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Conversation Continues on North Williams Revamp

Sarah Shay MirkJuly 28, 2011 3:08 pmJuly 12, 2022 7:42 pm

Amanda Smith Tight squeeze: Cyclists, cars, and new development vie for space on Williams Where last we left off in the Mercury news section, the city’s plan to rework North Williams to make it safer for cyclists and pedestrians had been delayed, allowing more time for public input on changing the street that now sees […]

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“Aww Hell No!”: Notes from Travels with a Folding Bike

Sarah Shay MirkJuly 18, 2011 1:29 pmJuly 12, 2022 8:35 pm

Jesus Christ, I feel like I’ve been out of town forever! Today is my first day back at my desk and in the Internet world after traveling for two weeks around the East Coast. I reunited with some long lost family in the backwoods of Appalachia, drank whiskey with picklebacks in New York, and talked […]

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Discomfort Zone: In Which I Endure Monday Night Bicycle Racing at PIR

Erik HenriksenJuly 12, 2011 1:29 pmJuly 12, 2022 8:35 pm

Well, here we are: The first post-mortem in Blogtown’s new series, Discomfort Zone, in which Blogtown’s sadistic readers send one of the Mercury‘s esteemed editors to do something profoundly uncomfortable! You guys voted to send me to Monday Night Bicycle Racing at the Portland International Raceway, so last night, that’s what I did. And now […]

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Pit Bull + Bicyclists – Pack of Marlboros = True Tale of Harrowing Crime

Denis C. TheriaultJuly 11, 2011 10:44 amJuly 12, 2022 4:11 pm

There’s not much more to add to the Portland Police Bureau’s release about a weird theft report Sunday, other than this is the first time I’ve heard of someone using a dog specifically as an assault weapon—as opposed to just reacting apologetically when their dog (any kind, not just pit bulls, which, yes, can be […]

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1,300 Words About a Bike Cop’s Penis (And the Number of Erections He Has at Night, and Why Maybe You Should Get a New Bike Seat)

Eli SandersJune 29, 2011 10:58 amJuly 12, 2022 4:12 pm

Since it’s hard to know where to start in this thing, let’s just begin with how many more erections the New York Times says Seattle Police Officer Robert Brown has been getting at night ever since he switched his bike seat to a “no-nose saddle.” (From The Times: “During his sleep, when [Officer Brown] wore […]

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We Will Now Commence Building Highways for Bikes

Sarah Shay MirkJune 22, 2011 3:14 pmJuly 12, 2022 7:41 pm

Bike routes across America! Exciting news confirming that, indeed, biking is for red-blooded Real Americans! Obama’s Republican Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced last week that the government will restart a 1980s plan to build major bike routes across the whole country. Check out the whole route map here. As GOOD notes, the first two stretches […]

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World Naked Bike Ride: How Was it for You?

Sarah Shay MirkJune 20, 2011 1:35 pmJuly 12, 2022 8:35 pm

Jim Clark Naked Vader. Via ByronBeck.com The cold and rain on Saturday didn’t dissuade thousands of people from taking off their clothes for Portland’s largest free bike ride: the World Naked Bike Ride poured through Portland’s streets with an estimated 8,000 semi-nude and totally naked people (well, that’s the rough number, anyway. It’s kind of […]

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World Naked Bike Ride? You Have a Friend in the Police.

Wm. Steven HumphreyJune 17, 2011 3:59 pmJuly 12, 2022 8:35 pm

A reminder press release from the Portland Police Bureau regarding tomorrow night’s World Naked Bike Ride. The World Naked Bike Ride is set to roll through the streets of Portland this Saturday, June 18, 2011, at 10:00 p.m. Riders will gather at 9:00 p.m. at Southeast Water Avenue and Salmon Street. Event organizers estimated the […]

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We Have 237 Bike Rides Readable on Your Phone. Yes We Do!

Sarah Shay MirkJune 9, 2011 12:46 pmJuly 12, 2022 7:41 pm

Nicolle Clemetson WooooOOOOOoooo!!! Hot dog! It’s the first day of the two-week long free bike festival PedalPalooza, in which anyone can sign up to lead a themed bike ride. All the rides are listed online and in the print calendar in our paper this week, but both of those options are rather cumbersome if you’re […]