Black Bianchi Road Bike ?

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Year: ?
Brand: Bianchi
Model: Road Bike
Color:Black
Size:Men’s
Serial: N/A
Stolen in Portland, OR 97323
Stolen:2010-06-26
Stolen From: 2200 NE Broadway, Portland, OR 97232
(Chez Jose East) garage storage area
Neighborhood: Sullivan’s Gulch
Owner: Sean Poirier
OwnerEmail: chezjoseeast@yahoo.com
Description: Used Bianchi. New Velo-Plush Seat, New handlebars wrapped in black tape (a little bit of blue too) One red light below bike seat.
Police record with: Portland Police
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

white/red Scott CR1 2009

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Year: 2009
Brand: Scott
Model: CR1
Color:white/red
Size:58inch
Stolen in Portland, OR 97217
Stolen:2010-06-28
Stolen From: Stolen from the Fred Meyer in North Portland on Interstate between 4:15 and 4:45pm
Neighborhood: North Portland
Owner: Tyler Clark
OwnerEmail: tdc523@yahoo.com
Description: White and red mens road bike. Blue clip in pedals and a blue water bottle cage. Also a bike pump attached to the bar running front to back. White seat and handlebar wrap
Police record with: Filed with Portland Pd at 5:30 pm
Police reference#: 1052599
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

New music video features Portland tall bike jousters

Still from video.
-Watch it below-

First it was The Flaming Lips, now it’s LCD Soundsystem who has looked to Portland’s colorful, bike-riding characters for a music video.

I heard about this being filmed just a few weeks ago and word on the street was that every local freak bike builder was there. It’s a gorgeous look “into the culture of bike jousting” with a lot of familiar faces including Irondelle/gravity biker/chariot war champion Emily O’Connor, jousting legend and former Alberta Clown House performer Rabbit, the inimitable Dingo the Clown, Hammercising acro-balancer Dutch, and many others. The song is “Drunk Girls” (Holy Ghost! Remix) and the piece was directed by Daniel Garcia. Watch it below…

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Grey Raleigh Detour 6.5 2009

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Year: 2009
Brand: Raleigh
Model: Detour 6.5
Color:Grey
Size:21 inch
Serial: BUS029492101/U8YK25452
Stolen in Portland, OR 97202
Stolen:2010-06-20
Stolen From: Cleveland High School
Neighborhood: SE Portland
Owner: Kathryn Moore
OwnerEmail: katemooresuper@gmail.com
Reward: $100
Description: The bike has fenders and a rack. It had a black basket on it at the time it was stolen, but it is easily removed.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 10-152816
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

BikePortland on the radio: Listen to the latest spots

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As I mentioned back in March, I’ve got a great partnership going with the folks over at 94.7 FM ‘Alternative Portland’. Thanks to sponsorships from Better World Club (the original bicycle roadside assistance people!) and Bike n Hike, messages about biking are being heard on the radio throughout the day.

For those of you that haven’t heard them yet, I’ve uploaded the latest spots for your listening enjoyment. Each one is 60 seconds total, split between the sponors’ ad and my bike-related message.

    [Recorded, June 9th, 2010]
    Once a week is all we ask
    [audio:947spot_summeronceaweek.mp3|titles=BikePortland/94.7]

    When riding, pass nicely
    [audio:947spot_passingsafely.mp3|titles=BikePortland/94.7]

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Pedalpalooza: Much more than bike fun

Hammercise Ride-12

(Photos © J. Maus)

The 17 days of Pedalpalooza officially came to an end at yesterday’s Multnomah County Bike Fair. With nearly 300 free events in just over two weeks and tens of thousands of people taking part, Pedalpalooza — which is in its ninth year of existence, depending on how you count — is well on its way to becoming a proud Portland tradition right up there with the Rose Festival.

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The Monday Roundup

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Here’s the news that caught our eye this week:

– It doesn’t often make the news, but every year, enough oil spills into the Niger Delta in Nigeria to dwarf the scope of the current oil spill off the U.S. coast.

– In Chicago, two young men have been found guilty of setting out, drunkenly, to intentionally run down people on bicycles, but received very light sentences.

– Some cities are using GPS technology to track stolen bikes, but in most places bike theft is still underreported and inconsistently addressed.

– Baltimore is considering a new zoning code that would encourage an increased number of urban farms.

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Ride Report: SE Solar Tour

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Reporter – Jeff Cropp
Ride Date – Monday, June 21, 2010
Ride Description

Ride Report
We had 25 riders for a short tour of solar homes in Inner Southeast Portland. We got to tour one home with a solar water heating system and another with a photovoltaic (solar electric) system. The riders got to learn all about how the technology works, how much it costs, and see different examples. Everyone seemed to have a good time, and the tour will probably be repeated with the Easy Riders later in the summer.

Report: Momentum Meander

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Reporter – Captain Karma
Ride Date – Saturday, June 26, 2010

Ride Report
The ride got off to a pleasant start. It was a beeeeautiful day as we met under the Hawthorne bridge. We did indeed meander a little bit, but unfortunately, it did not last. Our fearless ride leader, representing Momentum magazine (sorry I did not get your name) took a spill. Murphy’s law dictated that a bungee would come loose from his front rack, which jammed in his front wheel. I did not see it happen, but I think he went endo. The front fork was toast, and the paramedics came to help out. He had a helmet, so that part was good; his shoulder seems to be messed up. He went to the hospital to have it checked out. He’s from Vancouver, B.C., so his bills are covered hopefully, anyway.

Bummer, it would have been a very nice meander around the bridges otherwise. Thanks, Momentum, for showing up, and for the great magazine.

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