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Bikeasaurus set for 2nd anniversary party

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Bikeasaurus (1725 SE Hawthorne Blvd) is a great little retail shop that sells an awesome assortment of bike accessories and bike-inspired gifts. And many of the items are locally made! I’m happy to hear owner Becky Morton is celebrating her second year in business (no small feat for a small retail business!). Join her for a party tomorrow (Friday the 7th). Details below…

It’s officially been 2 YEARS since BIKEASAURUS opened its doors. Come celebrate with us!

Stop by this Friday for the anniversary festivities and ALSO for the First Friday opening reception for local artist Matt Gauck. It’s a 2-for-1 event!

15% off everything in the store!
Free cake & drinks!
Raffle!
Free BIKEASAURUS posters!
Awesome paintings by Matt Gauck!

Click here for the Facebook invitation.

If you can’t make it Friday night, everything in the store is 10% off this entire week (through Sunday) in honor of our anniversary!

Thank you for all your support over the last 2 years.

Here comes ‘cross season!

Cross Crusade 2010 #2 - Rainier-69

It’s time!
(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland)

The weather might still be dry and warm, but for many folks in the Portland area, it’s beginning to feel an awful lot like cyclocross season. With a few races already in the books, training rides and clinics all over town, and a full calendar ahead, now is the time to get yourself into cyclocross mode.

I’ve rounded up a few event and news bits below to help get you started…

New Portland-based e-commerce site, Cyclocross.com, now open for business

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Job: Handyman/Contractor – Builder by Bike, LLC

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Job Title
Handyman / Contractor

Company/Organization
Builder By Bike, LLC

Job Description
Do you like to ride a bike? Do you like to fix, build, and repair things? Are you a good planning ahead, self-motivated, active, resourceful, hard working, and good with people? If you answered yes to all the above questions, then perhaps you are the right candidate to work with Builder By Bike.

Builder By Bike is a bicycle-based handyman / general contracting business serving the Portland Metro area since 2011. My name is Chris Sanderson, and I am the founder, and owner of Builder By Bike.

I am seeking not only an employee for this business, but perhaps a potential partner, who can compliment my skills, and grow with this business. I am also looking for someone who can serve clients in North or Northeast Portland, but is also willing to make trips into Southwest or Southeast Portland as needed. Also, there will be times where it is necessary for us to form a “critical mass,” and team up to accomplish a job together.

Starting out, this will be a part-time position but has serious potential to grow into a full-time work. Employee will be provided a cargo bike, trailer, and some tools to compliment his/her own cache.

Requirements:

G.E.D. (college degree preferred)
A good assortment of tools (if necessary, some tools can be provided)
Live in North or Northeast neighborhoods of Portland
Access to a secure garage, or basement to store bike and equipment
Bicycle helmet, and rain gear.
Access to a computer
Willing to ride a bike everyday

Required Skills:

Drywall Repair
Painting
Tile Work
Light Construction
Window Repair
Some Electrical
Some Plumbing
General Repair
Familiarity With Tools
Estimating

Experience:

I am looking for someone who can hit the ground running. That is, I need someone with experience with the above required skills. I am also looking for someone who is knowledgeable of bike routes, and getting around in Portland. Candidate should have excellent interpersonal skills, and know how to treat a client right.

Compensation: $20/hour to start. Employee will also be provided a cargo/utility bike, trailer, locks, some tools, and a uniform.

How to Apply
Please send resume and cover letter to builderbybike@gmail.com. On the subject line of the email, please write, “Employment Opportunity”

Dark Green Bianchi Volpe 2009

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Year: 2009
Brand: Bianchi
Model: Volpe
Color:Dark Green
Size:58cm
Serial: H9ER02385
Photo: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152095051845112&set=a.307388655111.336411.837710111&type=3&theater
Stolen in Portland, OR 97266
Stolen:2012-08-27
Stolen From: North end of Bloomington Park, 100th & SE Holgate, Lents, East Portland. Out of my backyard.
Neighborhood: Lents
Owner: Avery Welkin
OwnerEmail: welkinavery@gmail.com
Reward: $100
Description: 2009 Bianchi Volpe D2 Cross, dark green with silver and turqoise lettering, front lever brakes, mini morph pump mounted, axiom rack, Specialized Milano saddle, had Kryptonite U lock and cable unlocked(!) on it, as well as a brown and orange Bern helmet with an orange matchbox car.
Police record with: PPD
Police reference#: 12-155264
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Green Gary Fisher Tassajara

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Brand: Gary Fisher
Model: Tassajara
Color:Green
Stolen in 97206, OR
Stolen:2012-09-6
Stolen From: SE 62nd and Foster
OwnerEmail: trueminh@gmail.com
Reward: Cup of Coffee and 10 bucks
Description: Older, small, Tassajara mountain bike that fit a 5’3 male. Red Brake pads. Old rubber on the handles, that was not flush with the handle bars.
Police record with: Portland PD
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

A vision for bike access on Hawthorne Blvd

Detail of a mock-up of bike
access on Hawthorne. See full
image below.

Reader Paul Peterson sent over an inspiring mock-up of what SE Hawthorne Blvd could look like if Portland’s transportation infrastructure lived up to its sustainability and bike-friendly rhetoric.

Peterson is a locally based designer, director, and cinematographer. After he sent over the image (see full version below), I asked him to share more about why he was inspired to create it. “I did this mockup mostly for my own curiosity and out of frustration that Portland is supposed to be a platinum bike-friendly city, but has virtually no bike access in the commercial corridors,” he said.

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Bob Huckaby moves forward on statewide bike registration, licensing measures

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“Everybody has to be on the same playing field…I’ll share the road, but let’s share the laws too.”
— Bob Huckaby

Buoyed by support from across the state, Portlander Bob Huckaby is going full-steam ahead on a statewide ballot measure that would require all bicycles to have license plates and would mandate a bicycle law test for all adults who don’t already have a driver’s license.

We first reported on Huckaby last month, when he shared concerns over the City’s decision to partially close N. Wheeler Avenue at Broadway. Huckaby owns First Inc., a business just a few blocks away from the intersection. “Instead of making people obey the laws,” Huckaby shared with me on August 19th, “they’re penalizing everyone else, and that’s not right.” A few days after the closure, Huckaby told a local TV news station that he planned to take the bicycle license requirement to voters via a ballot measure.

Yesterday I sat down with Huckaby to discuss the issues and see where he stood on the ballot measure.

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Black Globe Roll 1 2011

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Year: 2011
Brand: Globe
Model: Roll 1
Color:Black
Size:Medium
Stolen in Portland, OR 97206
Stolen:2012-09-01
Stolen From: My home, in SE Portland, SE 44th and Steele
Neighborhood: Woodstock
Owner: McCullough Kelly-Willis
OwnerEmail: mkellywi@gmail.com
Description: Single Speed, all black (frame, seat, rims), small nick in the leather on the front of the seat, had a small sticker from the River City bike shop on the base of the frame.
Police record with: Portland Police Bureau
Police reference#: 12-76740
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

First look: New book chronicles Oregon Manifest competition

New Oregon Manifest book-1

(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)

Organizers of the Oregon Manifest event are set to release a new book tomorrow. The book, BIKE CRAFT, DESIGN, INNOVATION, is a coffee table quality, 228-page publication that provides an in-depth look into the bikes and the builders of the 2011 competition as well as a recap of the inaugural 2009 edition of the event.

Here’s the official blurb:

This image-rich document of the competition features design details of each entry bike, the three designer/craftsmen Creative Collaboration bikes, on-the-scene shots from the Field Test and judging, and interviews with the winners, judges and the Creative Collaborators. Also included are portraits of the 2009 competitors.

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Blue Kona Jake the Snake 2005?

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Year: 2005?
Brand: Kona
Model: Jake the Snake
Color:Blue
Size:Black
Stolen in Portland, OR 97211
Stolen:2012-09-5
Stolen From: NE 8th and Wygant
Neighborhood: NE Alberta
Owner: Kevin Peoples
OwnerEmail: kevin@netx.net
Reward: YEs
Description: Black tabe on handlebars, black forks. blue frame; Fendersand back rack; Daily commuter and you can tell
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

Red Specialized Hard Rock

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Brand: Specialized
Model: Hard Rock
Color:Red
Size:Large
Stolen in Portland, OR 97214
Stolen:2012-09-03
Stolen From: Stolen from residence at 3961 SE Clay and 39th
Neighborhood: Sunnyside
Owner: Lynn Sanders
OwnerEmail: lnnsanders5@gmail.com
Description: sold by Austin’s Bicycle Sport Shop – label on bike
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 12-155435
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike