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Dark Green Scattante Roma 2009

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Year: 2009
Brand: Scattante
Model: Roma
Color:Dark Green
Size:X-large
Serial: icf7l19694
Photo: http://i40.tinypic.com/2569zjq.jpg
Stolen in Portland, OR 97239
Stolen:2011-12-16
Stolen From: South Waterfront, near Riva on the Park apartments.
Owner: Peter Orlowski
OwnerEmail: peter_orlowski@hotmail.com
Description: It is a large frame men’s road/hybrid bike with a silver SKS rear fender. The bike itself looks oddly large and has a handlebar extension.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: T11009413
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Green Surly Pacer 2010

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Year: 2010
Brand: Surly
Model: Pacer
Color:Green
Size:53 – 54cm
Stolen in Portland, OR 97211
Stolen:2011-12-16
Stolen From: my backyard 🙁 at my house on NE 30th between Wygant and Going.
Neighborhood: Alberta / Concordia?
Owner: Lymay iwasaki
OwnerEmail: lymay.iwasaki@gmail.com
Reward: maybe?
Description: A green surly pacer with a white saddle and black bullhorn handlebars. 12 speed road bike, has black metal pedals with one looking not so solid after a fall from washington park. the saddle mounting is a bit ghetto (from another fall).
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: T11009378
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Men’s Bridgestone 91

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Year: 91
Brand: Bridgestone
Color:Men’s
Stolen in 97217, OR
Stolen:2011-12-17
Stolen From: 9617 N. Seward ave Portland, Oregon
Neighborhood: North Portland
Owner: Jack Maraglia
OwnerEmail: wrestlevania@gmail.com
Description: RED men’s Bridgestone bike with ORANGE reflective tape wrapped over 85% of the frame.
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Black w/ Celest logos Bianchi Brava early 2000s

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Year: early 2000s
Brand: Bianchi
Model: Brava
Color:Black w/ Celest logos
Size:52
Stolen in Portland, OR 97214
Stolen:2011-12-16
Stolen From: Crema Cafe and Bakery- SE Ankeny and 28th
Neighborhood: SE Portland. 28th ave. Belmont.
Owner: Marla Roach
OwnerEmail: mkr36@humboldt.edu
Description: Black Bianchi Brava with teal (celeste)logos and grips, pedals have toe straps, “bike punk” and “eat like you give a damn” stickers.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 11108784
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

Is it still a bikeway if you can’t find it? The importance of good signage

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I can find the Park & Ride,
but where’s the bike route?!?
(Photos: Will Vanlue)

Twice in the last few weeks I’ve ridden my bike along an unfamiliar route. Both rides were enjoyable; but the key difference was how difficult it was to find my way.

On the first ride, through an area where I’ve lived and ridden regularly for the past four years, I had to bring a personal tour guide. On the second ride I navigated an area I had not seen from a bike seat in nearly a decade, along a route I was not familiar with; but I did it completely solo, with no tour guide and no map.

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Positive Spin: Six months later, crash victim meets rescuers who saved his life

Jim Phillips had to wait six months
before he could thank the people
who saved his life.
(Screen grab from KOIN-TV)

It might sound trite, but Jim Phillips truly is lucky to be alive. Jim, 68, was on the Pioneer Century ride this past summer, enjoying a perfect day in the saddle, when he crashed hard on a steep downhill.

The crash broke Jim’s ribs, neck and back. His lungs were punctured which led to severe internal hemorrhaging. He cried out for help, in “agonizing” pain, from far down in a ditch. But no one heard him. It wasn’t until he pulled himself to the side of the road that he finally got some attention. The four people that stopped to help him couldn’ have known it at the time, but their actions very likely saved Jim’s life..

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Metro ‘Opt-In’ survey results show big interest in bicycling

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Survey says. Give us more!
(© BikePortland)

A Metro ‘Opt-In’ survey on active transportation shows that a majority of respondents from around the region feel it’s important to make greater investments in dedicated bicycle infrastructure. The survey, which was answered by 3,865 members of the Opt-In feedback panel, was to help inform in Metro’s first ever Active Transportation Plan they’ll begin to develop next year.

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Candy red Norco Jubei 29er 2010

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Year: 2010
Brand: Norco
Model: Jubei 29er
Color:Candy red
Size:22inch
Stolen in Portland, OR 97217
Stolen:2011-12-12
Stolen From: N. Vancouver and killingsworth from the basement of the bike shop I work in, Cascade Cycling.
Neighborhood: Piedmont
Owner: Patrick Schrepping
OwnerEmail: 971patrick@gmail.com
Reward: $200
Description: This was my 29er that I recently put Schwalbe Big Apples on, It has a full Deore LX drivetrain with integrated flat bar shifters and hydraulic LX, the crank is a Surly karate monkey-black, WTB sX-28 rims, LX hubs, a red and black selle italia saddleRitchey bars and stem, red and black grips, shimano spd pedals, the brake squeal very loudly.
Police record with: portland
Police reference#: 11-108119
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

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