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Rising Tide North America is an activist group that raises awareness for the “root causes of climate change.” Tonight, the group is using our monthly Critical Mass ride—and 28 others around the U.S. and Canada—to raise awareness for their cause and to draw attention to the anniversary of the Hurricane Katrina disaster. According to the … Read more
[Ready, set, Zoobomb] This weekend Zoobombers celebrate their fourth anniversary with two days of mini-bike madness known as the BIFFday Summer Olympics. On Saturday they’ll assemble at Colonel Summers Park (SE 20th and Belmont) at 2:00 for events like mini-bike polo, chicken races (where mini-bikers duel with someone riding on their shoulders), and the ominous-sounding … Read more
[Intersection of SW 5th and Washington]Photo: Susan Otcenas Citizen activists mobilzed by the death of cyclist Mike Wilberding on August 1st have channeled their emotions into a traffic safety awareness action. The event will be held on September 1st from 4-6pm at SW 5th and Washington Streets in Beaverton (the intersection where the crash occured). … Read more
Local bike culture personality Reverend Phil may be down but he’s not out. Phil and friends will host a repeat performance of his Kickass Bike Movie night tonight at Free Geek (1731 SE 10th). The free show starts at 7:00pm and promises a few surprises.
[New Belgium’s marketingsuperhero Chris Winn.] New Belgium’s Tour de Fat rolled through Portland Saturday and the crew from Fort Collins, Colorado put on one of the best bike parties of the year. It got started with the craziest bike parade I’ve ever done (with clothes on). I have no idea where all the zany, outlandish … Read more
Usually when I go to an event like Bridge Pedal I’m running and riding around like crazy, trying to get good photos and talk to as many people as I can. I enjoy that tremendously, but this time I brought the family along to savor the spectacle with them (and 18,000 or so fellow Portlanders). … Read more
[The action heated up as the sunwent down.] Last Friday night, downtown Portland got a taste of big time bike racing at the Portland Twilight Criterium. Thousands of spectators jammed the sidewalks around the South Park Blocks to gawk at the high-speed action. It was hard not to feel the adrenaline as the racers swooshed … Read more
[Action from last year’s event.] The South Park Blocks will be taken over by super-fast cyclists tomorrow night at the fifth annual Health Net Portland Twilight Criterium. I went last year and had a great time. The spectating is awesome. These guys come whizzing by, inches away from you…and as darkness falls, things get crazy. … Read more
Yesterday I joined 800 fellow Portland cyclists and 100 gallons of ice-cream for the first-ever Hottest Day of the Year Ride. It started with riders of all ages staging at the Lucky Lab brewpub in Northwest Portland.
Portland’s bikey brain trust will have a significant presence at this year’s Pro Walk/Pro Bike conference which is being held from September 5-8 in Madison, Wisconsin. The international conference—which was held in Portland in 1994—is considered the most important event of it’s kind and according to BikeWalk.org it attracts more than 600 bicycle and pedestrian … Read more
This Saturday, the Portland United Mountain Pedalers will break ground on the first bit of new mountain bike trails in Forest Park since 1988. With a major assist from the Friends of Forest Park—who spearheaded the grant and permitting process—PUMP is holding a work party to make the new Firelane 5 trail a reality. According … Read more
[Red Bat sighting at’05 Tour de Fat.] It’s no easy task for an out-of-town group to come into Portland and throw a bike party that rivals our own…but the folks at New Belgium pull it off with their traveling cycling circus known as the Tour de Fat. Last year’s event is still etched in my … Read more