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We had three new jobs posted this week.
Learn more about each one via the links below…
–> Bicycle Retail Store Mechanic – Performance Bicycle
–> Bike Builder (Seasonal) – Velotech
–> 2017 Summer Bike Camp Instructor – Washington County Bicycle Transportation Coalition
Job Title *
Bicycle Retail Store Mechanic
Company/Organization *
Performance Bicycle
Job Description *
Performance Bicycle, the nation’s leading retailer of bicycling products, is actively seeking experienced, customer-focused part-time Bicycle Mechanics to join the Performance team at our Portland, OR location.
We are looking for Bicycle Mechanics who understand the mechanics of bicycles, how to service them and keep them in top condition and how to trick them out to give our customers an edge.
If you are an experienced bike shop employee, or someone who rides bikes, Performance Bicycle has the technical training and management structure to help motivated individuals succeed. Performance Bicycle is not a commission-based employer. This allows us to provide, first, a superior value for the guest, and second, a no pressure atmosphere for giving the customer the best in excellent customer service.
Performance Bicycle offers competitive wages, a comprehensive benefits package including a generous employee discount program, and opportunity for advancement. Love what you do with a rewarding career or part time job in the cycling industry!
How to Apply *
Performance is looking for passionate and enthusiastic individuals to join America’s #1 retailer of bicycles, parts, and accessories. If you are interested in joining the best, then take a moment to apply by:
· Applying in person at our Portland, Oregon store located at 9988 SE Washington St, or
· Replying with a copy of your resume to retailhr@performancebicycle.com, or
· Logging on to www.Performancebike.com, go to the ‘Job Opportunities’ page, print out an application form, complete the application form and fax it to Human Resources at 919-942-5431
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Ride safe and we look forward to hearing from you!
Visit our website at:
www.performancebike.com/portland
People have told Metro their biggest transportation needs. We are planning for all of them – but we know we can’t afford everything we need right now. Tell leaders what is most urgently needed in the next 10 years.
What do we need most from our transportation system – now and in the future?
What can we afford and how do we pay for new projects while taking care of our existing roads, bridges, bikeways, sidewalks and transit services?
How should we measure progress toward our goals?
Through 2018, the Metro Council will continue working with local residents, businesses, governments and transportation providers to answer these questions.
Whether you walk, bike, roll, drive or use transit, take a two-question, five-minute survey to help shape the future of getting around the Portland area. This survey is open through Tuesday, March 28.
Your responses will be reported to the region’s policymakers this spring and inform work ahead to update the region’s near- and long-term investment priorities.
I’m writing this from Washington D.C., waiting for my plane back to Portland. I don’t want to rub it in too much but it’s sunny and 73-degrees here!
I can’t wait to get home and get back on my bike. Hopefully there’s a nice break in the rain — and hopefully you’ve got plans to ride too. If not, check out the menu of rides below, grab a friend or two, and head out.
Midnight Mystery Ride
Where it stops, nobody knows. We do know however, that it will be fun. Show up and ride late and into the night with friends old and new. It’s a Portland tradition. More info here.
Job Title *
Bike Builder- Seasonal
Company/Organization *
Velotech
Job Description *
JOB OVERVIEW: The Bike Builder efficiently prepares all assigned bike builds for final destination whether that is a retail store or direct to consumer.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:
• Completes bike builds per attached checklist, with all work averaging one bike per hour.
• Boxes bikes for shipment when needed
• Responds to quality control concerns as raised by Customer Service Lead, Retail Service Managers, or Director of Retail Operations
• Familiar with all aspects of bicycle technologies, including but not limited to
o Di2
o Campagnolo
o SRAM Red eTap
o Hydraulic Disk Brakes
o Front and rear suspension
• Able to troubleshoot appropriate solutions for systems that do not have readily available replacement parts
• Prepare the build area for normal operations at opening time and handle End of Day procedures including cleaning up work station and ensuring all continuing work is communicated appropriately
MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENTS:
• No specific formal education is required
• One years of professional shop experience
• Must be computer literate
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES:
• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• Solid knowledge of cycling products
• Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication
• Ability to work independently or with others to manage multiple task with minimal supervision.
How to Apply *
Please apply by clicking on the link below:
Job Title *
2017 Summer Bike Camp Instructor
Company/Organization *
Washington County Bicycle Transportation Coalition
Job Description *
The Washington County Bicycle Transportation Coalition (the 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 five camps, each 5 days long, for kids age 9-11. We strongly prefer instructors who can teach all 5 camps.
Camps will be held in Hillsboro(2), Tigard, Beaverton and Forest Grove. Camps will be held M-F on five consecutive weeks beginning Monday, July 10 and last camp and ending on August 11th.
The pay for instructors would be $11-$14 hour depending on experience, with some potential for more.
Instructors will be required to successfully complete our “Confidence in Traffic” clinic, or show similar competency, as well as have first aid training and 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.
How to Apply *
E-mail your resume to: info@washcobtc.org
Resumes will be reviewed by the committee. Interviews will then be scheduled.
Thank you
Disclaimer: This post is about my brother.
For a movement to succeed there must be an advocacy infrastructure in place that newcomers can plug into; something that anyone with a passion and an idea can hitch themselves to and get pulled along until they become strong enough to roll on their own.
For the bicycle movement, that infrastructure has been built over the last century by the League of American Bicyclists. Since 2000, their annual National Bike Summit has introduced hundreds (thousands?) of newbies to the wonderful world of bike advocacy.
This year Joel Maus was one of them.
Hundreds of advocates are on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. today to remind members of Congress that bicycling — and transportation reform in general — is a high priority for the American people.
Lobby day is one of the most important elements of the League of American Bicyclists’ National Bike Summit. It’s a time for advocates to make a personal connection with their elected representatives, share stories about why bicycling matters, and make specific “asks” for bills and policies to support.
A lot of energy gets used up on safety education in the bike advocacy world. And most of it is focused on the wrong people.
After two bicycle riders died in the “Platinum” level bicycle-friendly city Fort Collins, Colorado in 2015, the main bike advocacy group held a town hall. Because both victims were riding legally and safety when hit, many people asked, “What are we doing to educate people who drive?”
That outcry led to a lightbulb moment for Jamie Gaskill-Fox, the woman who runs the Bicycle Ambassador program at the City of Fort Collins. The city was already teaching a bike safety class, but it wasn’t well attended. After that meeting, Gaskill-Fox and her colleague Scott Sampl decided to re-brand the class.
They called it the Bicycle Friendly Driver class. The number of people took the class tripled in just one year.
If it can happen in D.C., can it happen in Portland?
People who voted for Donald Trump in America’s rust belt (and other places) need to hear more about the role bicycles and cycling can play in the future of our country. And people who didn’t vote for Trump should see bike advocacy as a place to put their newfound energy for activism.
Those are two takeaways from a speech by Congressman Earl Blumenauer this morning at the 17th annual National Bike Summit this morning.
Blumenauer spoke about the “unprecedented levels of activism” seen in cities across America in January in response to Trump’s inauguration.
“Cycling,” he said, “Can be part of that menu where we try and give people something they can sink their teeth into. Something they can wrap their arms around that will make a difference in their community and will help shape and inform federal policy.”
Day one of the 2017 National Bike Summit is in the books. After a two-year hiatus, we decided to head back to D.C.
I was motivated to make the journey for several reasons. With the Trump era in full-swing, it seems like showing up for bikes in the nation’s capitol is more important than ever. Relatedly, I wanted to check the pulse of the national movement: If we do receive a major attack, will we be healthy enough to fend it off? Is it even possible to have a “we” anymore?