🚨 Please note that BikePortland slows down during this time of year as I have family in town and just need a break! Please don't expect typical volume of news stories and content. I'll be back in regular form after the new year. Thanks. - Jonathan 🙏

Bike to Blazers flyer and update

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I know the Blazers aren’t exactly everyone’s favorite team these days…but a bike party is a bike party, and that’s exactly what we’ve got shaping up with the first-ever Bike to Blazers Night Ride. According to the always helpful Lisa B. over at Blazers Headquarters, we’ve already sold over 30 tickets (get yours here)!

Since $5 from each ticket ($15 each) goes to the Get Lit program, that means we’ve already raised $150 to keep our streets safe and buy lights for cyclists in need (and, rumor has it that Get Lit might expand into helmets too).

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Remmers looks to bright future for CCC

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Meet Susan Remmers, Director of the CCC

[Susan Remmers]

Last week, the Community Cycling Center named Susan Remmers their new Executive Director. Susan (known as “Remmers” to friends) was an unknown quantity to me so I wanted to find out what she’s all about.

Why do I care who’s in charge of the CCC? Well, as a well-known non-profit and retail bike shop, the CCC is an integral part of our bike community and their leader can have a big impact on the Portland bike ecosystem.

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Downtown shop hit with major burglary

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BikePortland.org - Portland OR bike scenes

I just stopped into Veloshop downtown. When I saw the front window broken out and Molly, the shop’s owner, on the phone and in a somber mood, I expected the worst.

Turns out, last night someone broke her window and made out with several thousand dollars of bike parts. For a small shop like Molly’s, this is a big hit.

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Stolen: Black Giant w/ flames

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[Posted by user “sglmalts”]

Stolen from our porch (N Mississippi & Holland St.). Black 20″ Giant Frantic with hot rod flames on the fenders and chain guard. Serial #AT225225. If found, call Marc 503-880-4467.

Bill Sinnott to retire from Police Bureau

Alice Awards party

[L to R: Sinnott, Jeff Bernards and Dat Nguyen]

After more than 25 years with the Portland Police Bureau, Traffic Division Commander Bill Sinnott will move on to a new career.

Sinnott was a tremendous ally of the bike community. He was open and sincere about working with us to find solutions and ease the sometimes tense relationships between cyclists and cops. He regularly attended meetings with Critical Mass participants, and his work with the Critical Mass Working Group was recently recognized with an Alice Award nomination. He was also instrumental in the Bureau’s free bike light program, which was covered nationally by CBS Sunday Morning.

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Stolen: Cannondale F500

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[Posted by user “hellkell”]

My Cannondale was stolen off of my front porch on the 30th block of Yamhill on the night of the 21st. It was a mat green color with yellow lettering. I am a high school teacher and this is my transportation. If you have any inormation please contact me at 503 234 7063. My name is David Kelly.

BTA “concerned” about ODOT bike ban proposal

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BTA Policy Director Scott Bricker just sent me the letter he drafted to ODOT regarding ODOT’s proposed rule change that would ban bikes on several Metro area freeways and highways that are currently used as bike routes. Here is an excerpt:

“We (the BTA) do not completely comprehend the impetus for the proposal. We feel that the level of use and lack of documented safety concerns are disconnected from prohibiting bicyclists, for whatever reason, to occasionally use these routes.”

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Stolen: Blue/white Lemond

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[Posted by user “Adam”]

My Lemond was stolen from the bike racks of the Pearl District 24 hour fitness March 20 between 12:30 and 2:00 in the afternoon. It’s a 57cm 2004 blue Nevada City with a water bottle bracket that’s broken, black taped handlebars and cat eye mount . Serial Number:ww1834335. Any info greatly appreciated? adamshenker@hotmail.com, (503) 493-9281

P.S. If you use these racks evidently there has been a recent rash of thefts that have taken place there, so be advised.

Stolen bike recovered by shop employees

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[Recovered!]

Just got word that we’ve recovered yet another stolen bike! Here’s how it went down:

Last Friday, two guys walked into the downtown Bike Gallery store. The employees were suspicious because they seemed to be high and they left a nice, unlocked green Kona parked outside. When the guys left the store one of the employees, Mike Hilbrandt, jumped onto the Stolen Bike Listings and did a quick check. Sure enough he saw the bike listed! (here’s the original listing).

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Local layoffs at Mountain Cycle, Specialized settlement progresses

Cross Crusade #2 - Alpenrose Dairy, Portland OR

[Van for sale]

The news is no longer simmering, it is boiling over. Kinesis, the Taiwanese parent company of Mountain Cycle has decided to chart a new course for the local bike brand. The future of the brand is still up in the air, but my sources tell me that it will not include Portland. So that’s the end of Mountain Cycle as we know it.

Kinesis gave employees a days notice before letting them go. Only one employee remains at their “dead” offices on North Williams Street, and he is there to liquidate remaining inventory.

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