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White Fuji Finest 1.0 2011

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Year: 2011
Brand: Fuji
Model: Finest 1.0
Color:White
Size:48″
Photo: http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/5136/29866853778281270393201.jpg
Stolen in Portland, OR 97214
Stolen:2011-12-5
Stolen From: It was taken from my work, Coava. At the intersection of Main St and Grand.
Neighborhood: Buckman
OwnerEmail: ack_night23@yahoo.com
Reward: Yes
Description: My bike is white with teal lettering. It’s a tiny bike, missing the front wheel since the rest was stolen. It has Lucky 13 stickers on the front and back.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 11-104-848
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Pink Dawes Sheila 2010

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Year: 2010
Brand: Dawes
Model: Sheila
Color:Pink
Size:Small
Serial: cyidc10i01712
Stolen in Portland, OR 97206
Stolen:2011-12-3
Stolen From: My driveway on 61st and Clinton (two blocks south of Division street)
Neighborhood: Southeast
Owner: Amanda Beatson
OwnerEmail: horrible_timing@live.com
Reward: 100+++++!!
Description: My bike is a woman’s bike and a small. The frame is light pink.The model is “Shelia” and is written in dark pink letters on the frame, along with DAWES (Brand name) with a Canadian leaf, also in dark pink. It has gray gear covers, a silver water bottle holder, and a front & back light. The tires have white writing along the inner part of each tire. It has black bull-horn handle bars. I have a reward out for a 100 dollars cash for anyone who helps me track down my precious Sheila!
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 11-104601
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Black 183rd Street Frame 2009

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Year: 2009
Brand: 183rd Street Frame
Color:Black
Size:52cm
Photo: https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/oI0P3YFmog1ue8lLNZZAd9MTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink
Stolen in Portland, OR 97214
Stolen:2011-12-3
Stolen From: 1406 SE 27th Ave, Apt #7
Owner: Michael Williams
OwnerEmail: ensign.williams@gmail.com
Description: Fixed gear bike stolen from front steps. Discovered bike cable lock cut this morning, at 0930 04DEC11. It had a black 183rd street 52cm frame, black Origin 44t front sprocket with aluminum gold-colored Origin Cranks, aluminum gold-colored Origin hubs, black spokes, wooden (teak image) Velocity rims, gold-colored chain, gold-colored King headset, gold-colored bullhorn Origin handlebars, Brooks leather saddle, black pedals with leather foot-straps faded green Halo twin tires and a black cat-eye bike speedometer/computer. Total value of bike stolen ~$1500. Have owned bike 3 years.
Police record with: Portland PD
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

BikeCraft: Photos and highlights from day one

BikeCraft saw healthy crowds at its opening day. The event continues tomorrow with doors opening at 11:00 am.

Day One of BikeCraft 2011 is in the books. There was a great turnout today and many many fine things to browse and buy.

Below are some of the things that caught my eye. Remember, if you’re just waking up on Sunday morning, you’ve got plenty of time to get down to 420 NE 9th and do some shopping. BikeCraft is open from 11 – 6pm and there’s lots of good stuff left!

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TriMet bus operator makes abrupt stop to avoid bike rider – Updated

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Last night a TriMet bus operator made an abrupt stop – causing some injuries to passengers – in order to avoid someone riding a bicycle in downtown Portland.

The man on the bike reportedly failed to stop at a stop sign.

I first heard about it on the Twitter feed of Joseph Rose, a reporter for The Oregonian. I’m following up with TriMet, but thought in the mean time I’d share a first-person account just sent in by a reader:

I was on a #9 bus last night at about 6:15pm. We were travelling north on SW Broadway. As we came to Everett street, a cyclist with no lights darted across the path of the bus, mortally close, causing the driver to bring the bus to an immediate halt. The cyclist did not stop.

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Local entrepreneur dreams big with new “Retroshift” system

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The world of bicycle shifting is dominated by two big names: Shimano and Campagnolo (and to a lesser extent SRAM). Now an upstart Portland entrepreneur is throwing his hat in the ring with a new product called Retroshift.

As its name implies, Retroshift is old technology with a new spin. The product is a lever for road bikes similar to an “STI” mechanical lever that allows riders to shift and brake at the same time. The big difference with Retroshift is that the shifter sits in front of the brake lever and the shifter itself is nothing more than an old bar-end or downtube shifter.

Watch the video below to see how it works:

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gray Mercier Kilo XI 2010

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Year: 2010
Brand: Mercier
Model: Kilo XI
Color:gray
Photo: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2677/4334499767_439f956fdb.jpg
Stolen in Portland, OR 97202
Stolen:2011-12-2
Stolen From: SE Waverleigh and 31st.
Neighborhood: South East Powell
Owner: C Labansky
OwnerEmail: labanskyc@yahoo.com
Reward: $50
Description: All gray bike, stock parts, clip-on rear fender, front light, tail light.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: t11008913
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Woman hit, killed by bus while walking across street in downtown Vancouver

Photo from the scene.
(Photo: Marcus Griffith)

An “elderly woman” was struck and killed by a C-TRAN bus today while walking across the street in downtown Vancouver. The collision occurred a few blocks from the bike route across the I-5 Bridge, according to witnesses.

The Route 4 bus was in the process of turning left from 8th Street to Washington Street when it collided with a unidentified woman in the marked cross walk, according to passengers on the bus. “Everyone on the bus was yelling at [the driver] to stop… and than the bus hit her and we started yelling [at the driver] ‘you just hit someone’ and everyone got off the bus,” said Taryn Park, who was on the bus at the time of the collision.

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Weekend Event Guide

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First Friday art opening to feature
new works by Carye Bye.

Below is your menu for bike fun this weekend (starting this afternoon!). For being winter, it’s pretty impressive just how much is going on. Bundle up and get there.

See the weekend guide below the jump…

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Wall Street Journal profiles local couples’ drool-worthy bike garage

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from Marketwatch.com.

Today’s print edition of the venerable Wall Street Journal features a story on Tim and Sue Butler’s Southeast Portland condo. The Butler’s are both serious cyclists, with Sue’s name gracing these pages on several past occasions for her pro cyclocross exploits.

So, why is the WSJ profiling their condo? The house itself is gorgeous (nice enough to get a feature in Portland Monthly Mag last year), but it’s the $1.5 million* amazing bike garage that caught their eye.

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