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Year: 2000
Brand: Kona
Color:Blue
Stolen in , OR
Stolen:2014-01-27
Stolen From: Nw burnside
Owner: Jess Dalesky
OwnerEmail: Jdalesky(AT)pdx.edu
Reward: 15
Description: Easy seat. One of the few bikes I have seen with this style of seat
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike
Sorry. This job has been filled.
Job Title
Customer Service Representative
Company/Organization
Castelli USA
Job Description
Castelli USA is seeking a Customer Service Representative. The position performs various customer service and sales functions, supporting our US retailers and consumers. If you’re highly motivated, have excellent attention to detail, and are a flexible team player, we encourage you to apply.
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Communicate with retailers, sales reps, and consumers via phone and email
• Process returns from customers
• Complete tasks and projects within scope of responsibility to support sales and customer service manager
• Data entry and administrative duties supporting US accounts
QUALIFICATIONS
• Excellent communication skills and ability to build professional business relationships
• Must be detail oriented, organized and able to appropriately manage time in order to meet business needs
• Positive attitude and highly motivated
• Interest in bicycling required
• Experience in the bicycle industry not required
EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
High School Diploma
1-2 years customer service experience
Basic PC skills, Word, Excel, Outlook
How to Apply
* Please send cover letter, resume and salary requirements to sales@castelli-us.com
Here’s the bike news from around the world that caught our eyes this week:
Economic engines: Andalucia, Spain, is making a major play to boost its economy with bike tourism with a plan to build 3,200 miles of bike paths by 2020.
Auto futurism: At the Detroit Auto Show this month, Ford Motor Company’s CEO said that adding more cars in big cities is “not going to work” and suggested his company is looking into new products related to public transit and/or car sharing.
WELCHES – The slopes south and west of Mount Hood could become Oregon’s next great bike tourism destination, Clackamas County leaders said Saturday at a half-day conference here in the old volcano’s foothills.
“We are tourism-driven,” said George Wilson, a director of the Villages at Mount Hood and the organizer of the event. “It’s our only industry.”
It’s also an industry that currently booms each summer and winter and slackens during the “shoulder seasons,” as fall and spring are sometimes called in the Mount Hood area.
Nine months after Portland began requiring on-site auto parking to be included in all large apartment buildings, one of the first test cases is about to break ground.
Overlook Park Apartments, which will start construction in April at the northeast corner of Overlook Park in North Portland, has been completely redesigned after the developer switched architects and scrapped a plan that had his neighbors up in arms over its lack of on-site auto parking.
The resulting building will have paid auto parking, larger rooms, three fewer units, higher rents and half again as much bike parking: 108 indoor spaces for 63 units, with an on-site bike service stand and built-in tools.
Year: 2013
Brand: Specialized
Model: Roubaix
Color:Black
Size:49
Serial: WSBC604138000G
Stolen in Portland, OR 97209
Stolen:2014-01-24
Stolen From: Caffe Umbria at NW 12th Ave & NW Everett – in front of the caffe. Just used my helmet to lock the wheel to the frame. Both myself and many friends have done this in front of Caffe Umbria. Bike Theives have apparently figured this out! I obviously should have properly locked it.
Neighborhood: Pearl District
Owner: Georgia Hussey
OwnerEmail: georgialeehussey( atsign )gmail.com
Description: Black 2013 Specialized Roubaix Road Bike with a RED Selle Italia Lady Gel bike seat
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 146883
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
Brand: Redline
Model: BMX – kids
Color:Creme
Size:Black
Stolen in OREGON CITY, OR 97045-2134
Stolen:2014-01-23
Stolen From: This bike was stolen from inside our carport, it was locked up and underneath a tarp. This is the second bike stolen from our house in 2-1/2 months
Neighborhood: McLoughlin Neighborhood, near the old high school
Owner: Chris Baker
OwnerEmail: mamabee73(AT)gmail.com
Description: Creme and black kids Redline BMX bike, nothing fancy, just REALLY loved and missed by the kid.
Police record with: Oregon City Police Department
Police reference#: 14-283
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike
On the official City of Portland bike map, NW St. Helens Road/Highway 30 looks like a nice solid bike lane (see below). It’s the only north-south bike lane on the west side of the Willamette River between northwest Portland and Sauvie Island (and beyond). As such, this bike lane is an important route for many people — whether they’re commuting to St. Johns or using it as a gateway to many popular riding destinations.
Unfortunately it’s usually full of dirt, gravel, and other debris. It’s so bad that I recently learned in some circles it’s known as “Dirty 30”.
Brand: Surly
Model: Steamroller
Color:black
Size:53 or 54 (i think)
Stolen in Portland, OR 97211
Stolen:2014-01-20
Stolen From: outside my house, near NE 14th and NE Ainsworth.
Neighborhood: NE Portland
Owner: ian watson
OwnerEmail: ian.eamon2( atsign )gmail.com
Description: Blacksurly steamroller, fixed gear deep v rear wheel,camouflage handlebar tape, green chain, purple spacer ring on stem below headset.
Police record with: Portland PD
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike
“I’d love to bike to work, but it takes too long.”
Actually, nope. Well, depending on how you look at it.
This is a guest post written by Dan Kaufman. It first appeared on his website, CrankMyChain.com.
Here’s a quick bike how-to that can save some space in a garage while minimizing drilling into the walls.
It’s from Halley Weaver, who many Portlanders might know from her performances as a “zero-emissions harpist.” With space at a premium in her garage, she threw together a simple plan to consolidate: hang the 12 bikes from the walls.
Weaver shares the specs on her blog:
We are renting the townhouse we’re in and can’t be drilling a ton of holes in our garage. What did we decide on doing? Due to our transportation confines, we got a 6″ x 2″ x 12′ board and had it cut in half at the hardware store. So now we have two 6′ boards. We picked up eight 4″ lag bolts (2 for each end of each board) and 12 bike hooks.