Job: Bike Tour Guide – Cycle Portland

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Job Title
Bike Tour Guide

Company/Organization
Cycle Portland

Job Description
Cycle Portland is a Bike Tour and Rental company located in Old Town Portland. We provide guided rides around the city and also out to the Columbia Gorge and Oregon Wine Country. These tours focus on different themes, including Portland History, Local Microbreweries, Food Carts, and Bike Culture. We have a full service and repair shop where we rent the bikes out and lead the tours from on NW 2nd Ave. This will be our 8th season leading Tours of Portland.

This position includes greeting customers, preparing bikes for them to ride, leading them around the city on prepared routes while stopping occasionally to share information about Portland. This position also includes renting bikes to visitors from all over the world to explore on their own and outfitting them with maps, bike route advice, and a sweet whip to cruise the city with.

Some bike mechanical know how is required because you have to be able to adjust bikes to fit people and fix a flat if you were to get one while out on the ride.
Other requirements include Customer Service skills, retail experience, a genuine desire to work with the public, and a strong personality.

How to Apply
Do you like to host visiting friends by taking them around the city? Are you passionate about cycling in Portland? Are you knowledgeable about Portland enough to give directions and willing to learn more about the city? Do you have Guiding experience a knack for storytelling/ improv?

This position is seasonal with a possibility of staying on year round. If interested please send a resume to info@portlandbicycletours.com with a paragraph about why you would be good for the position. Thank you.

ODOT embarks on “big data” project with purchase of Strava dataset

A valuable bicycle planning and policymaking tool?

The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) is the first state transportation agency in the United States to ink a deal with Strava, a leading website and smartphone app used by people to track their bike rides via GPS.

Last fall, the agency paid $20,000 for one-year license of a dataset that includes the activities of about 17,700 riders and 400,000 individual bicycle trips totaling 5 million BMT (bicycle miles traveled) logged on Strava in 2013. The Strava bike “traces” are mapped to OpenStreetMap.

If all goes according to plan, the data could revolutionize how ODOT makes decisions about their policies, plans, and projects. At the very least, forging boldly into the realm of “big data” and pushing the boundaries of bicycle planning marks an important step for an agency that’s facing a very different future and actively looking to shed its old-school, highway-first reputation.

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white/lime green Schwinn Cutter 2012

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Year: 2012
Brand: Schwinn
Model: Cutter
Color:white/lime green
Size:~52
Photo: http://imgur.com/CPeUKqJ
Stolen in Portland, OR 97217
Stolen:2014-05-01
Stolen From: Lardo’s employee bike rack behind the store on N Mason and N Williams st.
Neighborhood: N Williams
Owner: Matthew Dudley
OwnerEmail: mwdudley(at sign)gmail.com
Description: White frame, single speed, platform pedals, lime green seat with black seatpost, lime green rear wheel, the brake pads need to be replaced and the brakes adjusted so currently they are almost nonfunctional
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

Oregon ranked 5th most bike-friendly state by the League

The League of American Bicyclists has ranked Oregon the fifth most bike friendly state in the nation. This ranking marks a slip of two places from our third place ranking last year. Since these rankings debuted in 2008, Oregon has only been out of the top five one time with an eighth-place in 2011 (which the Oregon Department of Transportation took exception to).

While no ranking system is perfect (and most of them are nothing but click-bait garbage) the League of American Bicyclists does have some credibility and they have a rigorous set of criteria that they use to weight a state’s success in integrating bicycling into transportation plans, policies, and projects.

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black/turquoise Specialized Dolce 12 2013

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Year: 2013
Brand: Specialized
Model: Dolce 12
Color:black/turquoise
Size:small
Serial:WSBC6060211051
Photo: http://www.specialized.com/us/en/bikes/road/dolce/dolce-compact
Stolen in Portland, OR 97209
Stolen:2014-04-30
Stolen From: Stolen from the west entrance of On Deck Sports Bar in the Pearl. The lock was cut.
Neighborhood: Pearl District
Owner: Mary Cecchini
OwnerEmail: maryrcecchini@gmail.com
Reward: $100
Description: The bike is black with turquoise handlebars. There are two water bottle cages. One of the cages is pink.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: T14004416.
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

maroon Surly Disc Trucker 2014

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Year: 2014
Brand: Surly
Model: Disc Trucker
Color:maroon
Size:56.5
Photo: https://scontent-b-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t1.0-9/1904110_10152125420327023_2120465881_n.jpg
Stolen in Portland, OR 97214
Stolen:2014-04-30
Stolen From: My backyard in SE near 39th and Division.
Neighborhood: SE
Owner: Benjamin Applebaum
OwnerEmail: sauce504(A T)gmail.com
Description: Maroon 2014 Surly Disc Trucker, mostly stock.Drop bars, bar end shifters, Avid disc brakes, black bar tape, rear rack, black BMX pedals.
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Black Norco Heart

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Brand: Norco
Model: Heart
Color:Black
Photo: http://image.made-in-china.com/2f0j00peOazSWjlZbM/700c-Track-Bicycle.jpg
Stolen in Portland, OR 97202
Stolen:2014-04-30
Stolen From: Outside of my house on SE 25th and Holgate.
Neighborhood: Brooklyn
Owner: Nai Saetern
OwnerEmail: Natalis7(A T)gmail.com
Reward: $20
Description: STOLEN SINGLE SPEED ROAD BIKE. Someone decided to steal my bike. Please if you see it let me know. It has new SKS race blade fenders, a little bell on the left side, white water bottle holder installed and a long 3/4 inch presta valve on the wheel. It’s a Black Norco Heart. I have a cheap bike lock wrapped around the bike if they have not cut that off yet. Please give me a call at 503-467-8758 if you see it
Police record with: NA
Police reference#: Tomorrow
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

Grey Novara Safari 2008

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Year: 2008
Brand: Novara
Model: Safari
Color:Grey
Size:S
Photo: http://www.stolenbicycleregistry.com/temp/1317577895.jpg
Stolen in Portland, OR 97212
Stolen:2014-04-11
Stolen From: Outside of 333 NE Hancock at Hancock and MLK. Was locked with ulock to steel bike rack. Stolen between 2:30pm and 5pm, in broad daylight.
Neighborhood: Eliot
Owner: Brandon Sorg
OwnerEmail: brandon.sorg(AT)gmail.com
Description: Grey Novara Safari. Small frame. Touring bike with Trekking / Butterfly handlebars. Rear rack (black). Black seat and handlebar tape. (In photo the bike was loaded up with bags, when stolen nothing was on the bike except a lock in the rack)
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 14-152559
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

black Bianchi D2 Carbon Cross 2011

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Year: 2011
Brand: Bianchi
Model: D2 Carbon Cross
Color:black
Size:58cm
Serial: TPF712424C
Photo: http://www.cxmagazine.com/wp-content/gallery/bianchi/thumbs/thumbs_IMG_4603_small.jpg
Stolen in Tualatin, OR 97062
Stolen:2014-04-30
Stolen From: garage at my home in Tualatin
Neighborhood: High school in Tualatin
Owner: Rome Repcak
OwnerEmail: rrepcak(at sign)aol.com
Reward: 300$
Description: BIANCHI saddle matching the handlebars collor
FSA 52/38 crankset
vittoria pave green stripe tires
Police record with: Tualatin PD
Police reference#: 14-291337
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Silver Specialized Allez 2005

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Year: 2005
Brand: Specialized
Model: Allez
Color:Silver
Photo: http://imgur.com/ORC34dL
Stolen in Portland, OR 97201
Stolen:2014-04-28
Stolen From: locked bike room in secure garage at Riverplace complex
Neighborhood: Southwest waterfront
Owner: Clare Burovac
OwnerEmail: seaclare( atsign )comcast.net
Reward: YES
Description: Bottle cage on down tube only. standard pedals. front and rear lights, bell and computer. ‘live free or drive’ sticker on top tube. square parking permit sticker on head tube
Police record with: Portland
Police reference#: 14-34590
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Black with green Scott CR1 team 2013

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Year: 2013
Brand: Scott
Model: CR1 team
Color:Black with green
Size:52cm
Photo: http://www.pedalaz.com/images/library/zoom/scott-cr1-team-180730-1.jpg
Stolen in 97214, OR
Stolen:2014-04-29
Stolen From: Stolen from apt on 29th and Belmont in SE portland OR.
Neighborhood: SE portland Oregon
Owner: Amanda Staudt
OwnerEmail: amandaleestaudt27( atsign )gmail.com
Reward: 300
Description: black with green and white. black fenders
Police record with: yes
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

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