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Job Title Senior Bicycle Mechanic Company/Organization Lakeside Bicycles Job Description SW area bike shop seeking senior level bike mechanic. Must have minimum of 5 years experience working as a bicycle mechanic in a production environment. Experience installing and servicing Campagnolo components is highly desired. Must be able to do 6 to 8 repairs per day … Read more
Headlines in Chicago not what Alta was hoping for. Portland-based Alta Bicycle Share chalked up another huge victory last week when they were chosen by the City of Chicago to develop their $21 milllion bike sharing system. Alta already runs the highly successful Capital Bikeshare system and they were chosen last fall to implement New … Read more
Tom Miller in May 2011.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) According to The Oregonian’s City Hall reporter Beth Slovic, PBOT Director Tom Miller is not likely to keep his job if Charlie Hales or Eileen Brady win the mayoral election. Both candidates made their intention to make the change in separate interviews with The Oregonian this week: … Read more
The PDX Bike Swarm took their bike-inspired protest style to Portland gas stations this morning.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
Bernards in his usual stance: “Wanna sign?”(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) With all the talk about why our roads are full of ruts and potholes, I thought it’d be a good time to check in on an effort to ban studded tires in Oregon. Since he embarked on his signature-gathering effort back in October, chief petitioner … Read more
Adams in a guest op-ed today. Lest you think my repeated criticisms of the way The Oregonian frames transportation issues was just my personal axe to grind, it’s worth noting that the front page story in their Sunday edition is being called out from many corners. In addition to the numerous intelligent citizens we’ve heard … Read more
Bikes make gardens bloom in more ways than you think.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) Here’s the news and other cool stuff that caught our eyes this past week… – Business is booming at Zen Bicycle Fabrication, Portland’s newest frame manufacturer. – In another sign of bicycling’s economy growth, Full Speed Ahead has announced it will bring … Read more
Secure bike parking might become an employer-provided perk in San Fancisco.(Photo: Will Vanlue/BikePortland) Here’s the news and other cool stuff that caught our eyes this past week… – Have you seen the “Magnic Light” over on Kickstarter? It looks to us like it could revolutionize the bike lighting world. It’s a wireless dynamo that’s super … Read more
Screengrab of Mercury article. PBOT’s North Williams Traffic Operations Safety Project is heating up again — both the public process and the public spotlight. The project found its way onto the cover of this week’s edition of The Portland Mercury. Reporter Sarah Mirk took a historical look at the Albina neighborhood and, given its history … Read more
(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) This morning, TriMet unveiled a proposal of service cuts and fare increases they plan to move forward with in order to make up for a $17 million budget shortfall. If you’re a fan of transit, and of making our city one that is less reliant on private automobiles, this is not … Read more
We had a really fun job opportunity posted this week. Check out the details in the job listing below… Models Who Can Ride Bikes — The PDX Bicycle Show
One of the installations by Johnnie Olivan at The 2012 Bicycle Experience show currently going on at the Gallery at Port City on N. Williams and Thompson.