Your Big Bike Weekend Guide

Grab some friends and head
north into Vancouver for the
Ride Around Clark County on Saturday.
(Photo: VBC)

Here you go folks. Some great things to do on a bike this weekend. We’ve got a themed ride, a century, mountain bike trail work parties, a time trial and a whole lot more.

Friday (4/30)

8:30 pm: Cycle Shrine Art Installation Ride
Portlander Becky Morton is opening up a new store called BIKEASAURUS (1337 SE MLK) next month. This ride is a “christening of the space to make it bike friendly.” Becky’s shop will sell bike accessories and locally-made crafts and she plans to put the Cycle Shrine in the window so folks can see it from the street. Meet at Naito Fountain under the Burnside Bridge and come wearing a dinosaur costume or the color green. Free spoke cards, cookies and punch, vegan dinosaur eggs, and more!

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It’s no joke: Portland Business Alliance honors bike advocates

At their Annual Meeting at the Oregon Center Ball Room on Tuesday morning, the Portland Business Alliance gave a special award of recognition to some unlikely members. The PBA — long a thorn in the side of city bike planners (and others) for their positions on bike projects — gave their Transportation Award to two of the city’s most high-profile bike advocates; former City of Portland bike coordinator and now CEO of Alta Planning Mia Birk, and owner of The Bike Gallery stores, Jay Graves. David Knowles of CH2M Hill, chair of the PBA’s Transportation Committee, received the award along with them.

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Getting schooled by lawyer Ray Thomas

Ray Thomas
(File photo from a news conference in 2008 © J. Maus)

“We have a mutant status on the roadway.” That’s one way lawyer Ray Thomas tried to describe the often confusing and misunderstood legal standing of people who walk and bike on the streets of Oregon.

His comment came during a special edition of the monthly legal clinic hosted at Thomas’ Swanson, Thomas and Coon law firm. This month’s clinic (put together by Thomas along with the BTA and the Willamette Pedestrian Coalition (WPC)) was intended to educate local journalists about biking and walking laws so we can do a better job on our stories.

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Purple CAnnondale Unknown 1980

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Year: 1980
Brand: CAnnondale
Model: Unknown
Color:Purple
Size:Small
Stolen in Portland, OR
Stolen:2010-04-26
Stolen From: My Garage, on SE 33rd and Pardee, off Holgagte on a dead-end street.
Neighborhood: Reedwood Neighborhood
Owner: Brenda Gunderson
OwnerEmail: newstripes@comcast.net
Reward: YES
Description: 20+ year old Cannondale that had been redone, with custom purple and black airbrush paint, gold Cannondale lettering, Black handlebar tape, wheels with gold/orange tires. Nice components, but I don’t know what they are exactly.
Police reference#: None Yet
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

orange/gray Haral ? ~1980

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Year: ~1980
Brand: Haral
Model: ?
Color:orange/gray
Serial: ?
Stolen in Hillsboro, OR 97024
Stolen:2010-02-7
Stolen From: Stolen in Hillsboro park by Hispanic male.
Owner: Tobin Barlow
OwnerEmail: toby_j_b@hotmail.com
Reward: TBD
Description: Rare race bike with Time pedals. Camponolo drivetrain except for replaced rear derailer with Shimano 105.
Police record with: Matt Delepine
Police reference#: 108001557
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

neon yellow Univega 2001

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Year: 2001
Brand: Univega
Color:neon yellow
Size:26
Photo: http://yfrog.com/4vmybikej
Stolen in Portland, OR 97266
Stolen:2010-04-26
Stolen From: my enclosed patio – 118th and SE Powell Blvd.
Neighborhood: SE Portland/Lents
Owner: Hayley Eiden
OwnerEmail: HREiden@gmail.com
Reward: my friends
Description: Clean bike – no rust and original parts. Attached rear rack and front light.
Police record with: Kuemper
Police reference#: T10002388
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

Middle fingers don’t lead to productive dialogue and other lessons from my road rage interaction

new bike lane on Naito

When too close leads to up-close.
(Photo © J. Maus)

The other day riding home from work I had an interesting interaction.

I was riding my bike up N. Mississippi Ave. just past Widmer Brewing (map) when I noticed a big car door swing open ahead of me. Without making a sudden move, I positioned myself into the center of the lane to avoid the hazard. A few seconds later I heard the all too familiar roar of a car engine. Soon, just a few inches from my thigh, a car buzzed angrily by. It was obviously done on purpose (trust me, I’ve been riding on city streets long enough to know).

I was operating completely within the law. I was on a small side street were traffic should move slowly. There was no need for this man in the car to pass me like that. I was angry. So, in order to make sure I got the guy’s attention, I looked square into his rear-view mirror and flipped him off.

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Silver Gary Fisher Monona 2008

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

Year: 2008
Brand: Gary Fisher
Model: Monona
Color:Silver
Size:19.5
Serial: WTU065C2663B
Stolen in Portland, OR 97205
Stolen:2010-04-27
Stolen From: 1630 SW Morrison St Portland
Neighborhood: Goose Hollow
Owner: Erika Price
OwnerEmail: eprice75@yahoo.com
Reward: $50
Description: Silver commuter bike with silver fender, black handlebars, black rack on back and bike gallery stickers
Police record with: 10-151737
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

A look inside Travel Oregon’s bike tourism marketing campaign

The big bike insert as it appears
in May issue of Outside Magazine.

At a meeting of the Oregon Bicycle Tourism Partnership in City Hall yesterday, Travel Oregon unveiled details of how cycling fits into their $1 million national marketing campaign.

Cycling is one of three main pillars (along with outdoor recreation and, somewhat inexplicably, golf) of Travel Oregon’s current “Adventurecation” campaign. At the meeting yesterday, Travel Oregon marketing staffer Michael Sturdevant took us through the details of the campaign and shared some of the materials that go along with it.

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Bike shop holds contest to design new logo

21st avenue bicycles

The crew at 21st Ave. Bikes needs
a new logo. Make it awesome!
(Photo © J. Maus)

21st Avenue Bicycles in Northwest Portland needs some help designing a new logo so they’ve launched a contest to see which local designer can create the best one.

The designer of the winning logo will see their work all over town on the shop’s ads, on their website, and on a sticker placed on every bike sold in the shop. In addition, the winning designer will get $100.00 cash, a Chrome bags laptop sleeve, and 10% off everything in the store for as long as the logo is in use.

Here’s what the they’re looking for:

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