According to ride leader Ben Salzberg, it was more of a “taco mob” with around 30 people showing up for the taco feast. Here’s the great report from Ben:
Report: Taco Ride
Cycle Oregon announces Visionaries Voyage ride
[Jonathan Nicholas at
last year’s ride.]
last year’s ride.]
Last year Metro and Cycle Oregon teamed up to host a bike ride from the Eastbank Esplanade to Champoeg State Park. They informally called it the “Policymakers Ride”. It was an invite-only affair to showcase a future Portland-to-Champoeg leg of Oregon State Parks’ Willamette Valley Scenic Bikeway Route.
On the ride were all sorts of bike and transportation bigwigs including former Mayor Bud Clark and reps from Metro, Oregon Parks and Recreation, BTA, PDOT, and others.
Real estate agent goes by bike
[Geoff Greene, real
estate agent.
Photo: Geoff Greene.]
estate agent.
Photo: Geoff Greene.]
Geoff Greene is a former mechanic (he wrenched at the CCC for 3 1/2 years) and bikey entrepreneur who is now a Re/Max real estate agent.
The 33 year old, who is known as “the Schwinn Guy” by most of his friends, has woven his love of bikes with his new profession in typical Portland style.
You might have seen him at any number of events lately (here he is at the Alberta Art Hop last month), riding his CycleTruck cargo bike full of free freezee pops and patch kits.
Geoff was the man behind CycleTruck (see one in action) but has moved on from that business to focus on real estate.
Pedapalooza Daily – 6/14
[Pedalpalooza runs from 6/8 – 6/24 and is organized by Shift to Bikes. View the full schedule here and get the latest ride reports here.]
Today we’ve got our first mountain bike, off-road event. Join PUMP tonight for a ride and BBQ up at Skyline Tavern.
Here’s the rest of today’s events:
Stolen: Schwinn road bike
[Posted by “alisha_sullivan”]
Black schwinn road bike was stolen Thursday the 1st of June between the hours of 9am and 3pm from a garage on Broadway and SW Stark. Locked with a cable lock. It is from the 80s and has front and back black fenders. It is a small mens road bike, black, and in good condition.
My email is; alisha_sullivan@yahoo.com
Report: Women on Bikes Tree Tour
This ride report submitted by Emily Wilson:
Lessons from a hit-and-run witness
Susan Otcenas has a keen eye for erratic drivers. She’s logged thousands of miles on her bike, riding between her business in Hillsboro and to meetings in and around Portland.
Last Sunday night, while driving, she watched in horror as the car in front of her struck a cyclist riding in a bike lane on TV highway in Beaverton…and then kept on going.
Bike art garden comes to local school
[One of six bikey sculptures.]
Last Friday, Nikkie West of the Community Cycling Center put the final touches on a bike art garden at Abernethy Elementary school in Southeast Portland.
The garden includes six artistic sculptures (see them all) made from recycled bike parts and was a collaborative effort between West – the CCC’s recycling coordinator – and Beret Halverson. Beret (pronounced Brett) and Nikkie met in Americorps and now Beret is in charge of Abernethy’s organic garden.
Report: Night of the Living Donuts Ride
Last night, 27 donut lovers assembled in Northeast Portland for the second of three donut rides during Pedalpalooza.
Pedalpalooza Daily – 6/13
[Pedalpalooza runs from 6/8 – 6/24 and is organized by Shift to Bikes. View the full schedule here and get the latest ride reports here.]
Just a quick reminder: it’s important to pace yourself with all these events! At last night’s Donut Ride I talked to two hardcore event-goers that were already showing signs of Pedalpalooza fatigue.
Here is a list of today’s rides:
Put Pedalpalooza in your pocket
[My Pedalpalooza calendar.]
Are you having trouble keeping track of all the Pedalpalooza events? With 140 rides happening in just over two weeks, it can be tough staying on top of it all.
I thought it would be cool to have a tiny version of the calendar I could just keep in my wallet.
To create one, I used a nifty online tool called PocketMod. It’s a utility that converts PDF files into a format that allows you to make tiny little booklets.
Report: Dead Freeways Ride
This ride was led by Shawn Granton of the Urban Adventure League.