BikePortland

Event: BikeCraft VI (12/4-5/10)

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Event Name: BikeCraft
Event Date: Saturday and Sunday, December 4-5, 2010
Event Time: 10am-6pm both days
Event Location: 15 NE Hancock St. Portland OR, 97212
Description: BikeCraft is a bike-lover’s holiday gift bazaar that showcases local, handmade, bike-themed arts, crafts, fashion, and more.

It’s the place to find great gifts for you and yours while supporting local bike artisans.

Sign Up: Vendors, volunteers and sponsors can all participate using one handy form. Questions, problems, etc? Email info at bikeportland dot org. See you there!

BikeCraft is coming… Are you ready?!

A scene from 2009 BikeCraft.

Some very super big news from BikePortland Headquarters… The sixth annual BikeCraft holiday gift bazaar is set for December 4th and 5th and our new venue this year is the Portland Design Works Mothership at 15 NE Hancock.

We’re really excited about this year’s event. We’ve got a brand new venue (a new space just off N. Williams bikeway and one block north of Broadway that was formerly the Department of Skateboarding skatepark), we’re open for business two full days, and we’ve got some very talented new artisans to share with you.

Year: 2009
Brand: Civia
Model: Hyland
Color:Olive Green
Size:52
Serial: HAL710460
Stolen in Portland, OR 97206
Stolen:2010-11-10
Stolen From: SE 66th Ave and SE Powell Blvd
Neighborhood: Foster-Powell
Owner: Juanita Heimann
OwnerEmail: juanita.heimann@comcast.net
Description: Matte olive green hybrid with disc brakes, matching olive fenders, black over-wheel rear rack, and black side basket on the back. At the time of the theft it had a Kryptonite U-lock locked to the frame and a green cable lock wrapped around the seat post. Good condition. Very few nicks and scratches.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: T10007627
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Advocate: Alliances key to success of walking advocacy movement

(Photo © J. Maus)

This guest post is by Michael Andersen of Portland Afoot, a new “10-minute newsmagazine” and wiki about low-car life in Portland. Read more of his contributions to BikePortland here.

Will the walking movement ever be as successful as the bike movement?

Across the nation, biking advocates spent the last decade winning. And walking advocates have spent the last decade noticing.

Pedestrians may be “the club everyone belongs to but no one joins,” as a foot-traffic activist once lamented. But here in Portland, where the Willamette Pedestrian Coalition and Bicycle Transportation Alliance were incorporated within nine months of each other in 1991 and 1992, we tend to put a lot of faith in walking.

Elliott and Daniella Crowder, owners of Bike Newport.
(Photos © J. Maus)

Bike Newport, an independent bike shop based in Newport, Oregon has been named the winner of a 2010 National Bicycle Travel Award by the Adventure Cycling Association.

Bike Newport has received the Sam Braxton Bike Shop Award for “incredible services and amenities that they offer bicycle tourists on the Pacific Coast Bicycle Route.” This is the first time since the awards were first given in 2003 that a shop on the West Coast has taken home the honors.

The Oregonian Editorial Board published a timely piece in today’s paper about the need for all of us who drive to take stock of our actions and do a better job looking out for people walking and biking on our roads. Here’s the opening:

Hey, you.

You need to have a “full and frank” conversation with yourself this evening. Looking in the mirror, you the driver ought to give you the walker a piece of your mind, and then switch roles.

Quite simply, both of you — and all of us — need to do a better job of paying attention. This year is shaping up as a terrible one for Oregon pedestrians.

This just in from Kidical Mass Headquarters…. Full details on this month’s ride (which happens on Sat, 11/20):

Family Fun Bike Ride Plans Tour de Pie

Portland, OR — November 9, 2010 — The Thanksgiving holiday is all about gathering with friends and family, giving thanks for our blessings, and eating pie. Lots of pie. Portland’s monthly family fun bike ride will celebrate these traditions with a “Tour de Pie” in close-in SE.

The Kidical Mass Tour de Pie will be a rolling exploration of southeast Portland’s pie establishments. Stops are not yet finalized, but will likely include pizza pie, fried pie, and of course the traditional baked-in-a-flaky-crust pumpkin pie.

Year: 1998
Brand: Cannondale
Model: M400
Color:Small
Size:Black
Stolen in Portland, OR 97213
Stolen:2010-11-08
Stolen From: Our garage in NE Portland near Glisan and 44th
Neighborhood: North Tabor
Owner: Pete Chin
OwnerEmail: someguy_1973@yahoo.com
Description: Has a newer women’s seat, brand unknown. Front fork is cro-mo and gloss black which does not quite match frame which is aluminum and matte. Yellow accents. Front and rear valve stems different types. Adam’s Trail-a-bike hitch on seat post.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 10-92805
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

M Cannondale F500 1998

Year: 1998
Brand: Cannondale
Model: F500
Color:M
Size:Pea Green
Stolen in Portland, OR 97213
Stolen:2010-11-08
Stolen From: My garage in NE PDX near Glisan and 44th
Neighborhood: North Tabor
Owner: Pete Chin
OwnerEmail: someguy_1973@yahoo.com
Description: Frame is pea green w/ yellow details. P-Bone Headshok fork. Has an Sella Italia flite gel saddle w/ titanium rails.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 10-92805
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Would ‘strict liability’ help curb America’s distracted driving habit?

If marketing campaigns and PSAs don’t curb distracted driving and we lack the resources to enforce laws, how will we ever learn that driving a multi-ton vehicle on a road shared with people walking and biking is an extremely serious responsibility?

As we struggle to figure out why an “alarming” amount of people are being killed while walking on our roads here in Oregon, and we mourn the death of a 23 month old who was hit while crossing a North Portland street yesterday (was being pushed in a stroller), I want to share the concept of “strict liability” that is current practice in the Netherlands.

Garmin-Transitions rider Tyler Farrar
will be in Portland Sunday.
(Photo: Garmin-Transition)

Tyler Farrar, one of the fastest professional road racers in the world, will sit down with local journalist Heidi Swift for an interview event in Portland this Sunday.

Farrar, a 26 year old native of Wenatchee, Washington, ascended to superstardom with a stellar 2010 campaign that saw him garner multiple stage wins in two of bike racing’s most prestigious events, the Tour of Spain and the Tour of Italy. Farrar has confidently staked his claim as one of the fastest sprinters in the world with wins over the likes of Mark Cavendish and other big names.

Residents have vocally opposed
the project with signs like these.
(Photo: ProtectRedland.com)

A scenic road and popular bike route between Oregon City and the Clackamas River could be severely impacted if a proposed, 139 acre development moves forward. Clackamas Compost Products, LLC filed a permit in August with Clackamas County in hopes of building a yard debris composting and biomass energy facility on Redland Road (about 10 miles southeast of Oregon City, map here).

The proposed development has raised quite a bit of ire from surrounding residents, who fear the industrial facility will ruin the bucolic setting of surrounding farmland and pastures. A traffic study carried out by the company themselves says the facility will add an additional 100 heavy truck trips to the road.

Event: BikeCraft VI (12/4-5/10)

BikeCraft is coming… Are you ready?!

Olive Green Civia Hyland 2009

Advocate: Alliances key to success of walking advocacy movement

Oregon coast bike shop wins 2010 National Bicycle Travel Award

The Oregonian: “Massive therapeutic intervention” needed to make roads safer for all

Kidical Mass November will be the “Tour de Pie”

Small Cannondale M400 1998

M Cannondale F500 1998

Would ‘strict liability’ help curb America’s distracted driving habit?

Pro bike racer Tyler Farrar in Portland for live interview event on Sunday

Proposed development near Oregon City could impact popular bike route

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