Remember this? It’s led to this: A former police officer was convicted on Thursday of lying about a confrontation with a bicyclist who was participating in a Critical Mass bike rally in Times Square in 2008 — a collision that was videotaped and became a viral presence on the Internet. The officer, Patrick Pogan, 24, […]
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I Wish Portland Were as Bikey as, uh, Hillsboro
When I interviewed the Bicycle Transportation Alliance’s new Executive Director Rob Sadowsky (a Chicagoan and reformed rollerblader) a couple weeks ago, I asked, “In what ways is Chicago doing things better than Portland for bikes?” His reply: “We have a central bicycle station, which is something that Portland lacks. It’s a facility downtown where you […]
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NYC’s Take on PDX Bikes
The premiere eviscerater of bike culture, Bike Snob NYC, made a pilgrimage to Portland last fall for an article in Outside magazine. That article is finally out and it’s pretty spot-on. Check it out: NATURALLY, IT’S RAINING when my plane lands on Halloween morning, but by the time I cross the Willamette River into downtown, […]
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Friday Yoga for Cyclists (with Help From Hammercise)
It hurts so good. I don’t know what’s going on this week, but I have got a serious crick in my back. Too much blogging? Too much biking? Seeing as I refuse to change my exercise regime consisting primarily of coffee drinking and Twittering, this crick probably isn’t going away any time soon. Luckily, at […]
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Bike to Blazers Photos!
Last night over 100 people turned out to bike to the last Trail Blazers game of the season for a special ride organized by BikePortland.org. In addition to the regular tallbike, cape-draped bikey crew, Blazers VP of business affairs Larry Miller J. Isaacs came along on the ride (see photo of him looking real awkward […]
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Caption this Photo, Win Tickets to Filmed By Bike!
Local bike-centric film fest Filmed by Bike is opening this weekend, y’all, with three shows and a big block party taking over Clinton Street Friday night. I have two tickets to the 11pm show to give away (a $20 value!) here on Blogtown. To up the stakes, know this: despite being on the jury this […]
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Pedal Nation Wrap Up
Pedal Nation bike show descended on the Convention Center this weekend, showcasing the regular crowd of Portland bike business and giving bike nerds the chance sit in on lectures from Portland’s bike literati (Mia Birk, Joe Kurmaskie) and, of course, view the latest in custom alcohol-transportation technology. Can cage from Walnut Studios Ahearne Cycles taking […]
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This is How They Do Bike Rampages in NYC
From (where else?) the New York Post: A raging cyclist fed up with aggressive Manhattan drivers took matters into his own hands yesterday, jumping on the hood of a limo that clipped him and smashing in the windshield with his fists. Bike messenger-gone-wild Perzeus Forte, 20, also ripped out the front passenger window, tore the […]
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WalMart <3s Fixed Gears
WalMart’s “fixed speed” Mongoose Cry your eyes out, fixsters. Fixed gears have gone worse than mainstream. They’ve gone to WalMart. Tipster Amanda G. sent along a Treehugger article about the recent arrival of fixies on WalMart shelves. The $149 Mongoose is not actually a fixed gear, but what WalMart calls a “fixed speed” bike… which […]
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Oh Snap! Portland Named #2 Bicycling City!
The thing Portland has most feared has come to pass. Bicycling magazine has released its ranking of top bike cities and Portland is… number two. After Minneapolis, Minnesota. THE SHAME! Now this bike map handkerchief is only good for drying my tears. Official Portland bike maps have long-touted our #1 status with a seal-of-approval on […]
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Morrison Bridge Bike Path Opens Today
Esther Harlow First ever bike breakfast on the Morrison Bridge After 12 years of process and a last, disappointing two week delay, the Morrison Bridge bike/ped path is FINALLY opening. For real, guys. And nothing like a 51 degree day with chance of thunderstorms to celebrate a path that should make biking to work safer […]
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Handsome Jack and the Police Evidence Room
One adventure that did not make it into this week’s story about the Recyclery: checking out the hundreds of lost, stolen and confiscated bikes in the Portland police’s property and evidence warehouse. The police warehouse is at the end of a long driveway that snakes through a construction site in industrial Northwest. Photographer Minh Tran […]