Meet Joe Brown, the biking leather goods salesman with an adventure streak
Business from a bike trailer suits this carfree entrepreneur.
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Business from a bike trailer suits this carfree entrepreneur.
Where they’ll stop, nobody knows.
Great news for anyone planning an adventure in this spectacular part of our state.
Once great routes are built, the benefits are too big to measure.
Milo McIver State Park and Champoeg State Heritage Area are both upgrading their bike amenities.
ODOT failed to extend a new layer of pavement into the bicycle riding area of a long stretch of Highway 101.(Photo: Jeff Smith) A recent repaving job by the Oregon Department of Transportation on the popular Oregon Coast Bike Route on Highway 101 between Yachats and Florence has raised eyebrows among veteran bike tourers, transportation … Read more
Now that’s a headline we don’t get to write every day.
Event Name: The Amgen People’s Coast Classic to benefit the Arthritis Foundation Event Start Date: 11 Sept, 2011 Start Time: AM Web Site: http://www.thepeoplescoastclassic.org/ Event Description: The Amgen People’s Coast Classic is a multi-day charity event benefiting the Arthritis Foundation’s mission to improve lives through prevention, control and cure of arthritis. Choose from: Six-Day Classic: … Read more
Detail of new route. Start planning now! Adventure Cycling, a 44,000 member non profit that promotes bike touring, has announced their latest route and it goes right through some of Oregon’s best riding areas. The 2,392 mile Sierra Cascades Bicycle Route runs from Sumas, Washington to Tecate, California. According to the just-published information on their … Read more
Collin Roughton got some training miles in during this year’s Cycle Oregon.(Photo © J. Maus) Portland residents Ashley Mitchell and Collin Roughton are making last minute preparations for a 5,080 mile, cross-country bike ride to raise money for two local non-profits. Ashley, 26, and Collin, 25, work together at the Community Cycling Center (Ashley is … Read more
[Publisher’s note: This article is by first-time BikePortland contributor Lucy Burningham, a local freelance writer and familiar face at bike events. Burningham writes here about the new book release of her fellow Lonely Planet travel guide author Ellee Thalheimer — who you may recognize from her past contributions to BikePortland.] Ellee Thalheimer doing important research … Read more
[This ride was part of Pedalpalooza. See more of our Pedalpalooza coverage here.] Dedicated Gorge riders were rewarded with this spectacular scenery.(Photos by Dan Liu)
Comment of the Week: Gratitude for N/NE Broadway project