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tan, silver Trek 7100 2010

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Year: 2010
Brand: Trek
Model: 7100
Color:tan, silver
Size:15 inch
Serial: WTU100C0043E
Photo: http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/2086/treknp.jpg
Stolen in Portland, OR 97218
Stolen:2012-07-25
Stolen From: parking lot of an apartment complex on Killingsworth in Northeast Portland
Neighborhood: Cully
Owner: Sally Philips
OwnerEmail: sally.philips@gmail.com
Reward: 50
Description: It’s distinctive because it’s a 2-tone silver and tan frame with a brown leather seat and hand grips. It also has a black bike bag with panniers on its back rack.
Police record with: PDX Police Dept.
Police reference#: T12006232.
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

PBOT preps plans to roll out new 20 mph speed limit signs

Portland is about to embark on a new era in traffic safety. The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) is prepping plans to install 250-300 new 20 mph speed limit signs throughout the city’s expansive network of bike-friendly streets known as neighborhood greenways. The plans come after the City and advocacy groups worked to pass a new law in the 2011 legislative session that, for the first time, gave PBOT the authority to change existing speed limits without going through the Oregon Department of Transportation.

The law gives PBOT the authority to lower the speed limit on certain residential streets by 5 mph. There are specific criteria that must be met before a street can get the 20 mph signs such as; the number and speed of motor vehicles and the types of engineering improvements that are installed. The law also said each roadway must be specified in ordinance and passed by City Council before going into effect.

See it in Portland this weekend.

One of the most anticipated new bikes in years, the Faraday Porteur, is headed to Portland this weekend. The bike, which was discovered here on BikePortland when it debuted at the Oregon Manifest Design Challenge competition back in September, boasts a gorgeous design, detachable front rack, hub-powered lights, and a smartly integrated battery for electric assist.

Earlier this month the man behind the bike, Portland native and MIT grad Adam Vollmer announced he planned to mass-produce the bike. Vollmer went to Kickstarter in hopes of raising the $100,000 needed to get the production started. The project quickly reached that goal and now Vollmer and his crew have left the San Francisco Bay Area where the company was founded and are headed up to Portland.

I caught up with Vollmer via email to learn more about his Portland roots, the rise of Faraday, e-bike evangelism, and more…

The SUV driven by Bethany Peck.
(Photos: Oregon State Police)

A man was seriously injured after he was struck from behind while bicycling on Highway 101 yesterday. The collision occurred at around 11:25 a.m. just north of the Coos/Curry County line.

Oregon State Police say that 52 year old Marcellus Tijdink from the Netherlands, was biking southbound on the shoulder of the highway near milepost 285 when he was struck by 62-year old Bethany Peck, who was driving a Toyota 4-Runner. The OSP reported this morning that Tijdink remains in the hospital and that “he is alert and his condition is improving.”

Here’s more from the OSP statement:

Year: 1980
Brand: schwinn
Model: 12 speed road bike
Color:blue
Size:27″
Stolen in Portland, OR 97232
Stolen:2012-07-26
Stolen From: Oaks Park 6.15 pm next to the bicycle rack
Neighborhood: Oaks Park
Owner: Geoff Boggs
OwnerEmail: bogas.j@gmail.com
Reward: 100
Description: weed leaf decal on front handle bars half taped Idaho bike shop decal electric taped old seat
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

cream Electra Amsterdam Original 3II 2012

Year: 2012
Brand: Electra
Model: Amsterdam Original 3II
Color:cream
Serial: EL62E00061
Photo: http://www.electrabike.com/Bikes/amsterdam-original3i-bikes-ladies
Stolen in Portland, OR 97217
Stolen:2012-07-23
Stolen From: My backyard
Neighborhood: Boise
Owner: Jessica Park
OwnerEmail: bodhicitta0@yahoo.com
Description: I added a front wicker basket, and a bamboo rear rack.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 12-64219
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Specialized Crossroads 1998

Year: 1998
Brand: Specialized
Model: Crossroads
Stolen in Portland, OR 97206
Stolen:2012-07-13
Stolen From: SW Burnside St. Across the street from Everyday Music.
Neighborhood: Downtown portland
Owner: Sam Henry
OwnerEmail: schenry07@gmail.com
Reward: 20
Description: This bike is unmistakable. Dark red frame with blue fork (I replaced this after it got smashed in), and silver handlebars.
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

New mobile bike repair business, ‘Rolling Wrench’, opens for business

Another bike-based business has set up shop on the streets of Portland. Rolling Wrench, “Portland’s bike shop on wheels,” is a mobile bicycle repair business and brainchild of Tim Ennis. Tim is a veteran of several bike shops whose independent streak left him wanting to go out on his own.

“I’ve worked for various bike shops over the years, and finally got fed up with trying to do something I love on someone else’s terms,” he told me via email this morning.

Tim opened Rolling Wrench in Boston last May and says it was a huge success. He moved to Portland over the winter (to be closer to family), and hoped to open a similar business in the spring. It took a bit longer than he planned to get things rolling; but he opened for business this week and says things are going great so far.

If more people of modest means had access to an affordable, dependable cargo bike, could they avoid being sucked into “forced car ownership”? Can cargo bikes play a role in rebuilding a city devastated by a major earthquake? Jane Pearce, a PhD student in the Geography department of Canterbury University in Christchurch, New Zealand visited Portland for two weeks this past June to better understand those questions and to further explore the social justice implications of cargo bikes.

On February 22, 2011, a massive earthquake ripped through Pearce’s hometown of Christchurch. 180 people died and much of the city remains, a macabre reminder of what was lost that day. Pearce came to Portland because of the extensive community that has developed around cargo bikes here; but, as a survivor of the Christchurch quake, she found special significance in the Disaster Relief Trials event.

New mural between SW 2nd and 3rd south of Ankeny.
(Photo: Matt Haughey/Flickr)

Year: 2010
Brand: Marin
Model: Ravenna
Color:Gray
Size:52cm
Photo: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10101262447247399&l=e35e506913
Stolen in Portland, OR 97205
Stolen:2012-07-24
Stolen From: SW 5th and Morrison, bike rack outside Pioneer Place mall.
Neighborhood: Southwest Portland, Pioneer Place
Owner: Diana Salier
OwnerEmail: salier.diana.a@gmail.com
Description: Grey frame, dark gray MARIN sticker on the downtube. Blue robot sticker on seat tube. Red Random Order coffeehouse sticker on top tube. Pink Ravenna decal on top tube. Seat has a cable wrapped around. Thickslick back tire.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: T12006192
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

Red/Black Gary Fisher Tasajarra ’01 or ’02

Year: ’01 or ’02
Brand: Gary Fisher
Model: Tasajarra
Color:Red/Black
Size:Mens
Stolen in Portland, OR 97202
Stolen:2012-07-24
Stolen From: Stolen from front porch sometime between 2-3pm at 3130 SE 25th Ave.
Neighborhood: Hosford/Abernethy
Owner: Jon Beeaker
OwnerEmail: jbeeaker@hotmail.com
Description: River City bike sticker, missing both front and rear safety lights.
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

tan, silver Trek 7100 2010

PBOT preps plans to roll out new 20 mph speed limit signs

Faraday e-bike funded on Kickstarter, in Portland this weekend

Man struck while bicycling on Highway 101 south of Bandon

blue schwinn 12 speed road bike 1980

cream Electra Amsterdam Original 3II 2012

Specialized Crossroads 1998

New mobile bike repair business, ‘Rolling Wrench’, opens for business

Researcher considers cargo bikes as tools for social justice

New 4-story mural downtown proclaims ‘Welcome to America’s Bicycle Capital’

Gray Marin Ravenna 2010

Red/Black Gary Fisher Tasajarra ’01 or ’02

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