Bikes? Dancing? Fun? Must be Pedalpalooza.(Photos © J. Maus) With our lingering winter weather, it might be hard to get mentally focused on Pedalpalooza; but that’s just what you ought to be doing! The big event(s) — organized by the community and extraordinary volunteers with Shift — happens from June 9th to the 29th. The … Read more
Tourism draw.(Photo: Evan Ross/Portland Bicycle Tours) Travel Portland has announced that the Banks-Vernonia Trail is a recipient of a 2011 Tourism and Hospitality Industry Award. Travel Portland recognized the trail with a “President’s Award,” for, “creating a new opportunity for our visitors to experience the natural beauty that is so accessible from Portland.” The trail … Read more
Event Name: The Amgen People’s Coast Classic to benefit the Arthritis Foundation Event Start Date: 11 Sept, 2011 Start Time: AM Web Site: http://www.thepeoplescoastclassic.org/ Event Description: The Amgen People’s Coast Classic is a multi-day charity event benefiting the Arthritis Foundation’s mission to improve lives through prevention, control and cure of arthritis. Choose from: Six-Day Classic: … Read more
Event Name: Tour de Hood Event Start Date: 4 June, 2011 Start Time: 1:00:00 PM Web Site: http://www.tourdehoodride.com/ Event Description: Ride one of Oregon’s most beautiful and challenging recreational rides! Experience two of the same courses that challenge racers in the popular Mt Hood Cycling Classic stage race. This is a one-of-a-kind Oregon recreational riding … Read more
Elliott and Daniella Crowder, owners of Bike Newport.(Photos © J. Maus) Bike Newport, an independent bike shop based in Newport, Oregon has been named the winner of a 2010 National Bicycle Travel Award by the Adventure Cycling Association. Bike Newport has received the Sam Braxton Bike Shop Award for “incredible services and amenities that they … Read more
Event Name: Echelon Gran Fondo Event Start Date: September 26, 2010 Start Time: 8:30:00 AM Web Site: http://www.echelongranfondo.org/portland/index.html Event Description: Echelon Gran Fondo in the Columbia River Gorge is a festive and scenic road ride event with distance options of 30, 60 and 100 miles. Team Radio Shack’s Chris Horner rides along as ambassador of … Read more
Imagine: A bicycle-only trail along the entire Oregon Coast.(Photo © J. Maus) I love Big Ideas. Without them we’d be stuck in the rut of merely working on what’s possible instead of peering out to new possibilities. When it comes to moving biking forward in Oregon, we’ve got to dream big. It was with that … Read more
Every city should have five of these racks in front of their City Hall.(Photo © J. Maus) Oregon is a state on a mission. For the last few years, the movement to make this the premiere state for bicycling has been gaining some serious momentum. We’ve got nearly every piece of the puzzle on the … Read more
The site features interactive route maps of the best rides in Oregonand much more. RideOregonRide.com, a website that promotes bike tourism in Oregon is set to receive the 2010 President’s Award from Travel Portland. The Ride Oregon site was first officially conceived at the Oregon Bike Summit in 2008, where attendees said having one place … Read more
The big bike insert as it appears in May issue of Outside Magazine. At a meeting of the Oregon Bicycle Tourism Partnership in City Hall yesterday, Travel Oregon unveiled details of how cycling fits into their $1 million national marketing campaign. Cycling is one of three main pillars (along with outdoor recreation and, somewhat inexplicably, … Read more
Detail of Tickle Creek Trail from map in Bi-State Regional Trails System plan. I caught an article in the Daily Journal of Commerce yesterday about an effort by the City of Sandy to fund and build a new trail that would connect to the Springwater Corridor Trail and result in an unbroken path all the … Read more
Senator Jeff Merkley.(Photos © J. Maus) U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley wants to help Oregon become a mecca for bicycle tourism. Merkley and his policy aide Jeremiah Baumann, spent nearly an hour in a video conference with staff of Travel Oregon discussing steps Congress can take to help make bicycle tourism a larger part of Oregon’s … Read more
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