Note: I'm currently on a family trip and not working normal hours. Email and message responses will be delayed and story and posting volumes here and on our social media accounts will not be at their usual levels until I return to Portland August 12th. Thanks for your patience and understanding. - Jonathan Maus, BikePortland Publisher and Editor
Bike Clark County founder Eric Giacchino.(Photo by J. Maus/BikePortland) Bike Clark County celebrated its second anniversary with a party Friday night in Vancouver attended by bike activists and enthusiasts from all over the county. And there was also one notable attendee from Portland, author and journalist Jeff Mapes, who journeyed up by bike over the … Read more
Mapes, seen here at the ’07 National Bike Summit, spent four years working on the book.(Photos © J. Maus) Author and reporter Jeff Mapes is living the first-time authors’ dream. His book, Pedaling Revolution, is winning popular and critical acclaim, he has become a sought-after speaker, and it is selling at an unexpectedly brisk pace. … Read more
Author Jeff Mapes (R) speaking with the BTA’s Scott Bricker at the 2009 National Bike Summit.(Photos © J. Maus) Author and senior political reporter for The Oregonian, Jeff Mapes, will be at Powell’s Books tonight to talk about his new book, Pedaling Revolution. Mapes is riding a wave of excellent reviews and buzz about his … Read more