Silver Cannondale Synapse 2007

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Year: 2007
Brand: Cannondale
Model: Synapse
Color:Silver
Size:60cm
Serial: A0752174
Stolen in Portland, OR 97232
Stolen:2009-07-29
Stolen From: Shed in yard near NE 33rd and Irving
Neighborhood: Laurelhurst
Owner: Chuck Reif
OwnerEmail: reif.chuck@gmail.com
Reward: $100
Description: Has mark on top bar where Cycle Oregon stickers were. Two water bottle holders, small hand pump, black underseat bag.
Police record with: Portland Police
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Read and ride with Boneshaker: A Bicycling Almanac

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I’ve just spent a lovely but overly warm summer morning hunkered down in the cool basement reading the latest edition of Boneshaker.

The small volume’s attractive recycled brown cover is reminiscent of an army field manual, but with an attention grabbing color illustration of a bicycle enticing me in to the table of contents. It turns out that the postcard-sized zine is dense with inspirational words and imagery; poetry, conversation, hope, art and community.

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First Thursday event will feature up-and-coming bike builders

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See bikes from Sprout Cycles and
six other local builders during First
Thursday in the Pearl next week.
(Photo © J. Maus)

A small social media application development company in the Pearl District will host a First Thursday event next week featuring five local, up-and-coming bike builders.

The show, hosted by the StepChange Group (500 NW 9th Ave.), is the brainchild of StepChange director of technology Michael Jones. Jones is a web developer who you might remember as the guy who created the (now defunct) stolen bike listing tool, Finetoothcog. He’s also co-founder of the Unicycle Bastards and helped get Portland’s Ghost Bike movement off the ground.

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Blue Specialized Allez 2003

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Year: 2003
Brand: Specialized
Model: Allez
Color:Blue
Size:54cm
Stolen in Eugene, OR 97405
Stolen:2009-07-29
Stolen From: Near the Autzen Footbridge in Eugene.
Neighborhood: University
Owner: Lydia Chambers
OwnerEmail: lydiajchambers@gmail.com
Description: Has Orange grip tape and blue tires, also has a holder for a hand pump and 2 water bottle holders.
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

black/gray Montague MX 2008

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Year: 2008
Brand: Montague
Model: MX
Color:black/gray
Size:18
Serial: AJ047-MX-85
Stolen in Portland, OR 97015
Stolen:2009-07-29
Stolen From: Bike rack in front of Comfort Suites motel, 15929 SE McKinley Ave.
Neighborhood: Clackamas
Owner: Marc Leonard
OwnerEmail: marc@cncsnw.com
Reward: 250
Description: Nearly new, no personalized features. Minor nick on left side of seat post below Montague name. Prowheel crankset, where most MX’s should have Suntour.
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Join us for an evening with bike tourer, photographer, blogger, and advocate Russ Roca

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Russ Roca and his custom Bilenky.
An Evening with Russ Roca
Monday, 8/3 at 6:00pm
Roots Brewing (1520 SE 7th Ave)

Eight years ago, budding photographer Russ Roca’s pickup truck died. A curious and eco-conscious guy, he wondered if he could get by living in Los Angeles without a car. Turns out he could. It changed his life, and it also saved him enough money to buy more camera equipment. His career — and a new perspective on life — began.

Roca, a bicycle-based professional photographer, part-time bike advocate, epicurean cyclist, and talented multimedia journalist is coming to Portland. Roca and his partner, jeweler and metalwork artist Laura Crawford, will begin a global bike tour after a train ride up to the Rose City. The pair have sold most of their possessions, moved out of their apartment in Long Beach, California and have started The Path Less Pedaled project, which they say has, “the goal of connecting with and collecting the stories of people who followed a calling to live their lives in unique ways.”

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‘Street of Dreams’ in the Pearl will be lined with bicycles

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Hoyt Street Properties bike promotion

Hoyt Street Properties in the Pearl
has long been a fan of bikes.
(Photo © J. Maus)

At the 34th annual Street of Dreams event, Portlanders will get a healthy dose of our local bike culture in addition to the usual tour of luxury homes.

This year’s event, which focuses on the Pearl District, will feature a special “Cycle the Dream” component. Organizer Mark McGregor has put together a roster of bike-related businesses that will be on display as event-goers tour eight penthouse condominiums inside the four buildings on the Street of Dreams tour route.

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Portland bike-sharing update: Vendors confirmed for demonstration event

A bike from Montreal’s “Bixi” system.

Five companies interested in partnering with the City of Portland to implement a bike-sharing system have responded to a call for proposals to take part in a demonstration event in mid-August. Meanwhile, the Boston Globe is reporting that the City of Boston will implement, “the nation’s first citywide bike-sharing system” with hundreds of bicycles at dozens of stations.

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Oregonian guest opinion piece: Bikes are the newest “must-have fashion accessory”

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An “ultra-hip bike culture effete”
and her fashion accessory.
(Photo © J. Maus)

I noticed an interesting opinion piece in The Oregonian this morning that claims that the “newest local outdoor must-have fashion accessory” is the “walked bicycle.”

In the article, author/journalist/bike commuter Lawrence J. Maushard of Southeast Portland, seems almost perturbed by the number of people who walk with their bikes on our city’s sidewalks. I’m not sure why good looking people walking bikes causes so much consternation with Mr. Maushard (does he dislike eco-conscious people? is he just a hipster hater?), but it makes for an interesting read:

Here’s an excerpt:

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Oregon State Fair will kick off with official bike parade

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State Fair Bike Parade flyer.

The 148th annual Oregon State Fair (8/28 – 9/7) isn’t usually considered a venue to put Oregon’s love of bicycling on display, but this year might change that. Bikes will take center stage at the 2009 State Fair Bicycle Parade. Organizers say the reason for the parade is to, “get out and have fun on a bicycle.”

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