Job: Head Mechanic, E-Bikes – Cynergy E-Bikes

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Job Title *
Head Mechanic – E-Bikes

Company/Organization *
Cynergy E-Bikes
Your Email Address (for listing confirmation) * info@cynergyebikes.com
Job Description *
We are looking for an experienced bike mechanic to lead our service area. Knowledge of electric bikes is helpful, but not required. The ideal candidate will be a team member who is excited to deliver quality service, has a knack for troubleshooting problems, and likes to engage with customers. We strive to provide fun for our customers and a workplace where you can feel great about what you do.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Perform all types of repairs on both electric and non-electric bikes.
• Assemble e-bikes and perform adjustments.
• Manage the bike builds of other team members.
• Install components and accessories – fenders, racks, integrated lighting, saddles and tires, etc.
• Install conversion kits on traditional bikes.
• Keep the department well-organized.
• Be part of the team for evaluating new bike models, new accessories, for building store traffic and generating sales.
• An occasional delivery of an e-bike to a customer.
• Assist on the sales floor.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
• 4+ years of bike mechanic experience.
• Experience servicing e-bikes a plus.
• Good knowledge of principles of electricity and electronics a plus.
• A team orientation towards improving the overall performance of the business.
• Enthusiasm for learning changing technology.
• An interest in getting more people out of their cars and into cleaner, healthier transportation.
• Driver’s license a plus.
• A genuine fondness for pizza.

LOCATION: Southeast Portland, OR

We offer a very competitive wage and bonuses based on the overall performance of the team.

How to Apply *
Forward resume or an explanation of your qualifications to info@cynergyebikes.com.

Construction begins on 1.3 mile section of Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail

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(Image: ODOT)

2016 will be a big year for the Historic Columbia River Highway. The legendary road was a scenic precursor to Interstate 84 when it opened 100 years ago, but it fell into disrepair and was largely forgotten until the past decade or so when an effort to rebuild it as a (mostly) walking and biking path took hold. Proponents of the highway hoped to have all 73 miles of the original route from Troutdale to The Dalles completed by this year in time for a big centennial celebration. While they’re about 10 miles short of their goal, the celebration will still happen and there’s more progress this month as construction begins on a new 1.3-mile section of the trail.

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The Monday Roundup: Norway’s billion-dollar biking network, Florida’s Uber subsidy & more

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Overlooking Bergen, Norway.
(Photo: Brent Sigmund Olsen)

This week’s Monday Roundup is sponsored by the Cycle & Sip ride. Hosted by Eola Hills Winery on March 13th, this event combines a beautiful ride with excellent wine and food.

Here are the bike-related links from around the world that caught our eyes this week:

National bike network: Norway just agreed to spend $1 billion to build “10 broad, two-lane, cross-country bike tracks in and near Norway’s nine largest cities.”

Uber subsidy: Altamonte Springs, Florida, will underwrite 25 percent of every Uber ride in an effort to boost transit ridership.

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Cycle Oregon Fund awards $95,000 in grants for bike racks, maps, trails, campsites and more

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One of the grants will fund new wayfinding signs along the Historic Columbia River Highway in the gorge.
(Photos: J. Maus/BikePortland)

You might think of Cycle Oregon as that big ride that happens each fall. But did you know that proceeds from the annual ride are put into a fund that gives back to the communities it passes through?

Since 1996 the Cycle Oregon Fund has awarded 190 grants totaling $1.6 million. Earlier this week Cycle Oregon announced their list of community and safety/tourism grants for 2015 and they include awards for 11 projects worth $95,150. Nine of those grants are going to projects that will improve bicycle safety and tourism across the state. They include funds for bike trail and rack projects, improvements to the Historic Columbia River Highway, an advocacy program for women and cycling, and redevelopment aid for communities hit by last year’s forest fires.

Here’s the full list:

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As state law passes, the fight for affordable proximity moves to City Hall

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A rally last fall to better protect Portland tenants from displacement.
(Photo: M.Andersen/BikePortland)

After years of fighting, a “grand bargain” on affordable housing passed Oregon’s legislature this week. But it won’t begin shaping Portland’s bikeable neighborhoods until after the city council takes action of its own.

Representatives for Mayor Charlie Hales and his council colleague, Housing Commissioner Dan Saltzman, say that plans to do so are already underway.

Any city plan seems certain to include some level of “inclusionary zoning,” a measure that could require that up to 20 percent of units in some new buildings be sold and/or rented at discount prices to people who make less than 80 percent of the median income. (As of 2015, that 80 percent figure means that a family of three that makes less than $52,950 would qualify for the reduced-rate units.)

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Mayoral candidates make cycling part of green policies at environmental debate

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On stage at Benson High last night.
(Photos: J. Maus/BikePortland)

What a difference four years makes.

One thing that became clear at last night’s mayoral debate: For the first time in my memory (which is admittedly not very long), all the top candidates are firmly on the left of the political spectrum. At each of the mayoral races I’ve covered in the past decade there was always a right-leaning candidate who made veiled overtures to business interests and the status quo — especially when it came to transportation and environmental issues. Even our current mayor Charlie Hales was elected after a campaign where he ran as an anti-Sam Adams who would return Portland “back to basics” (wink wink).

The three candidates at last night’s debate: Sarah Iannarone, Ted Wheeler, and Jules Bailey, are having none of that. Each one of them are proposing policies that would upend business as usual and would put Portland back at the forefront of truly progressive cities.

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Jobs of the Week: Hammer Nutrition, Chris King, Performance, Cat Six Cycles

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With the riding and racing season just around the corner, local companies are starting to bulk up their staff. If you’re looking for a job in America’s most dynamic bike industry, we’ve got four new job opportunities that just got posted this week.

Learn more about each one via the links below…

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Shop Visit: Pedego Electric Bikes now open in downtown Portland

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Pedego’s storefront on SW 2nd
(with new awning that just went up today!).
(Photo: Tommy Connell/Pedego)

Pedego is one of the largest and well-known names in the electric bike world and now they’ve got a retail outpost in downtown Portland. We mentioned the shop a few weeks ago and now that they’re open for business I swung in the other day for a peek.

The shop itself is located on a busy intersection on Southwest 2nd Avenue south of Stark — just across the street from legendary brunch spot Mother’s Bistro & Bar. (Store employee David Peters said he’s already had nearly a dozen people from Mother’s wander into the shop.)

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Negligent driving bill won’t pass this session

“Split second motor vehicle responses should not lead to a felony.”
— Eric Deitrick, legislative rep for Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association

A bill that would have increased the consequences for people whose negligent driving resulted in a serious injury of a vulnerable road user has ran out of time.

After sailing through the Senate Judiciary committee on a 4-1 vote, SB 1553-B easily passed the full Oregon Senate on February 26th. The bill was lining up support and was expected to do well in the Oregon House, but then Salem politics got in the way. We confirmed this morning that with just a few days left in the shortened legislative session, the bill is stuck in committee and it won’t move forward.

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