(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
I apologize. Somehow, three years have passed since I did a proper People on Bikes.
People on Bikes: Inner southeast Hawthorne
(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
Job: Bike Mechanic/Shop Staff – Everybody’s Bike Rentals & Tours
Job Title
Bike Mechanic/Shop Staff
Company / Organization
Everybody’s Bike Rentals & Tours
Job Description
Everybody’s Bike Rentals is looking for friendly shop staff for this coming season starting March 1. $15/hr to start plus health insurance and bonus. 7.5 hour days, 3-4 days a week, until Nov 1!
Meet lots of nice cool people from all over the world and work in a fun, non-corporate, lower-stress environment with a positive culture. Must be outgoing and good with people, be competent with computers, organized, and have 2+ years shop mechanic experience.
We are a small company and there is opportunity for growth in this position.
How to Apply
Please explore our website (pdxbikerentals.com) and then send us a resume along with a cover letter explaining why you want to work with us to pdxbikerentals@gmail.com
Job: Full Time Bike Share Position – Holy Spokes
Job Title
Full Time Bike Share Position
Company / Organization
Holy Spokes
Job Description
Holy Spokes operates a 400 bike campus bike share system on a corporate campus in Beaverton. We are seeking a reliable, self-motivated individual to help with day to day operation of the system.
Duties include basic maintenance, rebalancing / relocating bikes, and more intensive repairs. Driver’s license and clean driving history required.
Bike mechanic experience preferred but not required – we can train the right person.
Full time position has fairly flexible hours.
Starting rate is $17-19 per hour.
How to Apply
Email resume and a brief introduction to info@holyspokespdx.com
The Monday Roundup: Reckless driver crackdown, Frostbike, car control campaign, and more
This week’s Monday Roundup is sponsored by Green Zebra Grocery, who invites you to the Grand Opening Party for their new SE Division store on February 15th.
Here are the most noteworthy items we came across in the past seven days…
Kidical Mass PDX 2020 Planning Meeting
Help keep this Portland bike institution rolling! Kidical Mass PDX is entering its 10th year (wow!) and we’re looking to add to our small eager group of volunteer ride leaders as well as assign a new organizer or co-organizers to keep the finely-tuned KMPDX machine running smoothly.
Pedal On, Kittie Knox
Kittie Knox is surfacing again with welcome arms.
Knox is a cyclist from Boston who lived in the late 1800s and died early at age 26. There are few facts and one might think she is a token to be bandied about. But this is not true. And thanks to Lorenz Finison who published The Boston’s Cycling Craze, 1880-1890, we receive greater insights into who she was. Her life and treatment by other cyclists forces us to ponder, have we changed?
The Racial Divide feels ever great everywhere. Having our America build United States-Mexico border walls heightens the Berlin Wall of Eastern Germany ethic of xenophobia. In our town, we have a huge melting pot of 40 plus languages in the Gresham-Rockwood area, the large disparity of those who are insured vs. no insurance, the homeless sprawl, the face of younger people without prospects to equal equity comforts of their parents; the largest economic class disparity since 1929…the list goes on for those who are subject of disparities in addition to more often mentioned racial disparity.
Golden Pliers charges into 2020 with new bikes, food and drink upgrades
(Photo: Golden Pliers)
With all the doom-and-gloom news about local retail lately, I’m eager to share good news from the bike shop front.
Golden Pliers on North Skidmore and Interstate has been a bright spot ever since they opened two years ago. For a very small shop where the owners still put in most of the hours, Golden Pliers seems to have found a workable niche.
This week they announced news that will help expand that niche a bit: Golden Pliers is now an authorized Rivendell Bicycle Works (adding to their current offerings from Crust, All-City, Velo Orange, and Surly) dealer. Rivendell is a small but mighty brand from northern California that has retained its culture and values through many changes in the bike industry. Their steel bikes offer ride qualities and designs you can’t find from any other company, are wonderful for unpaved adventures and urban rambling, and they have a devoted Portland fan base. Their previous Portland area dealer, Rivelo, passed along the business when owner John Bennett decided to retire late last year.
Weekend Event Guide: Love in Motion, light ride, King Kong, and more
(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland)
Construction begins in March on major improvements to Gateway Green
(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland)
We love Gateway Green, but it needs a lot more love to reach its potential.
4 miles of raised, protected bike lanes part of TriMet’s next light rail line
TriMet’s new SW Corridor light rail line will have a vast impact on how we get around the region — not only for where it will take us (without a car), but for how it will change the streets and neighborhoods it runs through.
Willamette Week: Mayor could use Esplanade impacts as leverage over ODOT I-5 freeway expansion
(Graphic by Cupola Media via No More Freeways PDX.)
There’s a good reason why the Oregon Department of Transportation abhors delay when it comes to their freeway expansion megaprojects: Because the longer reporters and advocates have to dig into the details, the more dirt they find.