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White/dirty YUND–custom aluminum none 2004

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Year: 2004
Brand: YUND–custom aluminum
Model: none
Color:White/dirty
Size:58/large
Stolen in NE Portland, OR 97211
Stolen:2010-10-21
Stolen From: home, 11th and NE Going St
Neighborhood: NE/Alberta
Owner: David Diviney
OwnerEmail: daviddiviney@yahoo.com
Reward: $150
Description: Old and ugly white YUND cross bike with red bar tape
Size 58
Mavic Ksyrium elite wheels with Ritchey speedmax tires
Ultegra rear derailleur
Fizik Arione sddle with carbon rails
Bontrager seatpost
Ritchey bars and stem
FSA carbon crank
Frogleggs front brake, Pauls rear brake
Shimano SPD pedals
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: T10007117
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

Florida high schoolers show us how it’s done (video)

Getting to school.
– Watch the video below –

Several readers have shared an extremely inspiring video from Orlando that everyone should watch and share. It chronicles a student-run bike-to-school effort at Colonial High School in Central Florida that you just have to see to believe.

Here’s the news that caught our eye last week:

– The Centers for Disease Control estimate that in the U.S. the cost of motor vehicle crashes is over $99 billion per year—that’s $500 for every licensed driver.

– New York City has settled a nearly $1 million lawsuit brought by people who had been arrested or ticketed during Critical Mass between 2004 and 2006. Police reports that came out during the trial show the astonishing level and cost of resources that the department leveraged against the ride during those years.

– The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition has launched an ambitious campaign called “Connecting the City” that would create major bicycle thoroughfares crisscrossing the city.

Year: 2007
Brand: Redline
Model: Conquest Cyclocross
Color:white/blue
Size:large
Photo: http://cfs15.tistory.com/image/5/tistory/2008/12/23/14/00/4950707931871
Stolen in Portland, OR 97205
Stolen:2010-10-20
Stolen From: Downtown SW 12th between Main and Salmon (bike rack in front of First Unitarian Church)
Neighborhood: Downtown
Owner: Jared Gardner
OwnerEmail: jared@equitydesign.com
Reward: yes
Description: White and blue 2007 Redline Conquest Cyclocross road bike with SPD clip pedals, a computer speedometer with dead batteries, two water bottle cages and clips for headlight and tail light (not on bike when stolen).
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 10-155080
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Silver/Blue Gary Fisher Ladies Napa 2004

Year: 2004
Brand: Gary Fisher Ladies
Model: Napa
Color:Silver/Blue
Size:16.5
Serial: ITK3E03239
Photo: http://fisherbikes.com/bike/archivemodel/107
Stolen in Portland, OR 97202
Stolen:2010-10-23
Stolen From: From my garage
Neighborhood: Sellwood
Owner: S Kleiv
OwnerEmail: cakekob@hotmail.net
Reward: Yes
Description: Women’s frame Gary Fisher Napa comfort bike with original GF decal and River City Bicycles sticker on frame. It has a Burley black Tag-along bike rack with rear tail light, combo coil cable lock, water bottle clip, and mounted kick stand. The speciality rack has a threaded receptacle in the center for the Tag-along bike attachment.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 10-88376
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Kidical Mass returns! Thriller! Zombies! Slideshow!

The ride heads down Alder,
en route to a zombie-infested
Pioneer Square.
(Photos © J. Maus)

Kidical Mass made its return to Portland in fine style on Saturday. The turnout was small (just a handful of families), but the group was fun and friendly. We met up under the colorful fall leaves of the South Park Blocks and mingled a bit before being corralled by ride organizer Katie Proctor.

TriMet now has a road map to
improved safety. Will they follow it?
(Photo © J. Maus)

On Wednesday, the TriMet Task Force on Safety and Service Excellence released its final list of recommendations. The task force was put together following a tragic incident back in April where a TriMet bus operator drove into five people in a crosswalk in downtown Portland, killing two of them.

Here’s an excerpt from the cover letter to the report written by task force Chair (and former TriMet GM) Tom Walsh,

The Mobile Bike Service Station built by Portland-based Metrofiets.
(Photo courtesy of North Natomas TMA)

Intersection of Farmington Road
and Kinnaman in Aloha.

Portland might be 0-2 in getting a major bike project funded through the Obama Administration’s TIGER grant program, but there’s reason to be excited on a regional level. Like I mentioned yesterday, the Aloha-Reedville area in Washington County won a $2 million grant to help them embark on a comprehensive “livable community” planning effort.

After being known as a city where bicycles ruled the streets, in recent years China has become the leading automobile market in the world. Unfortunately, they’re so excited about cars that major cities are choked with congestion. Now the word on the street is that they’re finally starting to slow down on their car buying binge.

On that note, a reader sent along this amazing opinion piece from the editor of China Car Times. He’s giving up on driving because he writes, “I can’t go anywhere fast and the only thing that seems to be going fast is my heart beat and my hair line as I rage a little bit more about being stuck in yet another traffic jam.” Instead, he plans to buy a fixed gear bike.

Here’s another excerpt:

“Over the past few months I’ve thought long and hard about buying a new car, but I don’t think it’s going to happen, my next vehicle is going to be a two wheeled fixed gear bicycle, which should prove to be much faster around town, at least until it is stolen.

I’m not sure what exactly is wrong, perhaps it is me (I recently edged another birthday closer to 30) or perhaps the number of cars on Chinese roads is reaching breaking point.”

Read the full article here.

Problems persist on Broadway

No street in Portland has gotten more attention on this site over the years than Broadway; and it doesn’t look to be ending any time soon. Before I get into some current bike safety issues that exist on the street, let me take you back in time…

There was the infamous hotel zone saga, the city’s first experiment with a parking protected bike lane (a.k.a. cycle track) down near PSU, the stop sign controversies and resulting attention from PBOT at Flint, the safety concerns at Wheeler, and of course, the numerous stories we’ve done about the dangers of right hooks at Williams.

Anyone that rides north/south in the Central Eastside Industrial district (a place woefully lacking in north/south connections) will appreciate this. The other day I noticed that the old rail tracks that had made the ride very bumpy, annoying, and dangerous (for some), have been paved over! It’s now a nice a smooth ride! See the photo below…

White/dirty YUND–custom aluminum none 2004

Florida high schoolers show us how it’s done (video)

The Monday Roundup

white/blue Redline Conquest Cyclocross 2007

Silver/Blue Gary Fisher Ladies Napa 2004

Kidical Mass returns! Thriller! Zombies! Slideshow!

Thoughts on TriMet’s safety task force report

Metrofiets does it again with ‘Mobile Bike Service Station’

A closer look at what TIGER grant will fund in Aloha

Is China falling out of love with cars?

Problems persist on Broadway

Rail tracks paved over on SE 2nd Ave

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