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In Portland, Ben & Jerry’s annual Free Cone Day is a serious holiday that is not to be missed. And what better way to justify the calories than by riding your bike to as many Ben & Jerry’s locations as you can (before toppling over)? That’s just what Carl Larson has planned for his Free … Read more
Below are the details on PDOT’s annual Bike to Work day celebration: Bike to Work celebration on Wednesday, May 7 (PORTLAND, OR) – The City of Portland Office of Transportation – Transportation Options Division and the SmartTrips Downtown program – will host a Bike to Work celebration at Pioneer Courthouse Square on Wednesday, May 7, … Read more
About 100 riders assembled at Colonel Summers Park for Bike Back the Night.More photos here – (Photos © J. Maus) The Portland Women’s Crisis Line — a non-profit that helps victims of sexual violence — held their first annual Bike Back the Night ride last night. The name of the ride is a spin-off of … Read more
This Saturday, Seasons — a new mountain bike movie from The Collective — will debut at the McMenamins Bagdad Theater in Southeast Portland. The event is being hosted by Fat Tire Farm. Check out the trailer below…
Bike Farm is a non-profit, member-supported bike shop based in Northeast Portland. The group launched their services back in November and now they’re ready to spread their wings and celebrate a successful first six months. Since November, Bike Farm has achieved official non-profit status and has served the community through weekly “open shop” hours, maintenance … Read more
The brothers will battle it out in the name of bikes.(Photo: Widmer.com) The Portland Office of the Transportation is gearing up for National Bike Month in May. PDOT (in coordination with Shift and the BTA) has 13 events planned throughout the month (see full list below) including a bike/car race on May 1st that will … Read more
Obama, during his speech in Portland back in March.(Photo by Ethan Jewett/Stickeen) Local organizers for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign and for Commissioner Sam Adams’ mayoral campaign will take to the streets by bike tomorrow. According to Tyler Wardwell, one of Obama’s field organizers in Multnomah County, Obama supporters will meet up at their campaign headquarters … Read more
Larger version here. Not surprisingly, there are a lot of rides and events happening this Earth Day weekend. Most of the action happens on Saturday, but there’s an event on Sunday that you might not have heard of yet — a ride and rally to benefit b.i.k.e.. b.i.k.e. stands for Bicycles and Ideas for Kids … Read more
Cycle Seen is a photo and art exhibition that will focus on Portland’s bike culture. Full story here. The most recent press release from the event’s organizers is pasted below:
A group of Portlanders stare longingly at what will someday be a new bike and pedestrian bridge over I-405 at NW Flanders.(Photo © J. Maus)
The Sprockettes performed inthe rain at Earth Day last year.(Photo © J. Maus) Earth Day is this Saturday at Overlook Park in North Portland (right on the Interstate MAX line). To help make it easier and more fun to get their by bike, City Repair (the non-profit group that organizes Earth Day) and a group … Read more
Eight high school students from Seattle are on a 5,400 mile Inconvenient Ride to raise awareness of climate change and they’re set to ride through Portland next week. So far I haven’t heard of any special events planned for their visit. If/when I do I will post something about it. Below is a statement about … Read more