PBOT’s latest plans for a new, traffic calming park on NE Holman at 13th.
Event: Tour de Hood (6/5/10)
Event Name: Tour de Hood
Event Start Date: June 5, 2010
Start Time: 6:30 AM
Web Site: http://www.tourdehoodride.com/
Event Description: Ride one of Oregon’s most beautiful and challenging recreational rides! Experience two of the same courses that challenge racers in the popular Indie Hops Mt Hood Cycling Classic stage race, while benefiting local kids’ organizations and the Mt Hood Cycling Classic race organization. This is a one-of-a-kind Oregon recreational riding experience akin to touring around the Tour de France, where all kinds of riders ride ahead of the race and either ride to the finish or wait along the road sides for the racing caravan to parade by.
Your guide to Bike Month in Portland
Bike to Work Breakfast at Pioneer Courthouse Square in downtown Portland in 1995. From L to R: State Rep Chris Beck, Metro Councilor
Ed Washington and local celebrity Darcelle.
Check out that old BTA banner!
(Photo dug up from PBOT archives by Jeff Smith)
Ed Washington and local celebrity Darcelle.
Check out that old BTA banner!
(Photo dug up from PBOT archives by Jeff Smith)
Event: Ride of Silence (5/19/10)
Event Name: Ride of Silence
Event Start Date: May 19 2010
Start Time: Wheels rolling at 7:00:00 PM
Distance: 5 miles
Route Map: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=3699221
Notes: The Portland version will meet at Holladay Park Lloyd Center at 6:30 and roll out at 7 p.m. after brief remarks by whoever wants to speak.
Five mile route across the Broadway Bridge stopping at the bus incident on Broadway and Glisan. Crossing back via the Morrison Bridge and ending at Holladay Park. Please note this ride will follow the rules of the road. There is not a police escort nor will there be corking at intersections.
I would also like to note we may have, by request, several “bike” police along on the ride. I thought this was a very cool thing.
There will be no SAG support and no designated “sweep” riders. Each rider will be responsible for his or her own safety.
More info including ride locations in other cities: http://www.rideofsilence.org/locations-domestic.php?s=OR#OR
Reminder: Fill out the Forest Park Cycling survey and comment form
Enjoying the 1/3 mile of single track in Forest Park.
(Photo © J. Maus)
(Photo © J. Maus)
Event: North American Organic Brewers Festival (6/25,26,27/10)
Event Name: North American Organic Brewers Festival
Event Start Date: 25 June 2010
Start Time: 12:00:00 PM
Web Site: http://www.naobf.org
Event Description: More than 15,000 beer lovers will converge upon Portland this summer to take part in the world’s largest all organic beer festival. The sixth annual North American Organic Brewers Festival (NAOBF) will take place June 25 through 27 in Portland’s Overlook Park at the intersection of N Fremont St and Interstate Ave.
Event hours are Noon to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and Noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission into the event is free. The purchase of a $6 reusable, compostable cornstarch glass is required for tasting beer, as are tokens, which sell for $1 apiece. A full glass of beer costs four tokens (more for select beers), and a taste costs one token. Patrons receive a $1 discount toward the tasting glass with a validated MAX ticket, a ticket from the secure onsite bike corral, or three cans of food for the Oregon Food Bank.
The NAOBF aims to bring awareness of sustainable living to its participants and attendees by encouraging brewing and drinking organic beers, using local and sustainable energy, and purchasing locally grown foods and locally made products.
The event serves up more than 50 organic beers and ciders from around the nation. There’s also live music, organic food, sustainability-oriented vendors and non-profits, a root beer garden with complimentary Crater Lake Root Beer for minors and designated drivers, and a children’s area, all in a beautiful park setting.
This year’s bike parking, sponsored by Hopworks Urban Brewery, has been largely expanded and will now be manned and secured. Plus, ride your bike and park onsite and get $1 off your tasting glass!
The NAOBF goes beyond beer tasting by striving to be the most earth-friendly beer festival in North America. Festival attendees sample beer from reusable and compostable cornstarch glasses made from domestically grown corn by a zero-waste, solar-powered company. Onsite composting and recycling stations are provided for festival waste, and food vendors are required to use compostable cutlery and plates. Electricity needs are met with a combination of biodiesel and solar generators. Volunteers wear organic cotton and hemp t-shirts, and all event signage is reusable.
The NAOBF is a family friendly event, and minors are welcome with parents. The festival benefits the Leukemia Lymphoma Society and the Oregon Food Bank. For more information, visit www.naobf.org.
UBI grad looks to start framebuilder club
Roland Couture wants to start the Portland
Framebuilder Club as a resource for
new and existing builders.
(Photo courtesy Roland Couture)
Framebuilder Club as a resource for
new and existing builders.
(Photo courtesy Roland Couture)
A local graduate of United Bicycle Institute’s frame building school plans to start a club that will help builders pool resources and have a better chance at success.
Roland Couture is a 41 year-old, self-described “…tinkerer, lifetime cyclist, and musician smart enough to have an engineering degree, but with a persistent and nagging desire to actually make things by hand.”
Couture’s vision for the Portland Framebuilder Club (he’s bought the domain name but is still working on the site) is a to create an informal network where builders could come together, learn from each other, and more.
Black/dk. Purple Giant 1980
Year: 1980
Brand: Giant
Color:Black/dk. Purple
Size:52-ish
Serial: gf802381
Stolen in Portland, OR 97217
Stolen:2010-05-4
Stolen From: By the Safeway on Sw 10th and Jefferson
Neighborhood: Psu/Parkblocks
Owner: Tabitha Rotter
OwnerEmail: tabitharotter@gmail.com
Description: White handle bars, yellow swirly decals. the gears and such are mostly suntour.
Police record with: T10002574
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
blue Giant SE Boulder 2002
Year: 2002
Brand: Giant
Model: SE Boulder
Color:blue
Size:21″
Serial: C12CO124
Stolen in Eugene, OR 97403
Stolen:2009-11-01
Stolen From: East 18th /Clark apartments
Neighborhood: UO campus
Owner: Brian Willis
OwnerEmail: midnight013@comcast.net
Description: Blue Giant SE Boulder bike.. 2002 model. Had bracket for speedometer on handle bar and gage on tire spoke.
Police record with: EPD 912-74
Police reference#: UO DPS 09-2051
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
PBOT looks for help to develop new bike projects
A better bikeway on Vancouver leading
into the Rose Quarter area is one
of the projects PBOT wants help on.
(Photos © J. Maus)
into the Rose Quarter area is one
of the projects PBOT wants help on.
(Photos © J. Maus)
The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation has put out Request for Proposals to hire a consultant that will help them further develop five new bikeway projects and to assess the feasibility of three others. The projects were identified in the 2030 Bike Plan and PBOT says this is a first step toward implementing them.
The $185,000 RFP specifically names five projects that would set a new standard for bikeways that PBOT describes are, “envisioned to make riders feel safer and more comfortable than they would feel in standard bike lanes.”
In addition to the five projects, PBOT wants help to assess the technical feasibility of three others.
The five projects listed in the RFP for futher development are:
Event of the Week: Bike Economics Fundraiser and Showcase
Clever Cycles co-owners
Martina Fahrner (L) and Rachel Mullin.
(Photo © J. Maus)
Martina Fahrner (L) and Rachel Mullin.
(Photo © J. Maus)
On Thursday night, twenty local, women-owned bike businesses will take center stage and a new scholarship fund will be created at Bike Economics.
The event is being put together by Elly Blue and Ellee Thalheimer and will be hosted at the Portland campus of United Bicycle Institute at 3961 N Williams Ave.
Since we announced this event a few weeks ago, many more businesses have been added and a huge list of door prizes and sponsors has been put together.
Here’s the list of presenting businesses:
Bike shop, tour company team up for e-bike tours and rentals
The Express from Giant is one of
the models available for rent.
the models available for rent.
Two local businesses have teamed up to put more electric bikes on the road in Portland.
A new partnership between The eBike Store (201 N Alberta Ave) and Pedal Bike Tours (2249 N Williams Ave) gives tourists and locals alike a chance for a guided bike tour of Portland on an e-bike or an extended test ride on one of the e-bikes that will become a permanent part of Pedal Bike Tours’ rental fleet.