BikePortland

Members hope to ‘rescue’ Seattle’s Cascade Bicycle Club

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Pro Walk Pro Bike in Seattle - Weds-53.jpg

Cascade’s David Hiller with a
souvenir newspaper clipping from
a trail access battle.
(Photo © J. Maus)

The twists and turns to the bike advocacy drama up in Seattle just keep on coming. After Cascade Bicycle Club — a non-profit bike event and advocacy group with 13,000 members — abruptly fired its longtime leader Chuck Ayers back in October, it set off of a messy feud between the Board of Directors and the group’s membership base.

The firing, said the Board, was a result of Cascade wanting to take a different, less aggressive and confrontational tone in its advocacy work. Much of that tone was set by Ayers’ right hand man, advocacy director David Hiller. Hiller is a confident advocate who understands the trench warfare it takes to make change against the status quo. His style is self-assured and sometimes rough around the edges; but it’s effective.

My neighborhood police officer, Derek Harris,
passing out crime stats at a recent
neighborhood meeting.
(Photos © J. Maus)

Portland is a town where being involved is just how we roll. Lots of folks here volunteer for non-profits, speak up at City Council when necessary, and are generally engaged on issues that impact their daily lives. Portland is also known for its 95 distinct neighborhoods, each one of which has an official neighborhood association attached to it.

Year: 2008
Brand: Haro
Model: Intro light low low
Color:neon green w/ purple forks
Serial: PLIW8J1955
Photo: http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/2325/bikew.jpg
Stolen in Portland, OR 97236
Stolen:2010-11-10
Stolen From: 137th Se foster Rd
Neighborhood: House was broken into. Stolen from garage
Owner: Max Moskalenko
OwnerEmail: bike095@yahoo.com
Reward: 100$
Description: Haro is neon green and neon green handle bars with purple shadow conspiracy grips. Pivitol seat with 3 scratches black. odyssey black pedals. 2 black kink light pegs (left side) black cranks(scratches on them). 25 tooth sprocket. front and back odyssey tires. From wheel is black with silver spokes. back nitrous double wall wheel is purple with black spokes. mirrico black stem/ Haro clamp for seat. and with a bike gallery sticker on the bottom
Police record with: Portland pd
Police reference#: 10-93528
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

City Council ponies up $198,000 for Gateway Green

A look at the parcel as it stands today,
with the I-205 path on the right.
(Photo © J. Maus)

At their weekly meeting yesterday, the Portland City Council passed an ordinance that included funding for operation and maintenance of Gateway Green, a project that will turn a vacant, 35-acre parcel of land in East Portland into a new park with a network off-road bike trails.

Major Joseph Lontai serving and
cycling in Iraq, 2006.

Remember Joseph Lontai? He’s the BikePortland reader who, back in April 2006, emailed a photo of himself riding a Spinning bike in the desert while serving in the Iraq war. Since then, I’ve kept in touch with Major Lontai and I run into him at local bike events.

No longer on active duty, Major Lontai still serves his country, but he also serves his love of cycling and shares that love with the next generation of military leaders.

Major Lontai was on active duty for eight years after graduating from Indiana University (where he was on their Little 500 team). During those eight years, he deployed to Bosnia, Kosovo, and Iraq. Since returning home, he’s served as an Oregon National Guard officer since 2007. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Military Science at the University of Portland and he’s pursuing a Master’s degree in teaching.

The Cross Crusade rolls into
Barton Park in Estacada Sunday.
(Photo © J. Maus)

This weekend starts off slow and then builds up to some great events starting Saturday afternoon. Take some time to enjoy the beautiful fall colors or clean up the bike, just in time to take it out and cover it with more mud and leaves.

Thursday, November 11th

6:30 pm: BTA/NW Trail Alliance Moots Bike Raffle Party
The tickets are all sold out. Now let’s find out who the lucky winner of a $7,000 Moots bike will be! Lots of raffle and door prizes at the party too.

Mark Hoskins, co-owner of Upcycles.
(Photos © J. Maus)

On Sunday, May 16th, a long-unused garage door creaked open at 911 NE Dekum Street, revealing the newest business in the Woodlawn neighborhood, Upcycles. Based in a single car garage space that’s been lightly remodeled, Upcycles is co-owner Kai Druzdezel and Mark Hoskins’ entry into the growing number of bicycle shops in Portland. Their opening coincided with the NE Portland Sunday Parkways, which passed through the sprawling Woodlawn Park, which is just next door to the shop.

Local filmmaker Dan Kaufman has released a new video that takes viewers on a trip along the future location of the North Willamette River Greenway Trail. In the video (below), you’ll join the advocates from non-profit group npGreenway who are working towards making the trail — that will eventually connect the Eastbank Esplanade at the Steel Bridge with Cathedral Park in St. Johns — a reality…

It’s an exciting project. Learn more at npGreenway.org.

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

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

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.

Members hope to ‘rescue’ Seattle’s Cascade Bicycle Club

What can you do for biking? Get involved with your neighborhood association

neon green w/ purple forks Haro Intro light low low 2008

City Council ponies up $198,000 for Gateway Green

On Veteran’s Day, thoughts from a cycling soldier

Weekend Event Guide

Thursday, November 11th

Introducing Upcycles, a new shop for the Woodlawn neighborhood

Take a tour of the future North Willamette Greenway Trail (video)

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

Latest Headlines

Reminder: No riding through River View Cemetery during Memorial Day Weekend

Guest Article: Demand a pause on PBOT’s SW Alder decision

Guest Opinion: The bike beat lives on in all of us

Our 20th Anniversary Party is this Wednesday

From the Archives

The 10 busiest bicycling spots in Portland