Saturday morning at 8:30 AM found me slogging my way up NW Thurman, cursing the chilly air, cursing the hill, and cursing the NW Trail Alliance‘s decision to hold its “Share the Park” rally at an hour when I would usually still be toasty in bed. I was skeptical many other people would make the […]
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Couch Street is Now “Right Hook Zone”
After the grand opening of the new NE Couch St last week, I spotted on Saturday morning that someone had laid down this cheeky stencil:
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People Are Jerks, Part 1/17,000
I left my bike locked at the Hollywood Transit Center for four days and what happens to it? Somebody slashed my tire! Who slashes a bike tire? ANSWER: A JERK.
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Which Election Candidates Suppport Bikes?
scrappers Ballots for the November election don’t mail until this weekend and our endorsements don’t come out for another week, but the Bicycle Transportation Alliance has pulled together a handy survey of political candidates’ stance on bike/ped issues. The whole questionnaire and responses from candidates in all state races is online here. Some highlights: John […]
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Today in Really Fucking Unsafe Things To Do on a Bicycle!
People. I’m all for multitasking. But really? This has gotta stop! Come on you little shit, we’re late for trivia! This isn’t the actual picture of the person I saw riding their bike while walking their dog this morning, but I needed to show an image so everyone could see, and hopefully agree, that this […]
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Mother Fights Battle for Cyclist Charged in Road-Rage Fight
Remember that road-rage incident last week involving a bicyclist who police say spit at a van that got a little too close for comfort over on NE 20th and Irving, and then got into a scuffle with the van’s occupants? Apparently the mother of the bicyclist, Glen Glans, 34, wrote a letter into the O […]
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Even Supermodels Ride Bicycles
Question: Why does this NYTimes style article about “bicycle chic” make me want to barf? Is it: A) The increase of women on bikes finally picks up, but it’s only fit to print couched in the angle of rich, sexy women riding bikes.B) The ladies sound like annoying, entitled riders, one merrily laughing off people […]
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City Says No New Bike Trails in Forest Park
The city’s verdict is in for bikes in Forest Park: There will be no new trails for bikes amid the 5,000 acres. BT Livermore That’s a surprise, given that for over a year, a group of citizens including NW Trails Alliance members have been working on a committee whose original task was to recommend how […]
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I Am Excited About this Poster Show.
ARTCRANK bills itself as “a poster party for bike people” which, personally, I think sounds intimidating, like everyone will be checking out each others’ Rapha and if you don’t roll up on a custom handbuilt ride then go back to school. I want to alleviate your scorn and let you know that it’s a pretty […]
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How Do You Find a Hit and Run Driver?
We know a couple things about the guy who hit two cyclists back-to-back Tuesday morning near the Rose Quarter: He was driving a silver WRX Subaru, he had a temporary plate in his window but no rear plate, and his car had a Monster energy drink sticker on it. We don’t know his license plate […]
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Thanks for Not Killing Me, Couch Street.
Welcome, safety. Now the thrill is gone. Well, NE Couch Street. It’s been a good run. You’ve put up a fighting chance, you really have. After the city spent $17.8 million to reshape you and East Burnside, I would ride down you every day and, most days, you trickster you, I would almost get hit […]
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Driver Hits Two Cyclists Today in Lloyd, One Sent to Hospital
Police are searching for the driver of a silver Subaru WRX that struck two people on bikes this morning in back-to-back hit and runs in the Lloyd Center. Jasper Lieber: Struck by a crazed Subaru, but he’s okay! Jasper Lieber, 47, was the first cyclist hit. He was riding his cargo bike along NE Lloyd […]