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Job: Bicycle Technician and Customer Service – Islabikes – FILLED

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Job Title
Bicycle Technician and Customer Service

Company/Organization
Islabikes

Job Description

Essential Skills

• Mechanical aptitude
• Able to speak clearly and confidently on the phone
• IT literate
• Administrative diligence
• Genuinely interested in being part of a company dedicated to giving children the best start in cycling

Job description

• You will perform a thorough pre-delivery workshop inspection in assembling each and every Islabike consistently and efficiently ready for collection or shipping.
• Our customers will be seeking advice and placing orders over the phone. Your role will include becoming proficient in giving informed and clear advice over the phone with the technical ability to record an order and process it efficiently.
• For those families coming to try an Islabike, you will arrange to meet and greet them at our Fitting Studio on site. In supervising a demo, you will provide sizing advice and product information to make this a really excellent experience.
• Islabikes attend various external events during the year to meet new customers. You will be required to take part in occasional weekend exhibitions as a representative of the company where our bikes will be available for demonstration.

About us:

Islabikes was founded by renowned British bicycle designer Isla Rowntree, one of the few female designers in the industry. The company has singlehandedly redefined the notion of a child’s bicycle with a product unparalleled in its quality, lightness and depth of design detail.

In 2013 we opened our first overseas store in Portland, OR. Every bicycle is prepared here to order and shipped direct to the customer nationally. As a small business, we are keen that everyone works to their strengths whilst working together as a team and ultimately enjoy the challenge of being part of a growing company.

Hours: Full-time

Salary: Will depend on experience.

How to Apply
Apply to: (Send/email a cover letter and resume)

Tim Goodall
Islabikes
2113 SE 7th Avenue
Portland, OR 97214
info@islabikes.com
www.islabikes.com

Job: Shipping Specialist – Velotech, Inc. – FILLED

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Job Title
Shipping Specialist

Company/Organization
Velotech, Inc

Job Description
Velotech Inc. is looking for a detail oriented full time shipping specialist to join our fast paced and fast growing operation. This person will be expected to pick and pack shipments in a timely manner. Additionally
there will be many random tasks that will assist in warehouse operation.

* Must be able to lift 50lbs
* Must be comfortable with ladders
* Basic knowledge of cycling components preferred
* Enthusiasm for cycling
* Fun and exciting work environment
* Full-time
* Great benefits package
* Flexibility to work Sundays appreciated

How to Apply
Send Resume and Cover Letter to Jobs@velotech.com

Microcosm is latest bikey business to open on N Williams Avenue

Right off the Williams Avenue bicycle highway.
(Photo by J. Maus/BikePortland)

The local bike-friendly bookstore that also happens to be one of the country’s largest zine distributors and publishers has grown again and joined the row of bike-friendly businesses on North Williams.

“Once we built lofts in our storefront to store books under, and filled up a storage unit down the street, we knew it was time to get serious about finding a new building,” Microcosm Publishing spokesman Tim Wheeler wrote in an email Monday. “Since we’re bike commuters and our customers are bike commuters, we didn’t want to move hundreds of blocks outside the city center or away from our own homes and lives, so we narrowed our search to affordable commercial spaces in inner Portland.”

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Gun Metal/Blue/White Civilian Le Roi Le Veut 2013

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Year: 2013
Brand: Civilian
Model: Le Roi Le Veut
Color:Gun Metal/Blue/White
Size:57
Photo: http://imgur.com/Lov3zSQ
Stolen in Portland, OR 97209
Stolen:2012-01-27
Stolen From: Stolen early this morning from NW 11th between NW Glisan and NW Flanders
Neighborhood: Pearl
Owner: Charlie Wolff
OwnerEmail: cwolff@cresa.com
Reward: 250
Description: One-Of-A-Kind cyclecross/commuter single speed belt drive with matching orange head-set and seat stay. matching blue bar tape, fenders, Jandd saddle bag, miniture blinky front/rear lights
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

The Ride: Exploring Columbia County backroads outside of Scappoose

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There are many miles of logging roads waiting
to be ridden just north of the Scappoose-Vernonia Hwy.
(Photos by J. Maus/BikePortland)

When the sun comes out around here in January, folks that enjoy bicycling take full advantage. This past weekend was a real gem weather-wise, and I’m sure I wasn’t the only one who grabbed the opportunity for some two-wheeled adventure. What I found were some off-the-beaten-path backroads that I enjoyed so much I’ve decided to share them here on the Front Page.

Wanting to do my first century of 2014, I ventured over to RidewithGPS.com (a site — based right here in Portland! — that I could not live without these days) to map out one of my oldies but goodies — the Portland-Vernonia-Scappoose loop. This is a fantastic loop that I highly recommend.

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Green and Red Tommasini TECNO EXTRA with Genius Tubing 2000

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Year: 2000
Brand: Tommasini
Model: TECNO EXTRA with Genius Tubing
Color:Green and Red
Size:54cm
Photo: http://imgur.com/6faezwS,bo6mlHZ#0
Stolen in Portland, OR 97214
Stolen:2014-01-22
Stolen From: 1st and SW Salmon
Neighborhood: Downtown
Owner: A Mason
OwnerEmail: andymoerke( atsign )gmail.com
Reward: 200
Description: -Green and Red Tommasini Tecno Extra Racing Bike
-Columbus Genius multi-shaped frame, with chrome chainstays
-Selle Italia Flite saddle
-Campy Chorus / Athena drivetrain (front hub is Shimano 600)
-Dark Grey Carbon Fiber fork
-At time of theft had on old campy record pedals with metal toe-clips
-red/black tires
Police record with: Portland
Police reference#: 14-6287
This registrant has documented proof of ownership of this bike

What projects should a street fee pay for? City announces town halls (updated)

Commissioner Steve Novick leads a City Hall
conversation about transportation budgets.
(Photo: City of Portland.)

The City of Portland is getting ready to write its most important transportation wish list in years.

A trio of town halls next month — one east of Interstate 205, one in outer Southwest Portland and one in middle Southeast — will help determine which projects the city will publicly commit to when it proposes a new revenue plan to the public.

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Blue Kona 2000

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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

Job: Customer Service Representative – Castelli USA – FILLED

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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

The Monday Roundup: Spain’s new touring paths, Ford’s urban shift & more

Where would I go without you?

The Andalucian road.
(Photo by Leo Hidalgo.)

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.

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Mount Hood leaders map their course to become a bike-recreation Mecca

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The Sandy Ridge MTB Trail System is one of the Mount Hood area’s many bright spots.
(Photo: J.Maus/BikePortland)

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.

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After city code change, Overlook developer upgrades bike & car parking and moves upmarket

A rendering of Overlook Park Apartments, which added an extra story, 17-20 auto parking spaces and almost 50 bike parking spaces in response to neighborhood concerns.
(Image: TVA Architects)
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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.

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