Year: 2012
Brand: Parlee
Model: Z5
Color:White
Size:56
Serial: PCZ12A55S43460482
Stolen in Portland, OR 97231
Stolen:2013-03-27
Stolen From: Home
Neighborhood: Industrial NW/St Johns
Owner: Ben C
OwnerEmail: bencorbalis( atsign )gmail.com
Description: Parlee Z5 with Campagnolo Chorus, Campagnolo Shamal Ultra Wheels, Zipp bar/stem, Fizik saddle
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
Year: 2008
Brand: Orbea
Model: Aqua TDF
Color:MIDNIGHT BLUE/BLACK
Size:59cm
Serial: SNSUR065F
Stolen in Portland, OR 97214
Stolen:2013-03-5
Stolen From: Bike was stolen from Ladd’s Addition/Colonial Heights neighborhood. SE 20th & Sherman.
Date stolen is somewhere between March 5, 2013-March 27, 2013.
Neighborhood: Ladd’s Addition/Colonial Heights
Owner: Tim Roberts
OwnerEmail: tjbertman(A T)gmail.com
Description: Orbea Aqua TDF w/Ultegra components & Mavic wheels. Majority color is is Midnight Blue w/Black. Black tape, computer & small light on bars. Unique color combination. Not too many around.
Police record with: Portland Police
Police reference#: 13-26999
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
Vancouver resident Don Joling claims he got an unwanted surprise after he slapped the body of a car on North Interstate Avenue this morning. The person in the car became enraged and, according to Joling, it almost led to a shooting.
Here’s what Joling just posted to the Oregon Bicycle Racing Association email list:
“I almost got shot on the way home. Literally. I was rolling down Interstate between New Seasons and Fred Meyer and some car came over almost putting me in the sidewalk, so I slapped the rear quarter panel just hard enough to get his attention.
So at the next stop light, at Fred Meyer, I’m que’d [sic] up with a couple other cyclists, and he comes up on my right, and goes ballistic. Tells me that he’s got a gun and is going to shoot me in the leg. I stay super calm, not reacting at all. I tell him I was just letting him know he almost hit me. I can see in his car and the glove box is open with his hand in it. He settles down a little telling me he rides too, but I’m lucky I didn’t dent his car (he had gotten out to look apparently). A couple more standard issue cuss words (ya I’d say them, but trying to keep this family friendly) from him and we went our separate ways.”
Two great opportunities were posted to our Job Listings this past week. Check them out via the links below…
It’s a great sign of progress when there’s enough mountain biking news for a roundup. In Portland and in hills in almost every direction there are plans afoot to improve and expand off-road riding opportunities.
We are very fortunate around here to have some excellent and hard-working mountain bike advocacy groups. Those groups and their volunteers have been busy building trails and relationships with land managers that make it possible for all of us to have a great ride.
Below are a few updates on what they’ve been working on…
The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) announced today that they’ve officially launched an effort to develop a new Oregon Bicycle and Pedestrian Mode Plan. The plan will be an update to the state’s “policy framework for bicycle and pedestrian modes” which was last updated in 1995.
While the plan’s design guide was updated in 2011, the policy portion of the plan is outdated. The current Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan is also only a staff-level document; meaning it doesn’t have the power and influence of officially adopted plans like the Highway Plan or the Freight Plan. That is going to change with this update, says ODOT’s Pedestrian and Bicycle Program Manager Sheila Lyons. Once completed, the new plan will be adopted by the Oregon Transportation Commission and will be “equal in stature” to the highway and freight plans.
Sorry. This job has been filled.
Job Title
Bike Funnist/ mechanic
Company/Organization
Portland Bike Tours
Your Email Address (for listing confirmation) * info@portlandbicycletours.com
Job Description
Bike mechanic/ retail sales position available at our downtown Bike shop. Join Portland’s oldest and most celebrated Bike Tour company helping staff our new location! This includes, greeting customers and guests from all over the world, issuing rental bikes and equipment and repairing bikes that come in for service as needed. Mechanical certification is not required but preferred.
Retail and merchandizing experience is a must and you need to be a Rockstar when it comes to customer service skills.
Duties include sharing information about Portland’s biking network, history, and cultural perspectives along with ordering/ receiving products, and helping our customers pick out the best cycling accessories for their needs. Must be available to work weekends and have some flexibility in your schedule for on-call shifts. Thank You!
How to Apply
Send your resume to info@portlandbicycletours.com along with a brief description of why you think you would be a good candidate for the position. Or drop one by the shop at 117 NW 2nd Ave in Old Town.
It must be spring because the bike event calendar is really starting to fill up. Check out some selected events below…
Breadwinner Cycles Launch Party – 8:00 pm at Velo Cult (1969 NE 42nd)
As I shared back in February, two of Portland’s top bicycle builders — Tony Pereira and Ira Ryan — joined forces to create Breadwinner Cycles. Tomorrow night is your chance to hang out with them and see their gorgeous new bikes. Owners of Ira Ryan Cycles and Pereira Cycles will be there “to showcase the lineage that has led to Breadwinner.” Go early because Tony and Ira are paying for the first 100 beers! More info here
Two brothers who took a two-year, cross-country, roadkill-fueled bicycle journey while exploring “radical homesteading,” and “guerilla camping” will screen some of their films at Velo Cult tonight. Noah Hussin and his brother Tim documented the entire trip and are working on a film project titled America Recycled.
With partial funding from National Geographic, the brothers sought out how people were living off the land and spent time with communities far off the grid. Noah and Tim grew up in suburban Florida where they became, “Disillusioned by many of our inherited cultural values.” Their trip was an attempt to discover a different way of living. Here’s more from their USA Projects crowdfunding site:
Standing on a dirt and gravel shoulder and squeezed between two parked cars, Mayor Charlie Hales announced yesterday morning that he intends to move forward with the sidewalk project on SE 136th Avenue.
Back in February, Bureau of Transportation Interim Director Toby Widmer said he needed more money for paving and he wanted to take the $1.2 million already set aside for the sidewalk to do more of it. That decision set off an outcry from the community. Even though PBOT is technically under the Mayor’s purview and Widmer is his hand-picked director, Hales distanced himself from the decision almost immediately. Then, less than two weeks later Hales faced even greater pressure when five-year old Morgan Cook was tragically killed by someone driving on that same road just a few blocks away from where the sidewalk was planned.
A very good opportunity to learn more and weigh in on transportation issues in east Portland is coming up later this month. See all the details below…
Transportation Town Hall with East Portland Legislators
SALEM – Senators Jackie Dingfelder (D-Portland), Rod Monroe (D-Portland), and Chuck Thomsen (R-Hood River) will be joined by Representatives Jeff Reardon (D-Portland), Michael Dembrow (D-Portland), Shemia Fagan (D-Clackamas), Chris Gorsek (Troutdale), Alyssa Keny-Guyer and Jessica Vega Pederson (D-Portland) in hosting a Transportation Town Hall focused on the issues in East Portland. Each legislator’s district includes East Portland.
Legislators will be joined by Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) Director Matt Garrett, ODOT Region 1 (including Portland) Director Jason Tell, TriMet General Manager Neil McFarlane, Portland Bureau of Transportation Interim Director Toby Widmer and other transportation officials to speak to and answer questions about transportation issues in East Portland.
WHO: Sen. Dingfelder, Sen. Monroe, Sen. Thomsen, Rep. Reardon, Rep. Vega Pederson, Rep. Fagan, Rep. Dembrow, Rep. Keny-Guyer and Rep. Gorsek
WHAT: East Portland Transportation Town Hall
WHEN: Saturday, April 27th, at 12:00PM
WHERE: Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization (IRCO) – 10301 NE Glisan Street, Portland, OR 97220