Black Cannondale Bad boy Ultra 2005

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Year: 2005
Brand: Cannondale
Model: Bad boy Ultra
Color:Black
Size:small
Serial: Q003515 728 5FM SM
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Stolen in Seattle, WA 98109
Stolen:2012-06-23
Stolen From: stolen from residential garage at 5th Ave N and Garfield
Neighborhood: Queen Anne
Owner: YC Chen
OwnerEmail: greybeagle@gmail.com
Reward: YES
Description: matted black bike, with black toe clip padels, 2 sets of front/back LED lights, and a timbuk2 saddle bag (and matted black Limar 747 helmet)
Police record with: Seattle Police
Police reference#: 12-199523
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

red trek 24 2005

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Year: 2005
Brand: trek
Model: 24
Color:red
Stolen in Portland, OR 97212
Stolen:2012-07-4
Stolen From: driveway
Neighborhood: irvington
Owner: tom lux
OwnerEmail: talux2000@yahoo.com
Description: kids mtn bike, plastic toeclips, lights

Black Trek Soho S 2010

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Year: 2010
Brand: Trek
Model: Soho S
Color:Black
Stolen in Portland, OR 97217
Stolen:2012-07-8
Stolen From: Rosa Parks and Wilbur Ave
Neighborhood: Arbor Lodge
Owner: Ben Mounce
OwnerEmail: bmounce@gmail.com
Description: It is a flat Black Trek Soho S. I shaved the handlebars down and added pepper grips to them. There is velcro on the top of the frame where I usually keep my U lock when I am riding.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: Pending
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

Collision on Hwy 101 south of Cannon Beach results in critical injury – UPDATED

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Another serious injury collision happened today on Highway 101.

According to the Oregon State Police, at about 1:25 pm, a 35-year old woman was riding northbound on the shoulder of Hwy 101 five miles south of Cannon Beach near milepost 35 (just south of Hug Point Road) when she was struck by a 78-year old woman driving a Dodge Caravan. The OSP says the woman driving the van “drifted onto the shoulder and struck the woman’s bicycle from behind.” No names have been released yet.

The woman riding the bike was with her husband. He was up the road a bit, then stopped and turned around shortly after the collision because his wife never caught up. The woman was flown to Legacy Emanuel Medical Center for treatment of critical injuries. The van operator and her passenger were not injured.

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White Fuji Finest 2004

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Year: 2004
Brand: Fuji
Model: Finest
Color:White
Size:55cm
Stolen in 97215, OR
Stolen:2012-07-6
Stolen From: My front yard on SE 46th Avenue near Hawthorne Blvd.
Neighborhood: Richmond
Owner: Lisa Wood
OwnerEmail: woodl@ohsu.edu
Description: White and light blue women’s Fuji Finest. Shimano Deor components. Excellent condition. Bright blue tape on handlebars which are tilted upwards (the frame was a little small so I improvised. I don’t have the vin number.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: pending
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Tan IZIP 2009

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Year: 2009
Brand: IZIP
Color:Tan
Stolen in Portland, OR 97214
Stolen:2012-07-3
Stolen From: It was stolen at The ClarK Center. 1341 SE Martin Luther King Blvd. The cross roads are MLK and Hawthorn.
Owner: Glenn Hoover
OwnerEmail: leroy.skinner@gmail.com
Description: It is an electrically assisted bike, with two batterie. It is tan in color.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 1257157
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Blue Kona Dew 2012

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Year: 2012
Brand: Kona
Model: Dew
Color:Blue
Serial: AJ11220051
Stolen in Portland, OR 97214
Stolen:2012-07-6
Stolen From: 20th and Hawthorne, inside an apartment building along with several others that were also locked.
Neighborhood: Hawthorne
Owner: Robert Devine
OwnerEmail: obdevine@gmail.com
Reward: pie
Description: Bell and detachable rear fender.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: T12005672
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

White Cannondale Caffine F3 2010

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Year: 2010
Brand: Cannondale
Model: Caffine F3
Color:White
Stolen in Forest Grove, OR 97116
Stolen:2012-07-5
Stolen From: Front yard of house on University Ave.
Neighborhood: Near Pacific University
Owner: Linnette Jessop
OwnerEmail: jess3547@pacificu.edu
Reward: Will be significant
Description: Black water bottle holder on frame. Good size scratch on handlebars near the right side.
Police record with: Forest Grove PD
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

58 Felt F85 2008

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Year: 2008
Brand: Felt
Model: F85
Color:58
Serial:HR0900050
Stolen in Portland, OR 97214
Stolen:2012-07-06
Stolen From: NW 5th and Couch Street, across from Ground Kontrol.
Neighborhood: NW
Owner: Kevin Vandenheuvel
OwnerEmail: vandenk5@gmail.com
Reward: $100
Description: Yellow 2008 Felt F85 road bike, had a compact cassette, shimano components, bent derailuer hanger….please email with cash reward for bike.
Police record with: Portland PD
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

New Gibbs St Bridge over I-5 will open on July 14th

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View of Gibbs bridge from aerial tram-2

The new Gibbs Street bridge as seen
from the Aerial Tram.
(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland)

The Gibbs Street Pedestrian Bridge — a bridge built solely for people to be able to safely walk and bike across I-5 between the Lair Hill Neighborhood and the South Waterfront district — is now set to open on July 14th.

When I last reported on this project, the opening date was late May.

To celebrate the completion of the $12 million project (PBOT paid $2 million for it, the feds paid the rest), the City is hosting a ribbon-cutting party from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm.

While project consultants Alta Planning + Design say they expect traffic on the bridge to be evenly split between people on bikes and on foot, it remains to be seen what it will be like to ride on the new bridge. The steep stairwells leading from the eastern end of the bridge down to SW Moody Ave (connecting to the south end of the new cycle track) have wheel gutters off to one side. In addition, PBOT project manager Jean Senechal Biggs says bikes will be allowed in the elevators. In fact, she says, “The elevator was designed to fit a bike with a trailer attached,” (which means bakfiets and other cargo bikes should be fine too).

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Seven (of 21) stages in, women on Tour de France ride face realities of challenge

Strong winds on Stage 2 led to a tumble.
(Photos © Michael Robertson/Velodramatic)

The Reve Tour is getting real. The six amateur women riders tackling the entire, 21 stage Tour de France route have completed seven days of riding. That’s about 905 miles and over 40,000 feet of climbing. And they’re only one-third of the way to Paris.

The team’s correspondent, freelance journalist Heidi Swift, has been sending dispatches each day via Twitter and Peloton Magazine. Here’s what she wrote after Stage 4:

“At night when we finish I want to cry. In the morning I want to jump out the window. By 6am I am ready to fucking go for it again. It’s a constant process of destruction and resurrection. A daily face-kick to non-believers, including the one that lives inside of me.”

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Study shows biking customers spend more

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Survey results suggest that patrons who arrive by automobile do not necessarily convey greater monetary benefits to businesses than bicyclists, transit users, or pedestrians.
— From TR News article

Does your mode of transportation have any relationship to how much you spend at restaurants and bars? That’s the question researchers at Portland State University set out to answer when they embarked on a study last year. I spoke with lead researcher Kelly Clifton at the outset of this project and now she’s had some preliminary data published in the most recent issue of TR News (the magazine of the Transportation Research Board).

The impetus for this research came from the common perception among business owners that auto access equals business and anything that impedes auto parking or auto capacity on roads near their business will hurt their bottom line. We all know how this plays out: A city announces plans for a new bikeway and immediately there is push-back from business organizations and/or business owners. We’ve seen examples of this play out all over Portland, most recently on SW 12th Ave.

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