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Weekend Event Guide

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Super D!

After several months of jam-packed event calenders this Weekend’s light schedule will give you a chance to go on that ride you’ve been thinking about, revisit your favorite regular events, and for those who have already given up on summer altogether, go shopping for rain gear.

Friday, September 3rd

6:30pm: Vegan Dinner Bike Ride
Meet your fellow deep-rooted vegan enthusiasts and branch out to try new and exciting cuisine. Ride meets at on the Colonel Summers Park greens and heads to a different vegan-friendly restaurant or food cart, followed by a chance to talk chop at an area watering hole.

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black trek 7.3 2010

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Year: 2010
Brand: trek
Model: 7.3
Color:black
Size:22.5
Serial: wtuo22o1621e
Stolen in Portland, OR 97214
Stolen:2010-08-31
Stolen From: garage in back of house.
Neighborhood: ladds addition
OwnerEmail: g47q@aol.com
Reward: $ 500.00
Description: brand new bike. black. black bag in back. $
Police record with: portland
Police reference#: temporary
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Boulder’s new way of building “a community of carlessness”

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Go carfree on the day that
corresponds to your car color
(mine would be Tuesday).

Here’s a interesting new campaign that would feel right at home in Portland. This Saturday, the City of Boulder Colorado will launch Driven to Drive Less, a new program to get people to go one day a week without their car. What’s refreshing is that they’re going about it in a creative way, by asking people to consider going carfree on a certain day of the week depending on the color of their vehicle. Here’s a snip from the campaign website:

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Blue/White Strawberry custom 650C

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Brand: Strawberry
Model: custom 650C
Color:Blue/White
Size:52cm
Serial: SRG7009
Stolen in Portland, OR 97201
Stolen:2010-08-31
Stolen From: garage in Goose Hollow
Neighborhood: Goose Hollow
Owner: Andy Newlands
OwnerEmail: andy@strawberrybicycle.com
Description: Custom handmade Strawberry Bicycle. 650C road bike. Campy Super Record. Reynolds Ouzo Pro carbon fork. Signature Strawberry wishbone rear stay.
Photo: http://www.strawberrybicycle.com/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Vintage&id=2007_Cycle_Oregon_014

Police record with: Portland Police
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Yellow Cannondale CAAD3

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Brand: Cannondale
Model: CAAD3
Color:Yellow
Size:154
Photo: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=49712369&id=10716994&ref=fbx_album
Stolen in Portland, OR 97209
Stolen:2010-08-30
Stolen From: My bike was stolen from outside of the Belvedere apartments. It was locked to a street sign on the corner of 20th and Northrup.
Neighborhood: NW
Owner: Betsy Mas
OwnerEmail: masmar@aquinas.edu
Reward: I’ll trade you my Trek mountain bike that I have if I can have my bike back ): Also good karma and cookies.
Description: My bike is very distinct. It has a Swell sticker on the top cross bar, a cheetah seat and bright yellow grip tape on the drop-bars, I have a small black bag attached to the back of the seat as well.
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

Event: Echelon Gran Fondo (9/26/10)

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Event Name: Echelon Gran Fondo
Event Start Date: September 26, 2010
Start Time: 8:30:00 AM
Web Site: http://www.echelongranfondo.org/portland/index.html
Event Description: Echelon Gran Fondo in the Columbia River Gorge is a festive and scenic road ride event with distance options of 30, 60 and 100 miles. Team Radio Shack’s Chris Horner rides along as ambassador of this exciting benefit for OHSU Knight Cancer Institute and the Livestrong Foundation. Enjoy the party atmosphere, race if you’d like during the 40k timed section or just enjoy the views of Mt. Hood as you pedal past entertainers and cheering spectators toward the finish line feast in Hood River.
Register yourself, a team or sponsor other riders today.

Update: Bike operator cited for running into bus in transit mall collision

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Richard Krebs’ bike rests under the
wheel of a TriMet bus after the
collision on August 12th.
(Photo: Bill Jackson)

TriMet has released an update on the investigation of a collision involving a bus and a bike in downtown Portland on August 12th.

TriMet Communications Director Mary Fetsch says that following a review by the Portland Police Bureau Traffic Division, the man operating the bicycle, Richard Krebs, was given a citation for “failure to obey a traffic control device” (ORS 811.265). The bus operator was not cited, but was “provided retraining” according to Fetsch.

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