Job: Bike Valet/Mechanic – Go By Bike Shop

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Job Title

Bike Valet/Mechanic

Company / Organization

Go By Bike Shop

Job Description

We are looking for a new mechanic to join our fun and passionate small team. Go By Bike operates the largest bike valet in North America under the aerial tram as well as a same day bike shop run out of a converted 20-foot cargo container. Our mission is to make it as easy as possible to ride your bike to the tram. The position is 30 hours a week. $13-$15/hour. You would be helping with the bike valet during the rush and working on bike repairs when the bike valet slows down.

One of the most important things to us is creating a positive work environment. We are looking for someone who enjoys what they do and knows how to balance work/life. Interest in working partly outdoors is a must. Must have previous customer service and bike shop experience.

Benefits include health insurance and one paid sick/vacation day accrued per month, plus paid holidays. Position starts April 10th.

How to Apply

To apply please email a resume and 1-2 paragraph cover letter explaining why you want to work at Go By Bike to gobybikeshop@gmail.com

Job: Bike Camp Instructor – Washington County Bicycle Transportation Coalition (dba WashCo BTC)

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Job Title

Bike Camp Instructor

Company / Organization

Washington County Bicycle Transportation Coalition (dba WashCo BTC)

Job Description

The Washington County Bicycle Transportation Coalition (the WC BTC) will hold our youth Bike Adventure Camps again next summer, and we are seeking qualified instructors.

We are looking for people who are comfortable riding their bike in traffic, can ride 10-20 miles in a day, and have experience working with youth in these age groups. You and your co-instructor will be responsible for the day to day activities of up to 12 campers, ages 9-11, including teaching a core bike safety curriculum, so you must be self-directed and able to teach in a collaborative setting.

We plan to hold 4 to 6 camps, each 5 days long for 9-11 year olds. We strongly prefer instructors who can teach all camps, but can be flexible.
Camps will be held in Hillsboro, Tigard, Beaverton and Forest Grove. Camps will be held M-F on consecutive weeks beginning (tentatively) Monday, July 9th, and last camp and ending on August 17th.
The pay for instructors would be $12-$15 hour depending on experience.

Instructors will be required to successfully complete our “Confidence in Traffic” clinic, or show similar competency, as well as have first aid training and, hopefully, basic bike repair. You will also be required to know the material contained in our Bike Camp Instructors Manual and the safety curriculum in the Safe Routes to School manual. We will provide the training and written materials to you. You will also be required to pass a criminal background check.

If you are interested in applying or learning more, please contact us at the email link below requesting a job application or send us your resume.

e-mail: info@washcobtc.org
our website: www.washcobtc.org

How to Apply

Please send a current resume to info@washcobtc.org
If you would like to fill out an application, go to: http://washcobtc.org/bike_camp
Scroll down to the "Apply Now" button.
or you can mail it to:
WashCo BTC-Bike Camp
137 NE 3rd Ave.
Hillsboro, OR. 97124

Guest post: Candidly, TriMet (part two)

Aaron Brown.

This is the second of a two-part article by Aaron Brown, founder of No More Freeways PDX and former board president of Oregon Walks. The first part is here.

So, candidly, if freeway expansion is so obviously detrimental to the TriMet’s goals and ability to provide service to the region, why has TriMet supported it? Urban scholar Jacob Arbinder wrote in Democracy Journal last month about the bumbling, abysmal state of transportation governance in cities like New York and Boston. The piece is worth reading at length; he identifies the problem as a “broken political economy,” which is a fancy, academic way of stating that transit agencies suffer from a dearth of adequate democratic mechanisms for community input and budgetary accountability.

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Job: Bicycle Mechanic / Sale Associate – Part-time positions – Bike Clark County

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Job Title

Bicycle Mechanic / Sale Associate – Part-time positions

Company / Organization

Bike Clark County

Job Description

Job Title: Bicycle Mechanic / Sale Associate – Part-time positions
Reports to: Shop Manager – Bike Clark County
Salary: $13/hr DOE
Terms: Bi-annual performance reviews by the Board of Directors
Schedule: Flexible / Weekend hours required

About the Organization:
Bike Clark County is a 501c3 non-profit organization founded in 2010. We love bicycles, and we want to help other people in our community love bicycles as much as we do. Our organization has developed a positive reputation by providing low-cost and free bicycles and helmets to the kids in our community, teaching both kids and adults basic bicycle mechanical skills, and delivering bicycle safety courses. We are the only bicycle advocacy, safety, and education organization in
SW Washington, and we want to continue to grow and do more in our community. Current programs include a refurbished bicycle and new helmet give-away, bicycle safety rodeos and summer camps, several middle school bicycle safety programs, and our high school
Bike 2 Leadership Program.

Summary of Position:
BCC’s many charitable programs are made possible, in part, by the community-oriented operations in our recently opened bike shop. Our bicycle mechanics work in our shop repairing and refurbishing bicycles, both for paying customers and to ready bikes to give away through one of our programs. We also rely on our professionally trained mechanics to support our programs by leading volunteers and acting as subject matter experts. Mechanics are responsible for all aspects of the shop operations and work directly with the Board of Directors to ensure that the organization’s needs are met.

General Responsibilities:
Safely tuning up and overhauling bikes
Customer service with sales in new and used bikes and merchandise.
Positively interacting with customers, students, volunteers, and other employees
Maintaining inventory
Showing up to work on time
Using computers
Other duties as assigned

Other Qualifications for Success:
Ability to manage his or her own time and prioritize – be a self-starter and take ownership
Clear, honest, and positive communication skills
Able to problem-solve and work in a fast-paced, fun environment with a great attitude!

How to Apply

To apply, please send resume and letter of interest in PDF format to info@bikeclarkcounty.org

A community blooms around fixed-gear freestyle riding

Ramon Antonio found a nice jump line amidst the cherry blossoms in Waterfront Park yesterday.
(Photos: J. Maus/BikePortland)
Ramon Antonio (left), Matt Reyes, and Devin Tolman.

A reunion of old friends has sparked a resurgence in Portland’s fixed-gear freestyle scene.

Matt Reyes, Ramon Antonio, and Devin Tolman first met through the San Francisco Bay Area cycling scene. Lovers of fixed-gear freestyle, a discipline that combines flatland BMX tricks with the speed and grace of fixed-gear road bikes, the trio is happily established in Portland. Now they want to connect with other riders and create a community around fixed-gear riding similar to the vibrant scene they left behind in their previous home.

I caught up with them under sunny blue skies and cherry blossoms in Waterfront Park yesterday.

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Eyewitness describes bicycle rider’s collision with MAX train

Streetview of where our eyewitness commenter was stopped in his car while he watched the collision unfold. The red lines show the path of the bicycle rider. The crossing and collision is marked with an “X” in the background.

On March 13th a man riding a bicycle was involved in a collision with a MAX light rail train in southeast Portland. We haven’t heard much in the way of official updates in the case, but thanks to a comment left on our story yesterday we now know more about where and how it happened.

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Family Biking: An introduction to Kidical Mass in Portland

Group shot at Overlook Park in north Portland during the Kidical Mass Easter Ride in 2017.
(Photo: Kidical Mass PDX)

Kidical Mass is one of my favorite things ever: riding bikes with my kids, hanging out with a bunch of fun families, and demonstrating the joy of biking for transportation. The first ride of the year is coming April 1st (no foolin’), and I’d love to see you out there.

Our Family Biking column is sponsored by Clever Cycles.

➤ Read past entries here.

My first experience with Kidical Mass was nine years ago when I was new to Seattle and had up until that point only biked around my immediate neighborhood with just my toddler for company. I attended the inaugural Seattle Kidical Mass ride on May 15, 2009 — on my city bike with my two-year old in a front seat and my seven-month-pregnant belly wedged behind it — and was amazed to see so many other families biking with kids. I was intrigued by the many different types of family bikes and overjoyed at riding in a big pack. Each Kidical Mass ride was the highlight of my month and showed me new parts of town I wanted to revisit. I was motivated to figure out a bike route to the start of each ride and then experiencing these new areas with the big, safe group made me eager to return.

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ODOT will make improvements to I-205 path at Glisan, Maywood Park and Stark/Washington this summer

Umm yeah. The I-205 path at Glisan is very sad.
(Photo: J. Maus/BikePortland)

Several sections of the I-205 path will be updated by the Oregon Department of Transportation this year.

As part of a larger I-205 widening and repaving project ODOT plans to make upgrades to the adjacent multi-use path in Maywood Park, at NE Glisan, and at the SE Stark/Washington crossing. They will also stripe new bike lanes and crossings on the SE Johnson Creek Blvd overpass.

Here are the details…

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