Blue Schwinn Sprint 10 speed ’80s

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Year: ’80s
Brand: Schwinn
Model: Sprint 10 speed
Color:Blue
Stolen in Portland, OR 97202
Stolen:2009-08-3
Stolen From: The garage at my house.
Neighborhood: Sellwood/Westmoreland
Owner: Mark Wedin
OwnerEmail: markwedin@gmail.com
Description: Front brakes very loose. Right foot pedal bent, not enough to see but you can feel it when you ride. There was also a very small red light attached near the back wheel; and a black U-lock around handlebars, which, without my key, couldn’t be removed without removing the wiring for the brakes.
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

Adventures in bike culture at First Thursday

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Builders, bikes, and socialites
mingled in the Pearl last night.
(Photos © J. Maus)

Unlike its more funky offshoot in the Alberta Arts District, First Thursday in the Pearl isn’t known as a hotbed of Portland’s bike culture. But last night, Pearl District residents and visitors got a healthy dose of two-wheel art and entertainment.

It was a night of PBR and IPA, in a setting where wine is usually the drink of choice.

At the offices of social media marketing company StepChange Group, a steady crowd streamed in and out of the Portland Framebuilders Show. The event was pulled together by StepChange employee Michael Jones. Jones invited several of Portland’s lesser known builders to share their craft. Among them were Hufnagel Cycles, Sprout Cycles, Courage Bicycle Manufacturing, Metrofiets, Palmares Cycles, Belladonna Cycles and Cascadia Bicycles.

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Oregon Cycling magazine shuts down; new owners look to bring it back

Cover of Oregon Cycling Magazine.

Oregon Cycling magazine — a free, newsprint publication that covered bike news, racing and culture throughout the state — will no longer be published. But according to sources — and a job listing on Craigslist — it might be already set for a comeback.

Oregon Cycling had been published since 1987 and was owned by the Center for Appropriate Transport (a Eugene-based non-profit) since 1992. In June, Editor Karl Benedek wrote on the magazine’s blog that the changing media landscape had brought tough times onto the publication, forcing them to close their doors. “The last few months have been rough, and we are no longer able to produce Oregon Cycling as a labor of love.”

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Merkley, colleagues introduce Livable Communities Act

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Senator Jeff Merkley at his office in
D.C. during the National Bike Summit.
(Photo © J. Maus)

U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) is one of five Democrats in the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee that have introduced a new bill that looks to integrate housing, transportation, and environmental policies.

Dubbed the Livable Communities Act, a statement about the legislation says that it is intended to “Help towns and regions across the country plan and implement development projects that integrate their community’s needs for transportation, housing, land use, and economic development.”

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Memories of Jammin’ 95.5: Detroit radio show goes on anti-bike rant

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Deminski and Doyle

A radio station in Detroit Michigan aired very dangerous and inflammatory remarks against people who ride bikes during a morning talk show yesterday (listen/download mp3 here). The situation reminds me of when a similar incident occurred on a local Portland station back in July 2006.

“How many people have seen a bicyclist and you would just love to lob something at their heads…”
— WCSX radio show host

In Detroit, on the Deminski and Doyle morning show on WCSX, Jeff Deminski and Bill Doyle shared their feelings about sharing the road with bike riders. The nearly eight minute segment was shockingly anti-bike. The segment aired as a response to a recent article in USA Today outlining how more and more states across the country have passed laws to protect people who are riding bikes.

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gold/green trek 7100 08

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Year: 08
Brand: trek
Model: 7100
Color:gold/green
Size:15
Serial: wtu136c0026c
Stolen in portland, OR 97212
Stolen:2009-08-5
Stolen From: basement of cottages
Neighborhood: irvington
Owner: jenn bryant
OwnerEmail: joseph_caru@yahoo.com
Reward: $50
Description: leather seat and handle grips. bell.
Police record with: city of portland
Police reference#: 09069886
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

TriMet removes seats on WES to make more room for bikes

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Bike on WES.
(Photo: TriMet)

TriMet announced today that they have removed four seats in each of their WES Commuter Rail cars in order to make more room for bicycles. When WES opened back in January, the cars only had two designated hooks for bicycles, leading to immediate concerns from multi-modal commuters.

The issue has been on TriMet’s radar since mid-February when TriMet’s executive director of operations Steve Banta brought up the issue at a board meeting. The issue Banta raised is how to deal with the Federal Railroad Administration regulations that the WES must meet. Unlike MAX, FRA regulations say that any object that can fly and hit someone must be secured (whereas on MAX, it is OK to just sit with your bike, on WES it must be secured with a strap or hook).

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ODOT hopes tour will net ideas for Oregon City Bridge closure

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Riders on the bridge.
(Photo © J. Maus)

As we reported back in April, the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) is planning to close the historic Oregon City/West Linn Arch Bridge for two years during a major rehabilitation project.

The problem with the project is that there has not yet emerged a solution for how to detour non-motorized traffic. Cars and trucks can zip around the project and use I-205 to the north, but bicycles and pedestrians are not allowed on that stretch of highway. The closest crossings for bikes and pedestrians would be the Sellwood Bridge (six miles north) or the Canby Ferry (nine miles south) — making neither of them viable options.

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How do you feel about biking and the BTA? Let them know in survey

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BTA home page

The Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) has launched an online survey to capture how Oregonians (whether they bike or not) feel about bike advocacy and the BTA in general.

BTA Advocacy Manager Michelle Poyourow says they want to hear what everyone — members or non-members — thinks about bike advocacy in Oregon and Southwest Washington. According to Poyourow, they’re specifically asking “non-bicyclists” and people who don’t consider themselves part of the “bike community” to take the survey. To sweeten the deal, they’ll give a $150 bike shop gift card to a randomly selected survey taker.

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Black Gary Fisher Wingra 2008

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Year: 2008
Brand: Gary Fisher
Model: Wingra
Color:Black
Size:17.5 inch
Serial: WTU141C3550D
Photo: http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/5007/p4260005.jpg
Stolen in Portland, OR 97203
Stolen:2009-08-5
Stolen From: In front of the St. Johns Theater while we watched Harry Potter.
Neighborhood: St. Johns
Owner: Andrea Glane
OwnerEmail: changingx@yahoo.com
Reward: 50
Description: It has a white cats eye light on the handle pars, front and back black fenders (plastic I believe), and an extra long rear wheel quick realease skewer for adding our dog attachement.
Police record with: Portland Police
Police reference#: 0969643
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

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