Kenneth Tester(Photo: Mult. Co. Sheriff) Members of a local cycling team were pepper sprayed by a man in the parking lot of a store on Sauvie Island this afternoon. The incident was reported on the Oregon Bicycle Racing Association email list by David Root, road team director for the Therapeutic Associates Cycling team. Root says … Read more
Part of the farm-bike-boat delivery team at last year’s Village Building Convergence on the dock at OMSI. (Photos courtesy of CultureChange.org) Jan Lundberg moved to Portland a year ago because it seemed like the best place to pursue his intersecting passions for food security, peak oil, bicycles, and sailing. These passions will be coming to … Read more
Don Kruger, owner of Kruger’s Farm Stand on Sauvie Island.(Photos © J. Maus) Farmer Don Kruger, owner of Kruger’s Farm Market on Sauvie Island, says he’s “hanging tough” after the recent Multnomah County decision on his farm stand permit. During a standard permit update process that was triggered by a complaint from one of Kruger’s … Read more
“Staff finds that the bike races are inconsistent with the code criteria and are not an activity that promotes the sale of farm crops.”— Multnomah County Multnomah County’s land use planning department has reached a decision in the permit application for Kruger’s Farm. As we reported back in June, the farm stand has hosted numerous … Read more
Kruger’s Farm Market faces a permit upgrade that could mean no more bike races.(Photos © J. Maus) In recent years, Kruger’s Farm on Sauvie Island has hosted many popular cyclocross and mountain bike events. The events have drawn thousands of Portlanders and their families who take part in the fun and soak up the welcoming … Read more
Bikes won’t have to share the lane with cars on new Sauvie Island bridge.(File photo ©) With all the recent talk about the Sellwood and Columbia River bridge projects, I haven’t heard a peep about the Sauvie Island bridge. Last time I looked (this weekend), construction on the new bridge is moving right along. According … Read more
[Updated 10/10, 3:47pm] Check out the design of this year’s corn “maize” at The Pumpkin Patch on Sauvie Island…
Good, dirty fun.(Photo courtesy Portland Racing) All signs point to a huge cyclocross season this year. Cross bikes are flying off the shelves of local shops, the first Alpenrose Cyclocross Clinic had a record 149 participants, and Saturday’s inaugural Kruger’s Kermesse race — the first chance to race cyclocross bikes this season — had over … Read more
Portland Racing — the folks behind the MTB Short Track series — have teamed up with Team Veloshop and Kruger’s Farm on Sauvie Island (just 10 miles north of Portland) to bring us Kruger’s Crossing on Sunday, December 3rd.
[This report was written by BikePortland.org correspondent and “Transportation Diplomat,” Aaron Tarfman.] [St. Johns BridgePhoto: Aaron Tarfman] Today we headed out for a berry picking ride to Sauvie Island. While some folks would take heed of the 80% chance of rain and decline a trip on Hwy 30, we didn’t let a few dark clouds … Read more
[Peaceful Island road] Sauvie Island is a cycling paradise that sits just a few miles North of downtown Portland. Back in my training days I discovered that including out-and-backs, there are close to 80 miles of flat, scenic roads to ride on. Perfect riding conditions, except for one thing…hostile treatment from motorists. Road rage, taunts, … Read more