BikePortland

Stolen: Trek hybrid

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

[Posted by Jessica Meyers.]

I had my bike stolen on Thursday, April 27th between 8-9:30 am from the east side of East West College. What a sad sight to see a clipped lock laying on the ground where my bike once was…it is a two shade blue Trek hybrid (I think?), maybe 4-5 years old, with a rip on the seat and a sweet blue bell on the right handle bar. I have two picture at http://flickr.com/photos/jayjay1

..please email or phone if you see this bike…thanks

Jessica

503-772-1175, jessicasgreenlivin@yahoo.com

Critical Mass turns ugly

[Photo Kerrke Yu]

The calm and civility that has long been the hallmark of Portland’s Critical Mass ride was shattered last Friday. According to a report and photos on Indymedia there were several arrests that got out of hand.

As usual, there are several different accounts of what happened. One says the riders instigated the arrests with their disrespect of the police and the law, while another side says the treatment from the cops was totally out of line and unprovoked.

After the fracas, the ride regrouped and continued on without incident.

[You may kiss the ride.]

On Saturday I was lucky enough to join local cyclist Elicia Cardenas in a beautiful ceremony to wed her beloved bicycle, Vanilla. It was touching to see the young couple so happy and it’s obvious they were meant to be together.

The formal affair took place in the front yard of a home in Southeast Portland. Their union was made official by an ordained minister who read the touching vows in front of a teary-eyed crowd of well-wishers.

Elicia was given away by her best man, Timo Forsberg (who married his bike last summer) and Vanilla was joined in the aisle by Kiran Limaye. Music was provided by Jasun and his wonderful musi-cycle.

[Re-united with owner.]

I’m happy to report that over the weekend, the vigilance and awareness of the bike community scored yet another victory over bike thieves.

On Saturday, Carl Larson noticed a nice Blue Schwinn Homegrown mountain bike in front of Red Light Clothing Exchange in downtown Portland. The bike looked very similar to a Stolen Bike Listing he had just read about. Carl didn’t have a lock with him, and he wasn’t near a computer to notify the victim, so he ran over to the downtown Bike Gallery and double-checked the listing online with Assistant Manager Mike Hilbrandt. When they realized it was indeed the stolen bike, Mike ran back to lock it up…but it was gone!

[Posted by “sommer11”]

Silver Specialized M-2 mtn bike

16in/small-Alum Matrix frame

s/#__ 4358

Mavic wheels

Blk metal fenders & blk rear rack

Blu skull sticker on frame

Stolen: Voodoo MTB

[Posted by “sommer11”]

Tan Voodoo D-jab ti-mtn bike

Area: SE 122nd Ave & Stark St

16in-sm light-wt Tan/silver frame

Blk/silver Marzocchi Super Fly fork s/#__ 651 Z2

Race Face headset

Dean ti-seat post

All is well at the Clown House

Despite some scary and somber times last October, I’m happy to report that bikey shenanigans and mayhem are alive and well at the Alberta Clown House. Last night was the first warm and dry Last Thursday celebration of the year and the Clowns and all their friends took full advantage.

The Mud Pit of Doom was oozing perfectly and claimed many victims during the mini-bike races. There was a tall-bike pie jousting match and Dingo and his family even debuted their very own concession stand…just like a real circus!

The party really got going as night fell and the tall-bike jousts became the center of attention. As I left (with Eleni asleep in my arms), Revphil was encouraging chants of “kill, kill, kill!” from the blood-thirsty crowd.

[Custom rack made
from recycled frames.]

I’m very excited to announce that my new postcards are available at bike shops throughout Portland. You might remember that I showed up to BikeCraft in December with postcards. Since then I have redesigned them, sourced a new printer, and commissioned a few postcard racks made out of bike parts to display them in (see photo).

The rack was made by Matt Cartwright of Cartwright Design, the same guy responsible for the bike people on the roof of River City Bicycles and many other bikey sculptures around town.

[Posted by “kurt_andorfer”.]

1998 19″ Bass boat blue Schwinn Homegrown stolen from PSU on Monday, April 24th. Red fork with a tomato sticker on each leg, XT shifters and rear der., XTR hubs, crank, front der., Chris King head, Avid v-brakes, SDG saddle, red grips. I dearly miss this bike, and I’m certain it misses me as well. kurta2003@yahoo.com.

Oregonian quotes a commenter

Wanted to point out today’s Oregonian article on the new bikeway network signs. For most of you, these signs are old news.

What’s cool about the article (besides the nice photo) is that I believe it’s the first time a comment on BikePortland.org has been quoted in the Oregonian.

Here’s the last paragraph of the story:

[Photo: Bike Walk Vote]

Bike Walk Vote, the political action committee that tries to get bicycle and pedestrian friendly candidates into elected office, has just released their endorsements for the 2006 election.

Never heard of Bike Walk Vote? They were key in pushing the current bike-friendly Transportation Commissioner Sam Adams into office in 2004 (back then they were known as Bike/Walk PAC). Specifically, they handed out almost 4000 flyers to cyclists on downtown bridges and popular bikeways, contributed cash to campaigns, and participated in phone banks to help spread the word.

[For reference, here are the previous posts on this issue:
Springwater development may nix trail improvement
Springwater development update]

This morning I spoke with Wayne Kingsley, the owner on record of the land being purchased by SK Northwest. Wayne is a well-known local businessman and president of American Waterways, Inc. owner and operator of the Portland Spirit cruise ship that runs on the Willamette.

While Kingsley can’t speak for SK Northwest (they haven’t returned my call), he was able to illustrate for me the concerns he has for allowing a recreational trail to go through the property.

Stolen: Trek hybrid

Critical Mass turns ugly

A nice day for a Bike Wedding

Persistence leads to another bike recovery

Stolen: Specialized MTB

Stolen: Voodoo MTB

All is well at the Clown House

Check out my bikey postcards

Stolen: Schwinn MTB – Recovered

Oregonian quotes a commenter

Bike Walk Vote announces endorsements

Economics, security cited as reasons against trail

Latest Headlines

Transportation commissioners grill Interstate Bridge project staff

Lawmakers eye Safe Routes to School funding to backfill maintenance hole

Road diet, new crossing coming to deadly section of Cesar Chavez Blvd

New plan to boost cycling would capitalize on existing infrastructure

From the Archives

With six kids and no car, this mom does it all by bike