BikePortland

Job: Full-Time Sales Manager (21st Avenue Bicycles)

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Job Title
Full-Time Sales Manager

Company/Organization
21st Avenue Bicycles

Job Description
QUALIFICATIONS:
Previous bike shop experience (at least 3 years).
Previous supervisory/management experience.
Extensive current knowledge of a wide variety of bike types, particularly high-end road and commuter bicycles, accessories, tools, etc.
Oral and written communication skills.
Inventory control experience.
Publicity and promotional skill including social media and print ad design.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Maintain high level of customer service.
Develop and maintain strict inventory control.
Place orders with vendors for both stock and special orders.
Coordinate work schedules to keep the bike shop adequately staffed during scheduled hours.
Responsible for recruiting, interviewing, hiring, orienting, and training new sales staff.
Continue training current staff to keep them up to date on current developments in the bicycle industry.
Conduct social media and print ad marketing.
Plan movie screenings, test-rides, group-rides, and other events.

How to Apply
Email resume to jobs@21stbikes.com. NO WALK IN RESUMES WILL BE ACCEPTED.

New objective for Williams project: Honor neighborhood’s past

History of the neighborhood
looms large over this project.
(Photo © J. Maus)

At their meeting earlier this week, the Stakeholder Advisory Committee for the North Williams Traffic Safety Operations Project spent several hours hashing out new language to guide their decision making process and to add two key elements to the project’s “purpose and objectives.”

NE Multnomah Street in the Lloyd
District could be going on a diet.

It’s been over two months since we last reported on the NE Holladay Street project. Remember that one? Part of a trio of Lloyd District Bikeway Development Projects, it was supposed to make NE Holladay an east-west arterial for bike traffic to connect inner northeast neighborhoods (and eventually the Sullivan’s Gulch path) through the Lloyd District all the way to the Willamette River.

But after a public process on the Holladay project fizzled out amid confusion and uncertainty back in October, a new effort pushed by a lone dissenting stakeholder who didn’t want major changes on Holladay appears to have successfully shifted the focus to NE Multnomah Street.

Year: 1997
Brand: IBEX Trophy
Model: mountailn
Color:red/silver
Stolen in Gresham, OR
Stolen:2011-10-9
Stolen From: CSL in Gresham
Owner: Ray Parkay
OwnerEmail: parkayr@yahoo.com
Reward: yes
Description: Red/silver mountain bike w/disc brakes very very short handles bars (custom cut) left front brake lever broke off.
Police record with: Gresham
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

An interview with mayoral candidate Charlie Hales

Charlie Hales photographed in my office a few weeks ago.
(Photos © J. Maus)

Welcome to the first in a series of interviews with candidates for Portland mayor. With the primary elections just about five months away, it’s time to start doing your research and learning more about the people we’ll elect to lead our city.

In situations like this, where
the Fanno Creek Trail meets a busy street,
mid-block crossings are key.
(Photo © J. Maus)

When you’re riding around Washington County, off-street trails and paths serve as an important alternative to wide arterial roads with freeway-speed traffic. The only trouble comes when a trail or path intersects a road mid-block, away from signalized intersections and marked crosswalks.

The County has recently installed three “mid-block crossings” — at West Union east of 185th, at Bethany Boulevard and St. Andrews, and on Cornell Road at Sunset High School — and a dozen more are planned for installation (both by Washington County and Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District) in 2012.

I want the new freeway to be this wide!

U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has some explaining to do.

LaHood, who famously stood on a tabletop and thanked bike advocates for their hard work at the 2010 National Bike Summit and later posted on his blog that, “This is the end of favoring motorized transportation at the expense of non-motorized,” has now become an enthusiastic booster of the Columbia River Crossing project — a five-mile long, highway widening mega-project being proposed by the Oregon and Washington departments of transportation.

With the popularity of cyclocross stoking the fire and the Oregon Bicycle Racing Association (OBRA) tending the flames, Oregon’s racing scene has flourished in the last few years. A key to that success is the involvement of young “junior” racers aged between 10-18 years old. Tonight in Portland, Bike N’ Hike will host a benefit event to support junior racing. The guest of honor will be Jacob Rathe, a former junior who has signed a major pro contract for the 2012 season and who serves as testimony to Oregon’s success.

We first noticed Rathe when he represented the Team USA at the UCI Junior World Championships back in 2008. Since then he has continued to excel and he took a big career step when he signed with the Garmin-Cervelo professional team back in April.

Detail from “Bike to Blockade” poster

The ‘bike swarm’ is at it again. Organizers behind the growing movement to use masses of people on bicycles to support the Occupy Portland protests, are planning several “feeder” rides that will end at an action to shut down the Port of Portland.

Year: 2005
Brand: Marin
Model: hardtail mountain bike
Color:black
Stolen in Portland, OR 97204
Stolen:2011-12-7
Stolen From: 811 SW Naito Parkway (corner of Naito and Yamhill)
Neighborhood: Downtown
Owner: Chris Collins
OwnerEmail: cmcollins27@yahoo.com
Reward: $50
Description: Black Marin mountain bike with height extender on handle bars and rear rack. Disk brakes. Non-studded tires. Good condition.
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

Blue Gray Raleigh Newer model

Year: Newer model
Brand: Raleigh
Color:Blue Gray
Size:19″
Photo: None
Stolen in Portland, OR 97211
Stolen:2011-12-10
Stolen From: Front patio of my home, left it with front wheel locked w/small cable inside our fence and within our porch; was gone the next morning.
Owner: Paulo Perales
OwnerEmail: PCPherretZ@Hotmail.com
Reward: Anything you ask
Description: Distinctive round comfort grip bandles with red/black tape. Simple silver bell on left, light mount on right. Has two frame mounts: front for u-lock, rear for guppy case. No kickstand, new rear brakes (light gray). Rear tire is new with a dark gray face, has seven gears and is slimmer than the more hybrid front; no water bottle. Seat is a white San Marco with $20 written under it.
Police record with: Called & officer D. McCarthy 49067 took a verbal report but I will file one online shortly and update this.
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Job: Full-Time Sales Manager (21st Avenue Bicycles)

New objective for Williams project: Honor neighborhood’s past

Eschewing Holladay, Lloyd TMA considers road diet for Multnomah Street

red/silver IBEX Trophy mountailn 1997

An interview with mayoral candidate Charlie Hales

Washington County to add a dozen mid-block crossings in 2012

In my opinion: On livability and the CRC, USDOT Sec LaHood can’t have it both ways

Tonight: Benefit will support junior racing and feature local success story

Citywide ‘swarm’ ride planned to support port blockade

black Marin hardtail mountain bike 2005

Blue Gray Raleigh Newer model

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