One of a series of posters created for the campaign.(Photos by Kim Oanh Nguyen) Seeking to reshape the image that comes to mind when people think of “the bike community” or “bicyclists”, the Northeast Portland-based Community Cycling Center has launched their “I Ride” awareness campaign. So far, the campaign consists of a series of promotional … Read more
Seeing the neighborhood at biking speed.– More images/Slideshow below-(Photos © J. Maus) Last Friday I spent the day with the Community Cycling Center’s “Coasters” summer bike camp. The camp is for kids 6-8 years old and the idea is to teach them how to ride on city streets, do basic bike maintenance (very basic), build … Read more
The CCC’s retail location on NE Alberta.(Photo © J. Maus) The northeast Portland-based Community Cycling Center has won a grant for a project to help them “understand cultural and economic barriers to bicycling.” According to a statement from the CCC, the project will help them perform a needs assessment to better understand the “unique cultural … Read more
The CCC’s retail shop at NE Alberta and 17th.(Photo © J. Maus) The Bikes Belong Foundation has awarded the Northeast Portland based Community Cycling Center (CCC) a $10,000 grant. The grant has been made through Bikes Belong’s Paul David Clark Best Practices Grants program. That program — which was established in honor of avid cyclist … Read more
366 lucky kids will get to choose their favorite this weekend.(Photo © J. Maus) With a press release that exclaims, “The Portland “Snowpocalypse” can’t keep us from getting kids on bikes!”, the Community Cycling Center (CCC) has announced plans to hold a sequel to their annual Holiday Bike Drive this weekend. The event will hope … Read more
The Community Cycling Center‘s annual Holiday Bike Drive was all set for another successful day of making bike dreams come true for over 500 low-income Portland-area kids…but that was before the big storm hit. As the weather worsened on the day of the event (last Sunday), staffers decided to cut it short, leaving about 350 … Read more
There were still plenty of smiles at the Holiday Bike Drive yesterday.(Photo by Chad Berkley) As we reported yesterday, the Community Cycling Center‘s Holiday Bike Drive suffered a bit due to extreme weather conditions that kept many families away. The event is their largest of the year and volunteers had readied well over 500 bikes … Read more
[UPDATE, 10:50am: Event organizers say due to harsh weather, the event is being cut short. They will finish helping families that are already there, and anyone on the way, but doors will close shortly.] Bikes await kids at last year’s Holiday Bike Drive.(Photo © J. Maus) With an Arctic blast of snow and wind hitting … Read more
From the Holiday Bike Drive in 2006. – Slideshow below –(Photo © J. Maus) The Northeast Portland-based Community Cycling Center and their army of bike elves are all set to continue their 13-year Holiday Bike Drive tradition this weekend. The event will provide refurbished bikes, new helmets, and basic safety education (delivered with fun) to … Read more
Just got this from the Bike Gallery: Local Bike Retailer Gets Into the Spirit of Giving Portland, Oregon – November 28, 2008. This December, one local bike retailer is shifting their holiday focus to help support an important holiday tradition – the 13th annual Community Cycling Center Holiday Bike Drive. November 28, 2008, through January … Read more
The CCC, known for their work with kids, will seek to broaden their impact into underserved parts of the city.(Photo © J. Maus) The Community Cycling Center plans to launch a new project in 2009 that will seek to broaden the scope of their mission into ethnically diverse and low-income communities in North and Northeast … Read more
One of the Pacific ReCycles bikes.(Photo: Pacific University) Back in 1994, the Northeast Portland-based Community Cycling Center helped get Portland’s infamous Yellow Bikes program off the ground. The CCC donated bikes to kick-off the program and later became an official co-sponsor. The Yellow Bike program only lasted for about a year before the bikes vanished … Read more