Event: Roll Against Coal (10/10/10)

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Event Name: Roll Against Coal
Event Start Date: 10 October 2010
Start Time: 12:00:00 PM
Web Site: http://www.350.org/roll-against-coal
Event Description: Join Greenpeace, the Oregon Sierra Club, Climate Solutions, Transition PDX and Youth Empowerment Action for Free Bike Repair Workshops and our “Roll Against Coal” Rally.

Ride with us, and say no to dirty coal and oil and yes to clean energy! The day’s schedule of activities is as follows:

12 to 4 p.m.
Free Bike Repair Workshops

4 to 5 p.m.
Roll Against Coal Rally and Ride

5 to 8 p.m.
350.org After Party with live music and libations

1821 SE Ankeny St., Portland, OR

Read more at http://www.350.org/roll-against-coal

Bright Green Gary Fisher Big Sur 1999

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Year: 1999
Brand: Gary Fisher
Model: Big Sur
Color:Bright Green
Size:Large
Stolen in Portland, OR 97212
Stolen:2010-09-17
Stolen From: 48th and Hawthorn. SE Portland
Neighborhood: Hawthorn
Owner: ben higgins
OwnerEmail: benhigg@gmail.com
Reward: $150
Description: Bright Green, black surly fork, black rack, finders front and back, red grips
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 10077732
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Blue Cannondale Optimo Cyclocross Disc 2004

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Year: 2004
Brand: Cannondale
Model: Optimo Cyclocross Disc
Color:Blue
Size:62cm
Stolen in Portland, OR 97211
Stolen:2010-09-15
Stolen From: Front porch on 13 and ne prescott
Neighborhood: Northeast
Owner: Greg Keeling
OwnerEmail: gtkeeling@gmail.com
Description: Cannondale cyclocross optimo disc. Frame is from 2004, light blue with silver panels.

Wound up disc fork
Campagnolo chorus and veloce drivetrain

Specialties TA compact crankset with mismatched black chainrings. Crank is 180mm

White industries disc hubs laced to mavic rims

truvativ seatpost, deda stem, ritchey handlebar, fizik airone saddle

No other bike in portland just like this. I can also identify the bb brand and three small dents in one of the frame tubes.
Police record with: Portland pd
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Trek

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Brand: Trek
Stolen in Portland, OR 97201
Stolen:2010-09-18
Stolen From: SW 12th and Columbia in my apartment buildings basement.
Neighborhood: SW/ PSU
Owner: Sally Lickliter
OwnerEmail: 4sallyjean@gmail.com
Reward: yes
Description: This was an amazing black with lightly painted sparkles single speed. All carbon fiber. Purple hubs, gold spokes. Bontrager tires. Dual brakes.
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Headed to Interbike next week: Here’s what I’ll be looking for

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Next week, J.R. and I are heading to Las Vegas to partake in the annual bike industry pilgrimage that is Interbike. It’s been many years (five I think) since I last made the trip, so I thought it was long overdue.

I’ve been to Interbike many times in the past. I worked booths as a customer service/sales guy for Chris King Components, as the marketing guy at Old Man Mountain pannier racks, and most recently as an independent PR/marketing consultant (the job I ditched to do this blog full time).

I’ll have four full days at the show (one at the Outdoor Demo) and I’m not sure what type of stories and photos I’ll come back with. I’ll try to cover a wide range of stuff, but here are some categories I’ll focus on:

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Black Cannondale CX6 2010

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Year: 2010
Brand: Cannondale
Model: CX6
Color:Black
Size:54
Serial:UM61207
Photo: http://www.cannondale.com/usa/usaeng/Products/Bikes/Road/CYCLOCROSS/CAAD8CX/Details/1263-0XR6C_0XR6T-Cyclocross-6
Stolen in Portland, OR 97209
Stolen:2010-09-15
Stolen From: Lovejoy building on NW 13th and Marshall. Bike was taken from a locked bikeroom.
Neighborhood: NW Portland
Owner: Tom Karnes
OwnerEmail: barrettebright@hotmail.com
Reward: $200
Description: Black cyclocross/touring Cannondale equiped with a rack and fenders. The handlebar has two sets of brake levers. The first set are drop levers and the second set are located near the handlebar stem.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 1077401
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Green Trek 820 1999

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Year: 1999
Brand: Trek
Model: 820
Color:Green
Size:21″
Photo: http://www.bikepedia.com/Images/Default.aspx?itemid=80976&if=1999 Trek 820.jpg
Stolen in Portland, OR 97209
Stolen:2010-09-15
Stolen From: NW 13th and Marshall
Neighborhood: Pearl
Owner: Nathan Karman
OwnerEmail: nathan.karman@gmail.com
Reward: $50
Description: Slick tires,(black) rack, and (black) front and rear fenders.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 10077088
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Grant helps NW Trail Alliance buy trail building machine

Thanks to a $75,000 grant, the Portland-based Northwest Trail Alliance (NWTA) will purchase a new machine that will enable them to build more trails more easily. The grant is from the federal government’s Recreational Trails Program (which is funded through the gas tax) and it was administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department.

Allow me to introduce you to the $75,000*, Oregon-made, Single Track ST240…

The ST240 built by the aptly named company, Single Track (which is based in North Plains).
(Photo © J. Maus)

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‘Bronze’ award marks bike-friendly momentum in Gresham

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Gresham has installed over 100
wayfinding signs.

The City of Gresham (our neighbor about 13 miles east of downtown Portland) has officially made it onto the bike-friendly map. On Wednesday, the League of American Bicyclists awarded Gresham a Bronze level Bicycle Friendly Community designation.

Kevin Belanger, who works in Gresham’s Transportation Planning department, says they’re proud of the distinction and that “We’ll be using it to push ourselves even further.”

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City’s first pump track in East Portland? Maybe

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A pump track.
(Photo: IMBA)

The City of Portland Parks & Recreation bureau is seeking comments on a proposed new pump track — which would be the first such facility in the city. The location under consideration is Mill Park, a tiny 5-acre park in southeast Portland (SE 122nd and Mill). The pump track is being proposed by the Northwest Trail Alliance, a local non-profit that has been working with Parks to identify a suitable location for a bike skills park or pump track for over a year.

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