I just used the AC in my car for the first time in 2010, and according to weather.com it’s not going to rain on, and thus ruin, any more June days (fingers crossed). And yet! You should know that beginning at 10 am tomorrow morning, there will be a stampede to the Nau warehouse sale, […]
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World Naked Bike Ride: A Non-Naked Person’s Opinion
While a number of pro-naked bike ride opinions were expressed in Sarah’s wrap up of the event here, in the interest of fairness, let’s hear a contrary view from someone in the “I DON’T GET IT” demographic. TO THE MERCURY: i hate people and here is why. i heard about this world naked bike ride […]
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Tweeting the World’s Largest Naked Bike Ride
Well that was a thrill. Last night, thousands of naked, semi-naked and body paint-slathered Portlanders gathered under the Hawthorne Bridge for the city’s seventh annual World Naked Bike Ride. One volunteer estimated the crowd at 13,000 but that sounds way too high to me—it felt to me like there were about as many people at […]
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PedalPalooza Pic of the Day!
Sigh… today is Day Eight of PedalPalooza‘s 17-day bike fun festival and already I’m getting nostalgic for a simpler time. A time, so long ago, when it felt like summer. In honor of those brief moments when Portland saw the sun, here’s a pic from last weekend’s Splash Dance ride, via photographer Carol Carolina. Carol […]
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PedalPalooza Pic of the Day!
It’s PedalPalooza day seven, folks! The two-week festival of bikes and bikey fun is getting to the halfway mark… so take out your bike and your camera and put your photos in the Mercury’s Flickr pool. Today, jupiterjupiter provides this hit from the Sunset Mystery Ride:
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Who Wants to Join my World Naked Porky Pig Bike Ride?
As mentioned earlier, the World Naked Bike Ride is coming this Saturday. I want to start a competing ride entitled “THE PORKY PIG RIDE” in which participants are completely naked, except for a coat and bow tie. White gloves are optional. WHO’S WITH ME??
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Nude Bicycle Riding: Overrated, Underrated or Rated?
As you professional nudists already know, Portland’s annual World Naked Bike Ride is this coming Saturday starting at SE Salmon and Water at 9 pm. Have you already groomed your nethers and Febreezed your bike seat? Or are you planning to scoff from the sidelines and then rush home to furiously masturbate? LET’S FIND OUT! […]
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Report of Insane Bike/Car Road Rage Incident (Involving Assault With Axe Body Spray) Today
A driver allegedly attacks a cyclist with a can of Axe Body Spray.
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PedalPalooza Pic of the Day!
We’re now on day five of PedalPalooza, the two-week long bike festival that takes over Portland each June, clogging the city’s streets, donut shops and taco stands with themed bike ride enthusiasts. The whole festival is basically just camera fodder, so drop your pix into the Merc’s Flickr pool. Today’s hit, from noterminal and the […]
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Employees of the Year!
Mini-Interviews with Top-Notch Bike Workers
Mini-interviews with Portland’s top-notch bike workers.
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Pedalpalooza Picks
We Pick a Good-Looking Ride for Every Insane Day of Pedalpalooza
There are over 250 Pedalpalooza rides. Here are our top picks.
