BikePortland

Weekend Event Guide

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

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

(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.

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

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

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

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