpalooza!(Photo © J. Maus) What an amazing week! Portland bike funnists have been outdoing themselves this year, with the biggest Pedalpalooza ever (over 200 events total!) Team BikePortland has been scrambling trying to cover all the events we can (is this really our job or is it a … Read more
Let’s hope Rep. Oberstar’s love of biking seeps into his thinking on federal transportation policy.(Photos © J. Maus) On Thursday (6/18), U.S. Congressman Jim Oberstar (D-MN) is expected to release a white paper outlining his plans for the forthcoming re-write of the federal surface transportation bill (Oberstar is Chair of the House Infrastructure and Transportation … Read more
Imagine if each one of them donated $5.– Click here to donate –(Photo © J. Maus) Last Saturday night, 1% of Portland’s population reveled in the World Naked Bike Ride. 5,000 people enjoyed it by bike (or on roller skates, skateboards, etc…), and thousands of others did so either by seeing it live and/or by … Read more
After the brazen bareness of last night’s naked ride, a handful of dreamy romantics spent some wholesome quality time this afternoon reclining on the grass in the rose gardens of Ladd’s Addition, listening to, and giving, dramatic readings of the “good parts” of romance novels. These were, for reasons I never fully understood, interspersed with … Read more
[Welcome to your daily Pedalpalooza rundown. We’ll post each day’s events and rides here, so you can plan, email them to your friends, etc… See all our Pedalpalooza coverage here and follow the latest updates on Twitter. Click ride title for full details… have fun out there!] 7:00am – 9:00am: Coffee on Clay The city … Read more
Riders queue up at a stop lightduring the Anti-CRC ride Saturday.– Slideshow below/More photos –(Photos © J. Maus) Over 80 people met on Saturday to ride in protest against the Columbia River Crossing project. The event was put together by Rising Tide Cascadia to coincide with Pedalpalooza and raise awareness of the negative impacts of … Read more
Racing was far from the onlyattraction at the Cirque du Cycling.(Photos © J. Maus) Saturday’s Cirque du Cycling event, held on N. Mississippi Avenue, managed to do something very special: It brought together just about every aspect of Portland’s diverse culture of bike lovers. From kids (young and old!) to tall bike builders and everything … Read more
[This Ridiculously Early Donut Ride reportage brought to you by dedicated morning person Susan Otcenas, via the Shift list. Check out Susan’s photos from the ride here.] My alarm woke me up at 2:30 a.m. Stumble out of bed, check the air temp (57 deg), pull on cycling clothing, stumble downstairs. Glad I packed my … Read more
[The New Shanghai Bike-aneers Pirate Ride report was brought to you by the organizer, Bent Ryder, via the Shift list. Yarr!] The hardy Swashbikelers.(Photo: Bent Ryder) Avast ye lubbers!