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The Friday Profile

Friday Profile: Carfree drag queen Poison Waters

“I wouldn’t be able to spend what I spend and look the way I look if I had a monthly car payment and insurance and gas and all that crap.”

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October 21, 2022

Taylor Griggs


Friday Profile: Mateen Richey, an 18-year-old bike racer born and raised in northeast Portland

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January 29, 2021

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

10 Comments


Friday Profile: Milwaukie Mayor Mark Gamba leads with cycling and climate change

A rare regional politician who isn’t afraid of the word “bike”.

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February 8, 2019

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

52 Comments


The Friday Profile: Doug Klotz, Southeast Portland’s unlikely lightning rod

How did a hardware store clerk with a film degree become the most controversial man in Richmond?

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November 13, 2015

Michael Andersen (Contributor)

51 Comments


The Friday Profile: Boris and Melissa Kaganovich, Portland’s merry pranksters of street reinvention

The pair hope to leave Portland with an unfamiliar and powerful insight: sometimes, improvisation works.

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May 8, 2015

Michael Andersen (Contributor)

13 Comments


The Friday Profile: Steve Novick, the accidental Southwest Portlander

When Portland’s transportation commissioner arrived in town, he was almost a caricature of a newcomer to the Northwest.

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February 13, 2015

Michael Andersen (Contributor)

33 Comments


The Friday Profile: David Griffiths, Portland’s tattooed philosopher of ‘ciclovismo’

“If ‘cyclist’ is the ‘ist,’ there needs to be an ‘ism’ to go with that.'”

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January 23, 2015

Michael Andersen (Contributor)

9 Comments


The Friday Profile: Kyle Carlson, Daimler Trucks’ 52-mile-a-day iron man

This single father of three might have the most intense bike commute in Oregon.

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December 19, 2014

Michael Andersen (Contributor)

29 Comments


Holiday profile: David Lewis of Veteran Bicycle Co. is trying to invent a cheaper bike

The most audacious bike-design entrepreneur in Portland is more focused on everything except the frame.

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November 11, 2014

Michael Andersen (Contributor)

28 Comments


The Friday Profile: Jackie Dingfelder, the lawmaker who biked away

One of the best friends bicycling has ever had in Salem, Jackie Dingfelder, is now a voice for biking in Portland City Hall.

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August 1, 2014

Michael Andersen (Contributor)

10 Comments


The Friday Profile: Jim Chasse, East Portland’s quiet, conquering bike warrior

“It just makes too much sense,” Chasse, 58, said in an interview at McMenamins Mall 205. “I mean, Yeah, light rail is great. And bus service is absolutely critical. But I mean, I quit driving.”

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June 13, 2014

Michael Andersen (Contributor)

11 Comments


The Friday Profile: Rachael Pecore-Valdez, mountain-bike rookie on a wolf’s tail

For someone whose longest bike trip ever is 40 miles to Sauvie Island and back, a 1,200-mile, five-week mountain bike trek through Eastern Oregon will be, well, a leap.

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April 11, 2014

Michael Andersen (Contributor)

9 Comments


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