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Editor’s note: Please welcome new BikePortland news intern Michelle Lopez. This is her first story for us — thanks, Michelle! Café Vélo serving hot and cold drinks at Sunday Parkways in North Portland this June. (Photo © J. Maus) Northeast Portlander Rick Wilson, a former chef with a love for Dutch cargo bikes (bakfietsen), had … Read more
One of Tom LaBonty’s creations.-Slideshow below-(Photos © J. Maus) Portland is truly a cargo bike lover’s paradise. Whether you want the legendary “bakfiets” from Holland, a less expensive version from China, a high-end custom version made in Portland, or a myriad of other locally available options, this town is a veritable cornucopia of cargo bikes. … Read more
Mike Cobb, with his arm in a sling,during a track stand contest at the Multnomah County Bike Fair in June.(Photo © J. Maus) Portlander Mike Cobb wants to represent Portland at this year’s Cycle Messenger World Championships in Tokyo and he’s looking for a bit of help to get there. Cobb — who works for … Read more
Marion Rice and daughter Gleneden onMarion’s city bike: an Xtracycle conversionwith a rear child seat and front basket.(Photo © J. Maus) [This is the first in a series of “My City Bike” interviews with Portlanders who ride bikes intended for urban transportation. The first interview is with our family biking columnist Marion Rice.] BikePortland: What … Read more
[Publisher’s note: This article is by first-time BikePortland contributor Lucy Burningham, a local freelance writer and familiar face at bike events. Burningham writes here about the new book release of her fellow Lonely Planet travel guide author Ellee Thalheimer — who you may recognize from her past contributions to BikePortland.] Ellee Thalheimer doing important research … Read more
Announcing: The Marriage of Bonnie Hildebrand & Pete Hoebel
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
Skye Blue(Photo: Carole Giraud-Sevigny) If you’ve ever ridden a tall bike, you can understand the attraction: Finally, for the first time in your bike-riding life, you’re not just traffic, you’re above traffic. There’s something exciting and fun about pedaling at such heights. Do it with a few friends and it’s even better. That was the … Read more
Mapes, seen here at the ’07 National Bike Summit, spent four years working on the book.(Photos © J. Maus) Author and reporter Jeff Mapes is living the first-time authors’ dream. His book, Pedaling Revolution, is winning popular and critical acclaim, he has become a sought-after speaker, and it is selling at an unexpectedly brisk pace. … Read more
Jim “K’Tesh” Parsons is always looking out to make your ride (or walk) safer and more enjoyable.-Slideshow Below-(Photos © J. Maus) It wasn’t long into a full day tour through Beaverton and Tigard that Jim “K’Tesh” Parsons needed to stop and get to work. We were riding on the path adjacent to Highway 26, just … Read more
Sam Adams speaking at lastnight’s BMP Open House(Photo © J. Maus) It’s a classic story in Portland by now — you total your car, assess your options, and decide the time is right to go carfree. It looks like the latest person to play out this story will be our mayor. Mayor Adams walked away … Read more
OTC Commissioners: Gail Achterman Michael Nelson Janice Wilson Alan Brown David Lohman See photos/bios below Now that it’s crunch-time for the Oregon Department of Transportation and their Oregon Transportation Commission (OTC) to decide on how to spend the infrastructure chunk of our federal stimulus money, I thought you might want to know a little more … Read more