Black Bianchi Pista

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Brand: Bianchi
Model: Pista
Color:Black
Photo: https://scontent-a-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/1456696_10202616537360170_282488525_n.jpg
Stolen in Portland, OR 97217
Stolen:2013-11-5
Stolen From: 308 NE Ainsworth St. Portland, OR 97211 (NE Garfield & Ainsworth near MLK)
Neighborhood: Piedmont Neighborhood
Owner: Megan Ferguson
OwnerEmail: circa1638(replace with at sign)gmail.com
Reward: We will pay ANY sum of money for this bike back, no questions asked.
Description: Unfortunately that photo is the best we have. Written physical description: The bike is a Bianchi Pista single-speed spray painted entirely flat black. Saddle “Felt” saddle black with large white lettering across. Front wheel has a blue stripe. One front hand brake. Handle bars black, straight, narrow with black “Oura” grips- one side is punched in. “Felt” saddle is black with large white lettering. Strap in pedals with white leather straps.

NOTE that the frame has mostly black & white stickers throughout, with a few ones with red. Some of the stickers say “Schrag”. This is Stacy Schrag’s memorial bike.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: T13011402
This registrant does not have proof of ownership of this bike

Grey Trek 2013

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Year: 2013
Brand: Trek
Color:Grey
Size:XS
Serial: SWTU128C0397G
Stolen in Portland, OR 97215
Stolen:2013-11-6
Stolen From: Roscoe’s Bar (81st and Stark)
Owner: Bobi Blue
OwnerEmail: bobi_blue( atsign )yahoo.com
Reward: $100
Description: Grey, hybrid bicycle with bike rack, water bottle holder, rear light, front light, and fenders. Kryptonite lock was stolen with the bike as well. The right pedal is missing a reflector on it.
Police reference#: 13-93688
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

Job: Customer Service / Volunteer Coordinator – Cycle Oregon – FILLED

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Sorry. This job has been filled.

Job Title
Customer Service / Volunteer Coordinator

Company/Organization
Cycle Oregon

Job Description
Come be a part of the Best Bike Ride in America!

Cycle Oregon is looking for someone to join their event team. Cycle Oregon delivers the best combination of scenery, challenge, amenities, camaraderie and philanthropy of any ride out there. A fun-loving mix of back-road riding and two-wheeled tent revival, our events moves from town to town with 2,000 or more riders enjoying generous hospitality and providing direct financial benefits to our host towns as well as cycling-related causes throughout Oregon. We offer a great work atmosphere and culture and are located close to downtown Portland.

This is a full time position and is the primary contact and event representative to Cycle Oregon participants and volunteers. This position coordinates and oversees all communication to and from participants and volunteers. Communication efforts take place year round using various forums and mediums. The ideal candidate has experience with customer service, volunteer management and event logistics. They must be a self-starter that takes initiative, can problem solve and works well with a team.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Customer Service
• Respond to all incoming information inquires, both by phone and email.
• Coordinate preparation and distribution of information packets and electronic communications
• Manage participant database
• Oversee participant-specific services (passes, tickets, packets, special meal requests)
• Oversee check-in process on Cycle Oregon events
• Lead team of volunteers staffing Rider Services (customer service) trailer on Cycle Oregon events
Volunteer Management
• Assess event needs and develop team for meeting those needs using veteran and new volunteers
• Organize and oversee volunteer recruitment efforts.
• Process volunteer applications, screen for compatibility and select volunteers to fill open positions
• Manage volunteer database
• Develop and organize all volunteer materials, meetings, trainings, lodging, transportation and recognition activities

Administrative Support
• Administrative support for Director
• Assist staff with special events, tasks and projects associated with Cycle Oregon business.
• Manage registration system

Requirements:
• Experience with customer service
• Experience with volunteer management
• Experience with logistics and project management
• Excellent people skills
• Experience with Microsoft Office applications and database programs
• Experience with website platforms like WordPress and Contribute.

Compensation:
• Salary: $36,000-$42,000 DOE
• Benefit package including bonus structure, health insurance, retirement, vacation and sick time

How to Apply
Email a Cover Letter, Resume and 3 References to: steve@cycleoregon.com

Getting hooked on cyclocross

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Hooked.
(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)

Seeing people get hooked on a new type of cycling is one of the things that keeps cycling industry veterans going. And for some reason, cyclocross is especially good at reeling people in: Maybe it’s the challenging courses; the relaxed, non-competitive atmosphere; the support of family, friends and complete strangers; the mud, or all of the above.

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Go off-road in River View Natural Area

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As we noted last week, the planning process for River View Natural Area is already well underway. This 146 acre parcel of land sandwiched between the Willamette River, Lewis & Clark College, River View Cemetery, and SW Palatine Hill Road, is being restored and re-imagined for public use and conservation. One of the uses being considered is off-road bicycling.

The non-profit Northwest Trail Alliance has a representative on the Project Advisory Committee and they want to get more people involved in the process. The ride is taking place this Saturday (November 9th) in advance of an official community meeting and open house event being hosted by Portland Parks & Recreation next Tuesday (November 12th).

Here’s more from the NWTA:

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Bike rides will remember girls killed while playing in Forest Grove street

Two group bike rides have been planned to celebrate the lives of Anna Dieter-Eckerdt and Abigail Robinson. The two girls, who were half-sisters, were playing in the leaves in the street outside their home in Forest Grove on October 20th when an 18-year old woman driving a car inadvertently swerved into them. Anna, 6, died at the scene while Abigail, 10, died in a hospital shortly after.

The rides are scheduled for this Saturday, November 9th. There’s a family-friendly “4K Cycle of Life” ride and a 40-mile, “Maggie’s Buns” bike ride led by the Portland Wheelmen Touring Club. The rides are part of a fundraising effort aimed at creating a new playground at Central School (1728 Main Street in Forest Grove), a place where both of the girls loved to play.

Here’s the event flyer, followed by more details on the rides:

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silver Rodriguez Custom Built 2003

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Year: 2003
Brand: Rodriguez
Model: Custom Built
Color:silver
Size:54cm
Serial:02C53
Stolen in Portland, OR 97217
Stolen:2013-11-05
Stolen From: Garage.
Neighborhood: Arbor Lodge North Portland
Owner: Zac Imboden
OwnerEmail: family@invisibility.com
Reward: 500
Description: campagnolo components, unpainted except for peeling powder coat. lots of rust "worms" on frame. Sella SMP saddle with big hollow in middle. Steel frame but because of powder coat, could be mistaken for titanium.
Police record with: Portland Police
Police reference#: 13-93578
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

New bike-friendly ‘micro-apartments’: 200 square feet and no car parking

A rendering of the new micro-apartment building
permitted for Northwest Thurman near 23rd.
(Image: Footprint Investments)

The tiny house movement for apartment dwellers has arrived.

Think 200 to 300 square feet, and a kitchen shared with five similar units.

It’s a new milestone for the Portland area’s off-the-charts rental shortage, the third-tightest in the nation in the third quarter of 2013. And it might also be the key to a new model for apartment living that’s designed to deliver relatively affordable rents for tiny units in highly desirable neighborhoods.

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Q&A: A visitor’s perspective on India’s shifting bike scene

Far from home: Bangalore bike shop entrepreneur
Pavan Muthanna on N. Williams this week.
(Photos © M. Andersen/BikePortland)

Pavan Muthanna starts his story in a way that a lot of Portland bike shop owners would recognize — maybe a lot of Portlanders in general.

“I decided that I hated my corporate job,” said Muthanna, 40. “And I quit it.”

Today, the eleven-month-old, five-employee shop that Muthanna launched afterward is one of a handful of commuter-owned bike stores that are feeding a “movement” in Bangalore that he said is new to his native city (metro area population 8.5 million, something like the size of Chicago’s): the idea that bicycles are something you use for transportation not because you have to, but because you want to.

With one week left in his course at Portland’s United Bicycle Institute, Muthanna sat down with BikePortland to have a drink and talk about intersections, helmets, auto parking prices and other oddly familiar topics from a perspective I’d never heard before.

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Sage Green Swobo Hybrid

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Brand: Swobo
Model: Hybrid
Color:Sage Green
Serial:HOHZ099
Stolen in Portland, OR 97217
Stolen:2013-11-06
Stolen From: Burrage Ave
Neighborhood: Arbor Lodge
Owner: Zac Imboden
OwnerEmail: family@invisibility.com
Reward: 100
Description: Internal hub and disc brakes, front and read racks, small basket on front rack. Burley trailer hitch. Eggbeater (crack brothers) pedals.
Police record with: Portland PD
Police reference#: 13-93578
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

In Washington state, two election results worth watching

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Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn, pictured here last year,
went down hard in Tuesday’s elections.
(Photo: Seattle DOT)

In Portland, voters mostly take odd-numbered years off. But two races to Portland’s north ended last night in interesting ways, for better or worse.

In Seattle, the deeply bike-friendly incumbent Mayor Mike McGinn lost in a 56-43 rout. And closer to home in Vancouver, Wash, the bike-and-transit-friendly but also Columbia River Crossing-supporting incumbent Mayor Tim Leavitt is headed to a second term.

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Pink Huffy Sweet Thunder 1982

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Year: 1982
Brand: Huffy
Model: Sweet Thunder
Color:Pink
Size:20″
Photo: http://bmxmuseum.com/forsale/img_0866_copy4_blowup.jpg
Stolen in Portland, OR 97213
Stolen:2013-11-4
Stolen From: Roseway Heights elementary school locked up near the playground. The lock was smashed.
Neighborhood: Roseway
Owner: Tommy Spann
OwnerEmail: coti(AT)spagory.com
Reward: 100
Description: This was my wife’s bike as a kid. It’s a classic girls Huffy with a pink banana seat. At the time it was stolen it also had a pink barbie basket in front.
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike