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Black Ira Ryan Portuer 2008

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Year: 2008
Brand: Ira Ryan
Model: Portuer
Color:Black
Size:56
Stolen in Portland, OR 97205
Stolen:2014-01-14
Stolen From: 19th and W Burnside
Neighborhood: W Burnside
Owner: Dean Tracy
OwnerEmail: dean719(at sign)gmail.com
Description: Black frame with gold decals. Custom front fork and rack. Gold Chris King bottom bracket, stainless steel Chris King headset, Thompson stem, Omnium cranks, Shimano pedals, Paul Neo Retro brake calipers, Shimano brake levers, Brooks leather grips, Brooks leather saddle, Thompson seat post, SKS fenders, Bontrager front wheel, Velocity rear rim laced to black paul track hub. Fixed gear.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 14-150399
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

Purple/white Trek Lexa 2012

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Year: 2012
Brand: Trek
Model: Lexa
Color:Purple/white
Size:47
Serial:WTU072C6442G
Stolen in Portland, OR 97219
Stolen:2012-01-18
Stolen From: My home garage in condos on 31st Ave and Multnomah Blvd in SW PDX.
Neighborhood: SW Portland/near Multnomah Village
Owner: Meghan Gay
OwnerEmail: meglwalk@gmail.com
Description: Purple with white accent flowers, women’s street bike. there were 2 lights attached but removable. water bottle holder attached. fenders front and back.
Police record with: portland PD
Police reference#: 14-150489
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Blue FBM Bellwitch 2013

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Year: 2013
Brand: FBM
Model: Bellwitch
Color:Blue
Size:21″
Photo: http://distilleryimage3.ak.instagram.com/7c86e96e817511e3aa520e5d6fd881bf_8.jpg
Stolen in Portland, OR 97214
Stolen:2014-01-19
Stolen From: Morrison and MLK
Owner: Scott Davison
OwnerEmail: ssdavison(AT)gmail.com
Description: Blue FBM Bellwitch. High quality BMX bike, black parts (S&M, Profile etc.) GSport rear wheel, SUN Big City front.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: T14000662
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Daisy Electra Daisy 3i 2012

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Year: 2012
Brand: Electra
Model: Daisy 3i
Color:Daisy
Serial: ELWOD11432
Photo: http://imgur.com/6rjgFt9
Stolen in Portland, OR 97206
Stolen:2014-01-19
Stolen From: From my home 5115 SE Rex Drive Portland, OR 97206
Neighborhood: Brentwood Darlington
Owner: Susan Douglas
OwnerEmail: susanedouglas(replace with at sign)lycos.com
Description: Multicolor with Daisy motif 3 speed cruiser.
Police record with: Portland Police Bureau
Police reference#: T14000635
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Metallic Blue Specialized Expedition Early 2000s

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Year: Early 2000s
Brand: Specialized
Model: Expedition
Color:Metallic Blue
Size:17 in
Photo: [URL=http://s126.photobucket.com/user/seanpgregg/media/bike.jpg.html][IMG]http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p101/seanpgregg/bike.jpg[/IMG][/URL]
Stolen in Portland, OR 97213
Stolen:2014-01-18
Stolen From: NE 44th and Laurelhurst St.
Neighborhood: Laurelhurst
Owner: Sean Gregg
OwnerEmail: seanpgregg(replace with at sign)yahoo.com
Reward: $10
Description: Cat Eye Mirror in Left Handlebar, Cat Eye Back Light Omni 3 Light, Crappy little front light, Metal Pedals with Straps
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

Black Lotus America? 1983

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Year: 1983
Brand: Lotus
Model: America?
Color:Black
Size:23?
Photo: http://imgur.com/wW6Eoiz (Not much of a pic -It’s the one on the left)
Stolen in Portland/OR, OR 97227
Stolen:2012-01-16
Stolen From: The bike rack in front of The Waypost on N Williams.
Neighborhood: North Williams
Owner: Melissa Luna
OwnerEmail: bluemelluna@yahoo.com
Description: drop handlebars, black handlebar tape, brakes on the ends of the drop handlebars, platform pedals, cracks in the seat, "Bike for clean air sticker" and "I came on my bike" sticker, red reflective tape in stripes on the black plastic fenders, silver metal bike rack in back with a unicorn epoxied onto it, two bike bells.
Police record with: PPD
Police reference#: 14-150477
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Black Fuji Absolute 2.0

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Brand: Fuji
Model: Absolute 2.0
Color:Black
Size:56
Stolen in Portland, OR 97201
Stolen:2014-01-15
Stolen From: 1531 SW Harrison St #16 (front porch)
Neighborhood: SW
Owner: John Wilson
OwnerEmail: jsquaredwilson(A T)gmail.com
Reward: 100
Description: New Shimano brake levers and calipers.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: T14000590
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

From mortality to mortification, 25 years of bruises on PDX streets

lifestyle columnist Catherine Hastie

Lifestyle columnist Cathy Hastie.

Cathy Hastie is BikePortland’s lifestyle columnist.

What daily activity involves quick-twitch muscle action, practiced hand-eye coordination, thinking on your toes, hearty cardiovascular fitness and the ability to outwit competitors? It’s not kick-boxing at the gym.

If bike commuting were a sport, I would compete in the “masters” category. I have been biking to work for more than 25 years: approximately 7 miles per day, 240 days a year. With 42,000 miles on Portland’s city streets, you’d think I would have been injured by now. But I remain unscathed.

Well, almost.

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Portland’s best (and worst) elementary schools for biking and walking

Trillium Charter School bike train-24-19

Typical morning drop-off at Trillium Public Charter School, one of 51 elementary schools surveyed by the city’s Safe Routes to School program.
(Photo by J.Maus/BikePortland)

Slowly but surely, Portland seems to be edging toward its transportation goal for elementary schoolers: getting as many of them to walk or bike to school as the average American kid did in 1969.

For the last two years, progress has leveled off, just as the city’s goals for adult transportation have. But (much like workplaces) some local elementaries have been far more successful than others.

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Black Bianchi Metropoli 2012

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Year: 2012
Brand: Bianchi
Model: Metropoli
Color:Black
Serial:WBK732943F
Photo: http://imgur.com/m2sKNM7
Stolen in Portland, OR 97232
Stolen:2013-01-16
Stolen From: Garage of a condominium building in the Sullivan’s Gulch neighborhood/Lloyd center area.
Neighborhood: Sullivan’s Gulch
Owner: Blair Stewart
OwnerEmail: b.stewartwalker@gmail.com
Reward: Repay your purchase
Description: Stolen 01/16/2014
Image of same model with ‘highlights’ of possible identifying features:
A silver, visible and feel-able groove has been worn through the paint on the rear LEFT seat-stay.
The left handlebar was recently damaged in a crash, causing a large rip in the rubber and a chunky rubber flap.
The bicycle also had a sticker from the store (Lakeside Bicycles) on the down tube next to the gears.
Finally not as obvious, the seat-post had been sawed off to be shortened, so the saddle is very low.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 14-150465
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike