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Red Schwinn Traveler 1980s

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Year: 1980s
Brand: Schwinn
Model: Traveler
Color:Red
Size:tallish
Photo: http://img825.imageshack.us/img82
Stolen in Portland, OR
Stolen:2010-08-25
Stolen From: SE 79th & Woodward
Neighborhood: South Tabor
Owner: Gretchen Harris
OwnerEmail: wemetontrimet@yahoo.com
Reward: Sure
Description: I built this bike, but can’t remember all the components. It has integrated shifters and nice shimano rims, a WTB sadddle and road tires with a reflective side wall. The bike is red with yellow and white stripes and a yellow bottle holder. The handlebars are not taped.
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

Job of the Week

This week’s featured job opening could have you walking the talk (or biking or carpooling the talk) as the Westside Transportation Alliance’s Programs representative to Tigard and Tualatin in Washington County. If you want to spread the good word and help create healthier cities and lifestyles through transportation planning, follow the link to learn more and apply.

Program Manager — Westside Transportation Alliance

This is a paid listing, so when you apply, please remember to tell them you saw the ad on BikePortland… and good luck to all applicants!

Kirk Hanna hit someone
while driving drunk at speeds
of 80 mph and did not stop.
(Photo: Multnomah County)

Kirk Hanna, owner of Mt. Hood Ski Bowl, real estate developer, and son of carwash magnate Daniel Hanna, and plead guilty to Hit and Run, DUII, and 4th degree Assault in a Multnomah County courtroom on Thursday.

According to Portland Police, Hanna, 49, was driving his Porsche SUV at speeds estimated to be 80 mph when he swerved and struck Robert Skof, ridig a bicycle on SW Macadam Ave, just north of the Sellwood Bridge on May 23rd. Hanna did not stop and witnesses say he sped up when they tried to follow him to get his license plate. The incident occurred at 2:43 am. The victim was transported to a hospital with bleeding and facial lacerations that were not life-threatening.

Year: 2010
Brand: Scott
Model: CNTSSA Speedster 2
Color:Gray
Size:47cm
Serial: A1042820
Stolen in Portland, OR 97220
Stolen:2010-08-25
Stolen From: Touché restaurant 1425 NW Glisan.
Owner: Amber Baker
OwnerEmail: sunkist2@mac.com
Description: Gray/Silver frame white seat white handle bars, road bike, only a back wheel, a black rack.
Police record with: Portland PD
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Red and Black Specialized S Works CX 2004

Year: 2004
Brand: Specialized
Model: S Works CX
Color:Red and Black
Photo: http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/1857/specializedallezelitefrnn1.jpg
Stolen in Portland, OR 97204
Stolen:2010-08-26
Stolen From: 421 sw sixth ave. Commonwealth Building
Neighborhood: downtown
Owner: Steven Ewoldt
OwnerEmail: sewoldt@spytype.com
Reward: yes
Description: Red and Black Specialized CX had the lock cut off while parked on the street. Has a black rack on the rear, a tag-a-long attachment on the seatpost, and a sticker for “Trail Head Cyclery” on the bottom of the seat-tube (near the crank) that is yellow and green (roughly 1″ x 1″). Also the brake / gear handle on the right has the tip of the plastic chipped off.
Police record with: Portland
Police reference#: T10005573
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

TriMet reviewing new bus safety device with LED, audio warnings

New safety device would warn
people when a bus is turning.
(Photos © J. Maus)

In an effort to improve the safety of people walking and bicycling around their buses, TriMet is considering the use of a new product that would emit LED lights and short bursts of sound when a bus makes a turn.

Josh Blanchard, president of Safety Concepts (the company making the device), tells me that the “state of the art device” will prove capable of “drastically reducing accidents between buses, pedestrians and cyclists.”

“He [Christensen] is inciting violence, death threats, essentially begging someone to act violently against another person… Any harm to my son as a result of that language could be construed as a liability on the part of TriMet and on Dan personally.”
— Tom Bennett

The parents of a Paul Higgins, the man who was the subject of the controversial, “Portland! Kill this bicyclist!” blog post written by TriMet bus operator Dan Christensen, feel the situation should have been taken much more seriously.

Higgins’ mom, Judy Bennett, wrote about the situation on her blog last Sunday. After reposting the blog post where Christensen detailed his intentions to “exercise the death option” on her son for his erratic riding behavior, Bennett wrote,
“Freaky, right? Makes you question what sort of person is allowed to drive people around our city in a large vehicle. I’m quite a bit more upset than you might be right now, because the bicyclist he is talking about is my son.”

E-bikes are popping up all
over Portland these days.
(Illustration: Mark Young/Portland Storyboard)

Whether you like them or not, electric bikes have arrived and it looks like they’re here to stay. E-bikes can now be found in almost every local bike shop, major manufacturers are adding e-assist to a growing number of urban and cargo bikes, and e-bikes can be spotted among bike traffic more and more. But what about the laws governing their specifications and usage?

This isn’t intended to be legal advice, as I’m not a lawyer, but a brief summary of e-bike related law at the federal, state, and local levels.
Federal Law
At the Federal level, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) relegated defining what an e-bike is to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The CPSC defines a low-speed electric bicycle as:

“… a two- or three-wheeled vehicle with fully operable pedals and an electric motor of less than 750 watts (1 h.p.), whose maximum speed on a paved level surface, when powered solely by such a motor while ridden by an operator who weighs 170 pounds, is less than 20 mph. (Public Law No. 107-319, section 1, 116 Stat. 2776 (2002))”

Cycle Oregon Day 4 - Lake Selmac to Glendale-45

Cycle Oregon, the marquee bike ride that attacts over 2,000 participants every year, has been named the 2010 Honored Citizen by the Architecture Foundation of Oregon, (AFO) a non-profit organization that “advocates for the enhancement of our built environment, the livability of our communities, and preservation of our rich architectural heritage.”

Why is the AFO bestowing its highest honor — which in the past has gone to the likes of Congressman Earl Blumnenaur and former Oregon Governor and U.S. Senator Mark O. Hatfield — to a bike ride? Because Cycle Oregon is much more than just a bike ride.

Brand: ALAN
Stolen in , OR
Stolen:2010-08-25
Owner: Bo Gayheart
OwnerEmail: edgar.gayheartiii@pcc.edu
Description: I bought it from some guy for 20.00 If your missing one call me with description. 971-207-7060

Found components 2010

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Stolen in , OR
Stolen:2010-08-24
Stolen From: ?
Neighborhood: 30th and Holgate
Owner: Thomas Lee
OwnerEmail: thomas.lee.pdx@gmail.com
Reward: na
Description: FOUND! I just recovered what appears to be some stolen components and a rear wheel after my neighbor chased a guy out of my parking lot just a bit ago who was trying to take the front wheel of his bike. The guy got scared and bailed leaving his backpack containing a few parts, and a wheel behind. This happened just off of Holgate on 30th. If you think these parts could be yours, please e-mail me description of said parts and if they match up I will return them to you.
Police record with: na
Police reference#: na
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

Blue Specialized StumpJumper Comp 1999

Year: 1999
Brand: Specialized
Model: StumpJumper Comp
Color:Blue
Serial: 99SF09581
Photo: http://www.bikepedia.com/Images/image2.aspx?w=300&h=300&filename=1999%20Specialized%20Stumpjumper%20M2%20Comp.jpg&f=Photos
Stolen in Portland, OR 97214
Stolen:2010-08-23
Stolen From: 38th and Hawthorne. The public bike rack between Bank of America and Fred Meyer.
Neighborhood: Hawthorne
Owner: Aaron Longwell
OwnerEmail: aaron@newmedialogic.com
Reward: 250
Description: 1999 Specialized StumpJumper Comp. Chainstay has a heavy scratch/groove caused by the chain. Has a GPS unit mount on the handlebar and a broken bottle cage on the down tube.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 10-153964
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Red Schwinn Traveler 1980s

Job of the Week

Owner of Mt. Hood Ski Bowl pleads guilty to drunken hit-and-run — UPDATED

Gray Scott CNTSSA Speedster 2 2010

Red and Black Specialized S Works CX 2004

TriMet reviewing new bus safety device with LED, audio warnings

Parents of man threatened in bus driver’s blog post want action

E-bikes, the law, and you

Architecture Foundation names Cycle Oregon its 2010 ‘Honored Citizen’

ALAN (possible recovery)

Found components 2010

Blue Specialized StumpJumper Comp 1999

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