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Year: 2001
Brand: Trek
Model: 1000
Color:Copper
Size:54cm
Stolen in Portland, OR 97209
Stolen:2012-09-22
Stolen From: NW 16th and Lovejoy
Neighborhood: Northwest
Owner: Justin Brown
OwnerEmail: justin_e_brown@yahoo.com
Reward: 300
Description: Copper painted frame with black leather seat and copper rivets. Black carbon fiber fork and racing pedals.
Police record with: Portland PD
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
Slate.com has published a very interesting, and I think important, article on why some road users have such anger toward people on bikes. In Why You Hate Cyclists: Partly because of jerks like me. But it’s mostly your own illogical mind, writer Jim Saksa delves into the psychological underpinnings of why bike riders get such a bad rap. His article is a must-read if you want to better understand why we so often hear hate-filled rants about “those crazy cyclists!”
Here’s the gist:
Year: unknown
Brand: Jamis
Stolen in Portland, OR 97202
Stolen:2012-06-01
Stolen From: Found in SE Portland
Neighborhood: Eastmoreland
Owner: Ellen Freeman
OwnerEmail: ellenlouisefreeman@gmail.com
Description: FOUND: Jamis mountain bike. Please contact me with identifying features if you think it’s yours. Model name? Seat? Color scheme? Men’s/Women’s? Hope we can find you!
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike
Year: 2011
Brand: Trek
Model: 700WSD
Color:Blue
Size:16″
Serial:
Photo: http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg853/scaled.php?server=853&filename=46141810151430652440411.jpg&res=landing
Stolen in Portland, OR 97201
Stolen:2012-09-24
Stolen From: Clifton House Apartments, SW 10th and Clifton. Beyond the courtyard is a bike rack with very limited safe access to locking up a frame… but it’s in the middle of the apartments next to the court yard, so you would think it would be safe, right? Wrong.
Neighborhood: Downtown/Near PSU
Owner: Kyla Tompkins
OwnerEmail: theatricalkyla@gmail.com
Reward: 50.00
Description: My beautiful Trek Blue 700WSD got stolen last night/this morning. I’m pretty certain it’s a 16″ because I am 5’4 and it fits me perfectly. I bought it 6 months ago and am trying to acquire a registration or ID number from the woman I bought it from now.
The thief left the front wheel and my U-Lock. My bike has black fenders, a bell, a back reflector light dock (without the actual light since it’s detachable) and my right break was not working when it got stolen, something was wrong with the break cable and it was visible. Someone else’s bike got stolen from my complex, I hope they report it…
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 12-155882
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike
“…although traffic accidents remain a major public safety problem, the biggest killer of people ages 5 to 34, vehicle travel is far safer than it was a few decades ago.”
— The New York Times
Here’s the news and other interesting stuff that caught our eyes this past week…
– The Wall Street Journal takes a look at how “Bicyclists of a Feather Flock Together” in their article based on a new book about the subject of “bike tribes.”
– It’s been a few months since the reauthorization of MAP-21, the national transportation legislation, but our story on the implications of giving local roads over to federal control is creating national concern about the impact of federal road design standards, and some people are asking whether or not it makes sense to have federally controlled transportation projects at all.
– An analysis by the New York Daily News says the delay to New York City’s bike share system is a “blessing in disguise” that will give the city time to further build its network of bicycle infrastructure but also suggests the city should cancel the current contract with Alta Bike Share and restart the search for a bike share provider.
Year: 2010
Brand: Trek
Model: Lexa
Color:White
Size:56cm
Serial: WTU137C2184F
Photo: http://www.productwiki.com/upload/images/trek_lexa.jpg
Stolen in Portland, OR 97206
Stolen:2012-09-22
Stolen From: It was stolen off a stop sign in on the cross street of Palm/Ladd.
Neighborhood: Ladd’s Addition
Owner: Samantha Frost
OwnerEmail: Samantha.frost@gmail.com
Reward: I don’t have any income right now, but I could write you a ballad or something…
Description: It’s frame wa a little scratched up. It came from the Bike Gallery, but I covered up their logo with a sticker of an octopus-lady.
Police record with: Portland PD
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
Year: 2000
Brand: GARY FISHER
Model: TASSAJARA
Color:GREEN
Photo: http://www.bikepedia.com/quickbike/BikeSpecs.aspx?Year=2000&Brand=Gary%20Fisher&Model=Tassajara&Type=bike#.UF8vdpi6TzI
Stolen in Portland, OR 97232
Stolen:2012-09-22
Stolen From: lloyd center cinema
Neighborhood: NE portland
Owner: NICOLE SELIS
OwnerEmail: NICOLEMARYSELIS@GMAIL.COM
Description: acid green mountain bike with front suspension. yellow circle sticker on front of frame that says independent truck company. black type sticker that says uprise on crossbar of frame. hardware mounted to front for basket and hardware mounted to hold ulock. broken bell hardware on handlebars.
Police record with: portland police department
Police reference#: T12007990
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike
Year: 2006
Brand: Giant
Model: TCX ALUXX SL
Color:Blue/Grey
Size:Small
Photo: http://imageshack.us/a/img43/6092/gianttxc.jpg
Stolen in Portland, OR 97229
Stolen:2012-09-21
Stolen From: Westview Heights Townhomes, NW 185th & Springville Road
Neighborhood: Bethany
Owner: Christine Smith
OwnerEmail: goofenheimer@gmail.com
Description: Frame/Fork: 2006 Giant TCX ALUXX SL Size: Small – Blue/Gray
Derailleurs: Shimano 9-speed Dura-Ace front and rear derailleurs.
Brakes: Avid Shorty 6 (Gray)
Shifters: Shimano 9-speed Dura-Ace
Wheels: Mavic Open Pro Metallic Blue
Handlebar: Easton EA30 OS
Stem: Easton EA30 OS
Black Handlebar tape
Salsa chain ring
Police record with: Washington County Sheriffs Office
Police reference#: 12-574548
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike
Year: 2003
Brand: Trek
Model: 4300 disc
Color:Black/grey
Size:21.5″
Serial: TBI006CA3CU816
Photo: http://i.imgur.com/6GOTN.jpg
Stolen in Portland, OR 97212
Stolen:2012-09-8
Stolen From: Irvington/Lloyd Center, Portland, OR
Neighborhood: Irvington
Owner: Geoffrey Ledbetter
OwnerEmail: betterlead13@yahoo.com
Description: Tall, black/grey Trek 4300 mountain bike with disc brakes; faded Crowbar handlebars; California bicycle license #3504587 (sticker located on downtube near crank)
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 12-155569
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike
Year: N/A
Brand: Peugoet
Model: N/A
Color:Black
Size:Large
Stolen in Portland, OR 97212
Stolen:2012-09-22
Stolen From: Rose City Park
Neighborhood: NE Portland / Rose City
Owner: Graham Spencer
OwnerEmail: grahams107@gmail.com
Reward: Money
Description: Black peugeot with new tires seat and handle grips. All of the new components do not match the rest of the bike making it pretty obvious that it’s mine. Also the brakes squeak a lot.
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
Year: 2003?
Brand: Trek
Model: Multitrack 7100
Color:Blue/Silver
Size:22.5
Stolen in Portland, OR 97206
Stolen:2012-09-22
Stolen From: SE Mitchell ST and 62nd
Neighborhood: MT. SCOTT-ARLETA
Owner: John Ashcraft
OwnerEmail: bookwheel@gmail.com
Description: Unfortunately we didn’t write down the details for my bike, purchased used 2 years ago.
Size is either 20 or 22.5 inch.
Noseless Saddle (Ergo The Seat Classic Bike Seat)
Free Geek Sticker on side of bar, Equal Rights Sticker on the other side.
Back fendor features a “Better World Auto Club” Sticker.
Has rack with lock storage
Pannier was on the bike, it is an REI brand, blue pannier with a faded decal of a lizard with the word circus on the top.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: T12007975
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike