Have faith in bikes? The Bike Temple is here for you

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[Editor’s note: Please welcome news intern Halley Weaver! Halley comes to BikePortland from a background in blogging. She jumped head first into the Portland bike scene as lead designer for the 2009 Pedalpalooza Kickoff Party. Her first story for us is a feature on a burgeoning new bike organization in town, the Bike Temple.]

Design for spoke card available
at BikeTemple.org

Oregon isn’t known for spiritual piety (we have the fourth largest percentage of people identifying themselves as “non-religious” in the United States), but here in Portland, a new organization is taking an earnest yet irreverent approach to a new kind of cycle-spirituality: It’s called the Bike Temple.

Why the combination of bicycles and religion? According to the Bike Temple’s pamphlet, which can often be spotted in spokes and on handlebars around town, “Bicycles give us happiness, good health, a closer communication to our communities, lower consumption, self-appreciation, and most of all, fun!”

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Silver & Blue Schwinn Mesa 2001

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Year: 2001
Brand: Schwinn
Model: Mesa
Color:Silver & Blue
Size:Large
Stolen in Portland, OR 97202
Stolen:2009-07-17
Stolen From: Wimbledon Apartments. Near 30th and Holgate.
Neighborhood: Reed
Owner: John Moore
OwnerEmail: jomoweb@yahoo.com
Description: 2001 Schwinn Mesa Silver and Blue.

Brazen thief stole my work commuter late last night.

List of components and picture of a different color bike here:
http://www.bikepedia.com/Quickbike/BikeSpecs.aspx?Year=2001&Brand=Schwinn&Model=Mesa+GSX&Type=bike

Identifiable characteristics:

1. New left crank arm. Solid black and does not match the right crank arm.

2. Cracked/broken gear shifter guages

3. New thumb shifters

4. Here are some things attached to the bike that the theif may or may not strip out:

Cable lock
Water Bottle mount
Bike light mounts
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

56cm Fuji Track bike

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Brand: Fuji
Model: Track bike
Color:56cm
Size:Painted flat black
Serial: ICF5L00866
Stolen in Portland, OR 97211
Stolen:2009-07-11
Stolen From: 28th and Sumner?
Neighborhood: Alberta Arts
Owner: Brian Perkel
OwnerEmail: drizitfsu@yahoo.com
Reward: $100
Description: The bike is a track bike with a flip flop hub. Bmx style brake levers one cross top the other i forget both black. I did a crappy job of painting the bike flat black. You can see the blue underneath in some areas. I have full yellow tires and yellow handle bar tape. Also I have Planet Bike black fenders.
drizitfsu@yahoo.com
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

7 kids, 6 adults, and an unforgettable carfree camping trip

Bike camping at Champoeg St. Park-4

Heading out of town.
Slideshow below/Gallery
(Photos © J .Maus)

On the July 4th weekend, my girls and I joined two other families for a camping trip unlike any other we’d ever done. Instead of loading up the mini-van and driving for a few hours to the mountains or the coast, we loaded up our bikes and pedaled our way to family camping bliss.

We rode from North Portland to Champoeg State Park (south of Wilsonville). It was about a 40 mile trip (each way) and the journey was definitely just as much fun as the camping itself.

The folks who joined us had also never done a bike camping trip, much less one with their little loved ones in tow. There were six adults and seven kids. The kids ranged in age from three months to eight years. They were all troopers, especially baby Hendrik, whose sweet little cry hastened our pedals to the next rest stop more than once.

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Weekend Event Roundup (Updated)

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Since I’ve temporarily disabled the event calendar function on the site (long story) and I don’t have as much time these days to do individual posts for upcoming events, I’ve been feeling the need to give more love to big weekend events.

So on that note, below is a quick roundup of upcoming bike events/rides that are on my radar screen (and should be on yours!)…

Mountain Bike Oregon

This is what awaits you in Oakridge.
(Photo © J. Maus)

Mountain Bike Oregon (Friday – Sunday)

This annual off-road fest kicks off in Oakridge tomorrow. I did this event back in 2007 and still use the memories to stoke my dreams. Good people, great town, camping, beer, food, some of the best singletrack anywhere. Need I say more? (FYI: There’s another one in August if this is too late of notice)
MTBikeOregon.com

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Red-Orange Schwinn Super Sport 1972

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Year: 1972
Brand: Schwinn
Model: Super Sport
Color:Red-Orange
Size:63-64cm
Serial: LHxxxxxx
Stolen in Portland, OR 97214
Stolen:2009-07-15
Stolen From: My girlfriend’s house in LADD’S ADDITION! can you believe that anyone would steal a bike in fucking LADD’S ADDITION?!!!!?!!
It was resting against her New Belgium Tall-Bike in front of the porch. I noticed it was gone when I woke up around 2pm, but thought nothing of it because we usually borrow each other’s bikes. I got hold of her later around 6:30pm last night, and she told me she doesn’t have my bike.
SO, it went missing anytime between 10am and 2pm yesterday the 15th of July.
Neighborhood: Ladd’s Addition
Owner: dan oviatt
OwnerEmail: miseriacatharsis@hotmail.com
Description: I built this bike up from parts I got off Ebay, including NOS Dia-Compe brake levers/cable-housings. The wheelset came from a ’72 Schwinn Suburban, the Schwinn “S” stem-mounted shifters and stem and drop bars *NO BAR TAPE* and crankset came off a Schwinn Varsity. The seat-post is a Proponent. The seat has “shag”-style fabric all around the bottom with a Oregon Cannabis sticker where ya sit on it.
There is NO head-badge on the bike, I instead set a vintage Garbage Pail Kids “Diaper Dan” sticker where the head-badge would be.
There is also a black “Eat Shit And Die” sticker on the top tube real close to the head-set.
My bike is pretty unmistakable once seen mostly because i’ve NEVER seen another Orange/Red Schwinn Super Sport in Portland and the stickers i set on it that no one else has on their bikes.

please throw your lock on this bike if you see it and call me immediately!!!
503-729-5734

I’ll rescind this posting once I find it.
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Silver Felt ? 2004

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Year: 2004
Brand: Felt
Model: ?
Color:Silver
Serial: ?
Stolen in , OR
Stolen:2009-07-11
Stolen From: tillamook and 7th
Neighborhood: inner NE
Owner: Adam Clardy-O’Neal
OwnerEmail: oneality@msn.com
Reward: 100
Description: Silver Felt Hybrid: skinny tires, straight bars, SPD pedals, full fenders, rear rack, bontrager carbon fork
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

grey/black KHS flite

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Brand: KHS
Model: flite
Color:grey/black
Size:53
Stolen in portland, OR 97232
Stolen:2009-07-14
Stolen From: my porch, 29th and NE Davis
Neighborhood: laurelhurst
Owner: Elissa Hall
OwnerEmail: ehall2@uoregon.edu
Reward: twenty bucks
Description: cane creek headset, small dent in top tube, single speed with nice front wheel and old rear wheel
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

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