Just a quick note…one of Kryptonite‘s top tech guys is in town and I’m meeting him for dinner tonight. Do you have any questions you’d like me to ask him? I plan to touch base about the latest in bike security and hear what they’ve learned about lock design since the Bic Pen Fiasco. It … Read more
The Portland State University Bike Co-op is a tiny, self-service shop located in a parking garage in downtown Portland. It opened up in October 2004 and it serves the estimated 1500-2000 daily bike riders at PSU. I stopped by yesterday to check it out…all 136 square feet of it. Yes, that’s small. In this picture … Read more
Brought to you bike Shift to Bikes. ANNOUNCEMENTS Filmed by Bike IV, a festival of bike-themed movies in April 2006, is calling for entries of bike-related film shorts of 8 minutes or less. Deadline for entries is March 15, 2006. Proceeds from Filmed by Bike IV will fund the Shift Multnomah County Bike Fair, a … Read more
Portland bikers, consider yourselves spoiled with bike fun. Here is a round-up of rides happening on the first day of 2006 (if you know of others, feel free to add them to the comments):
Alan Koch is riding every single road in Portland.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
What do you do when it’s 10:30PM and you get word that a cool new bike shop has opened up just 3 blocks from your house? You grab your camera, get on your bike and check it out! So here they are, first photos of Revolver Bicycle Living, a new bike shop on N. Interstate … Read more
On Friday’s Critical Mass we timed the tree-lighting ceremony in Pioneer Courthouse Square just right. After creeping up Broadway we ended up stopped just outside Starbucks on the west side of the square when the countdown began and the big tree was lit. It was kind of a cool moment. Our bike bells mingled nicely … Read more
Yesterday I met with Bill Sinnott, Commander of the Traffic Division of the Portland Police. First, I want to thank everyone who emailed and left comments with questions for him. I printed them all up and left a copy with him so he could see first-hand what’s on your mind. You might be thinking…isn’t this … Read more
TWO Bikes stolen Saturday Nov. 5th in NW Portland from Royal Arms Apartments on Lovejoy: 2005 Gary Fisher Tassajara GS Women’s Mountain Bike, silver with blue decals, cat eye computer on handlebars, covered in Wonder Woman stickers. Stolen with it was a 2005 Gary Fisher Mullet, blue, 19.5″, big tires, disc brakes, scratches on top … Read more
Todd has a great post about last Saturday’s massive bike move. What is a bike move? It’s when bikey folks come together to help someone move all their stuff across town by bike. Saturday’s mammoth move included 20 bikers hauling stuff about 130 blocks from NE to SW Portland! If you live in the Portland … Read more
Just a reminder to join the community and Commissioner Sam Adams for a special ride to remember Gareth Parker. Sunday, September 25th 2:00PM – We ride at 2:30 Meet near the Bronze Elephant at the North Park Blocks in downtown Portland We will ride by the following locations that were a part of Gareth’s life … Read more
On Sunday, September 25th there will be a memorial ride in remembrance of Gareth Parker. The ride will go past several places that were important in Gareth’s life and work as a bicycle advocate. Here are the details: Meet at 2:00PM, ride at 2:30ish Meet near the Bronze Elephant at the North Park Blocks Locations … Read more