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Red/Grey Trek Older Vintage Trek Road Bike

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Brand: Trek
Model: Older Vintage Trek Road Bike
Color:Red/Grey
Photo: http://www.americanlisted.com/wisconsin_49/bicycles_7/1980_s_vintage_trek_steel_frame_road_bike_199_racine_kenosha_13455800.html
Stolen in Portland, OR 97202
Stolen:2012-10-13
Stolen From: NW Marshall and 17th Construction Zone by Bent Brick Restaurant. Sat. night, Oct. 13
Neighborhood: Northwest
Owner: Beth Leppek
OwnerEmail: ladyleppek(at sign)gmail.com
Description: White tape on handle bars. 206-554-1833
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

red Batavus Personal Bike 2009

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Year: 2009
Brand: Batavus
Model: Personal Bike
Color:red
Serial: 13558
Photo: http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2422/4403939383_5075daaa7b_b.jpg
Stolen in Portland, OR 97202
Stolen:2012-08-16
Stolen From: My backyard near 39th/Cesar Chavez and Holgate
Neighborhood: Creston-Kenilworth
Owner: Sarah Gilbert
OwnerEmail: sarahgilbert(at sign)gmail.com
Description: The bike has a serial number cut out of the frame — 1 3 5 5 8 — so it’s pretty hard not to know it! It also has a dent in the front post and a red integrated rack in the back.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 12-156490
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

White/ 30″ FUGI Crosstown 2 2012

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Year: 2012
Brand: FUGI
Model: Crosstown 2
Color:White/ 30″
Serial: 007857449771960
Stolen in Tigard, OR
Stolen:2012-10-16
Stolen From: Summerfield Condomimimun ( Brookside) at Rt.99 and Durham Rd.
Neighborhood: Summerfield Community
Owner: James Frey
OwnerEmail: jimfrey64(at sign)gmail.com
Reward: $100
Description: White lether seat, fenders, rear rack and storage bad.
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

County meeting to discuss bike access on SW Miles Place

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A sign that reads ‘Bikers! Please Slow Down!’ greets
people at the entrance to SW Miles Place.
(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland)

Tomorrow night, Multnomah County will hold a public meeting to discuss the future SW Miles Place Regional Trail. As part of the Sellwood Bridge Project, the County has decided to connect the path on the west end of the bridge to the existing Willamette Greenway Trail from the Macadam Bay houseboat community just north of the bridge, to Willamette Park.

Currently, SW Miles Place is a quaint, quiet, potholed and under-developed street that consists of a few dozen single-family homes nestled between Highway 43 and the Willamette River. Back in June, residents successfully stopped the County from routing auto traffic from the houseboat community down the street. Now the big question is: How should the County re-design the road for the increased bicycle traffic expected once the bridge opens?

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Brown SE Lager

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Brand: SE
Model: Lager
Color:Brown
Size:54
Serial: ICF7G17450
Stolen in Portland, OR 97236
Stolen:2012-10-13
Stolen From: Powell Butte
Neighborhood: Powellhurst-Gilbert
Owner: Dave Swanson
OwnerEmail: swanson1115(AT)hotmail.com
Description: fixed gear with yellow vittoria tires 700X23…bull horn bars…yellow “Black Star” toptube pad.
Police record with: Portland
Police reference#: 12-90212

Collisions up at some bike box locations: Changes coming to SW 3rd & Madison

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Collisions are up at SW 3rd and Madison.
(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland)

New data released by the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) yesterday shows that collisions have gone up significantly at four of 11 intersections where bike boxes were installed in 2008. While longer-term policy and infrastructure changes are in the works for next year, PBOT has announced interim measures aimed at improving safety at those four intersections — one of which is SW 3rd and Madison where Kathryn Rickson was killed back in May.

After Rickson’s death, PBOT was (once again) forced to address critics and rising concerns that they have not done enough to reduce the number of right-hook collisions throughout the city — an issue that has plagued PBOT for years. The announcement of new safety measures and the increase in right-hook collisions came in a letter from City Traffic Engineer Rob Burchfield to the Federal Highway Administration’s Transportation Operations Director Mark Kehrli. The letter is a progress report related to the City’s ongoing FHWA experiment with bike boxes and colored bike lanes.

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White/Black Diamondback Response 2012

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Year: 2012
Brand: Diamondback
Model: Response
Color:White/Black
Size:16″ Frame
Serial: U118K15849
Stolen in Portland, OR 97232
Stolen:2012-10-15
Stolen From: NE Portland
Owner: Randy B.
OwnerEmail: mill_farm(replace with at sign)hotmail.com
Description: Front suspension, WB cage, front & rear LED lights
Police record with: Portland
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Black/Green/White Raleigh Talus Elite 2012

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Year: 2012
Brand: Raleigh
Model: Talus Elite
Color:Black/Green/White
Size:Large
Serial: U117618129
Photo: http://classiccycleus.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Raleigh-Talus-29-Carbon-Elite.jpg
Stolen in Portland, OR 97216
Stolen:2012-10-15
Stolen From: PCC Southeast Campus parking lot
SE 82nd and SE Divivision
Neighborhood: SE Portland
Owner: Mark Paulson
OwnerEmail: paulsone12( atsign )gmail.com
Reward: 100
Description: Frame: Carbon black and green
Fork: White Fox 29er
Brakes: White Shimano
There is a Hillsboro Bike Company sticker on the downtube.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 12-156469
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Blue/Black/Silver Fuji Shimano

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Brand: Fuji
Model: Shimano
Color:Blue/Black/Silver
Size:48″ XS
Stolen in Portland, OR 97212
Stolen:2012-10-15
Stolen From: 2526 NE 15th Ave Portland, OR
Neighborhood: Irvington
Owner: Kira Vinikas
OwnerEmail: KVinikas(at sign)gmail.com
Description: The bike is a dark blue/black/silver XS Shimano Fuji about 48″ – 52″ frame. The seat has a grey butterfly on it. It would have wiring for a Cateye Speedometer. Also 2 fixtures to hold lights.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 1290864
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

Silver Diamondback Insight

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Brand: Diamondback
Model: Insight
Color:Silver
Size:21?
Serial:BUS161422101
Stolen in Portland, OR 97218
Stolen:2012-10-15
Stolen From: The Original Dinerant, 300 SW 6thWas locked to the bike rack and SW 6th and Oak
Neighborhood: Downtown
Owner: Shadia Nagati
OwnerEmail: shadianagatia@hotmail.com
Description: It has back and front light mounts but the front lamp is not attached (I took it off when I locked it up). There is an O’Dell Brewing Company sticker on the seat post facing the front and a monkey sticker on the other side.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 12-156479
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Black Mongoose Wing Elite 2006

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Year: 2006
Brand: Mongoose
Model: Wing Elite
Color:Black
Size:Med
Photo: http://www.bikepedia.com/quickbike/BikeSpecs.aspx?Year=2006&Brand=Mongoose&Model=Wing+Elite&Type=bike#.UHzhvMXuVBk
Stolen in Portland, OR 97206
Stolen:2012-10-13
Stolen From: 54th ave and Tolman St
Neighborhood: Woodstock
Owner: Russ Grenz
OwnerEmail: russgrenz@gmail.com
Description: Black Full Suspension Mountain Bike. Disc brakes front and rear. Red side walled tires.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 12-156475
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

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