New Belgium Brewing’s Urban Assault Ride Benefitting: Northwest Trail Alliance Packet Pick Up:*** (Saturday 5/22 11-2pm) Plan B Bar: 1305 S.E. 8th Ave VENUE: (Sunday 5/23 9am) Pioneer Court House Square 701 SW Sixth Avenue Price: $45-$60/person – registration required. Plus: a limited number of free registrations are available. More details at: http://www.urbanassaultride.com/participate Complete info … Read more
River City Bicycles & Team Rose City present: The 5th Annual Eric Kautzky Memorial Track Race Date: May 8, 2010 at Alpenrose Velodrome. (map) 9:00 AM – 10:00AM Warm-up and Registration 10:00 AM – Kiddie Kilo! Racing Begins! Canceled in the event of rain. Contact: Darell Provencher; 503-657-0568; darellp(at)easystreet(dot)net More info: http://www.obra.org/track/flyers/2010/eric_kautzky_track_race.html
The Portland Bureau of Transportation is hosting a celebration for bicycle commuters at Pioneer Courthouse Square next Tuesday, May 11. May is National Bike Month for the League of American Bicyclists. All Portlanders are invited to join the breakfast from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. at the square. Attendees will be treated to free coffee, … Read more
For a variety of reasons, activist rumblings have been surfacing recently around Portland’s bike and transportation advocacy scene. The city’s main advocacy group, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance, is without an executive director and seeking a new direction at the same time as the City’s Bicycle Plan for 2030 readies for adoption. Last month, about 40 … Read more
Enjoying a carfree Peacock Lane.(Photo by Greg Raisman) A longstanding holiday institution in Portland is taking a stroll — or, more prevalently, a slow, idling drive — down the one-block Peacock Lane to gaze at the elaborate holiday light displays that residents drape over their houses, trees, and yards. Last year for the first time, … Read more
Gabe Tiller and his coffin bike.(Photos © J. Maus) They say that Portland’s Critical Mass is dead. Now they’re saying that the days of bike fun are numbered. If that’s true, Jacque Authier intends to send it out with a bang (and maybe resuscitate it in the process). She’s announced the Halloween Procession for Poor, … Read more
Enjoy a cold HUB Bike Beer from the Hopworksfiets this Saturday. (Photo © Elly Blue) Since we broke the story of Hopworks Urban Brewing’s new bicycle pub on Tuesday night, site traffic has been through the roof. Our story about the Flaming Lips’ upcoming naked biking video shoot raised that further. Then this morning, a … Read more
Bikes and beer will be celebrated in true Portland style this weekend at Biketobeerfest, a carfree event being thrown by Hopworks Urban Brewery (HUB). The event is Saturday, September 19th, from noon to 10pm. And it’s totally free and open to the public. There’s one catch — the event is carfree. There will be plenty … Read more
[*We had the dates of the New Seasons/BTA Benefit BBQ wrong. It’s Sat-Sun (not Sun-Mon.) Sorry for any confusion.] Here are some of the events going on during the long weekend. Feel free to let us know about more of what’s going on in the comments. Friday, September 4th 4:00pm: Carfree Couve Ride Celebrate Carfree … Read more
Crowds were thick at the 2007 OHBS(Photo © J Maus) The Oregon Bicycle Constructors Association, a nonprofit group that unites and promotes the booming local handmade bicycle frame industry, has announced that they will host the 2009 Oregon Handmade Bicycle Show this October in Northwest Portland. The show will be held over Halloween weekend, Saturday … Read more
Join a historical tour withlocal history mavenShawn Granton(Photo © J. Maus) Lots of opportunities for bike fun this weekend — depave a parking lot, trade an old bike for free breakfast, help out with a bike move, learn the history of youth hostels, and more. Friday, August 28 7:00am – 9:00am: Breakfast on the Bridges … Read more
Over 50 readers showed up for ourGet Together in Multnomah Village.Can we top that in inner SE?(Photo © J. Maus) We’ve been holding our BikePortland Get Togethers since February now, as a chance to get to know the issues in far-flung parts of the city and connect our readers offline. Every month we get requests … Read more