Costume booth! Bike parade! Giant Mercury cover with your face on it! All on the Waterfront tomorrow for the Tour de Fat. via BikePortland New Belgium brewing hosts its annual ridiculous bike parade, jousting party and beer drinking fest tomorrow on the Waterfront. Your friends at the Mercury are handing out free costume materials (think […]
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Police Account of Road Rage: “No Indication that Bicyclist Was Dragged.”
**Post updated 8/14 at 7:28PM – New info from police at bottom** The limited info Portland Police spokeswoman Mary Wheat was able to provide about Thursday’s alarming road rage incident along East Burnside raises some major questions as to what actually happened. Wheat spoke with Officer Neal Glaske, who responded to calls from the scene […]
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Car Drags Cyclist 150 Feet Along Burnside – Bicyclist Suffering from Serious Burns
The Oregonian reported yesterday afternoon on an alarming road rage incident in SE Portland: According to the report, 31-year-old Kevin Stevenson and his girlfriend Kate Darnall were riding east on East Burnside near Sandy at 1AM Wednesday night when a car passed closely by them. Stevenson yelled and the car and it backed up. KPTV […]
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It’s Like the Olympics of Fixed Gears.
Remember that time at Multnomah County Bike Fair when we hosted a contest to chuck water balloons at track standers and then a guy with his arm in a freakin’ sling wanted to play and it felt a little shameful at first, assaulting the helpless guy with water balloons, but then he KICKED EVERYONE’S ASS […]
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David Byrne + Portland + Bicycles
Bike Portland has the scoop on an upcoming event from Mr. Big Suit himself, David Byrne. Not long after he melted our hearts at the Schnitzer, Byrne rolls into Portland to promote his new book, Bicycle Diaries. Teaming with Powell’s, the September 30th event is entitled “Where We’re Going and Where We’ve Been – Bicycles, […]
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Yikes Bikes! City Ponders Plan for 660 Shared Bikes
A bike sharing program is one of those interesting ideas that rears its eco-green-sustainable head frequently in Portland. Imagine if there were hundreds of bikes locked downtown that office dwellers, students and tourists could check out and ride a few miles for a few dollars. It could be a way to get new people on […]
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MAX Stunt Collides with Cycling Community
“Should cyclists pay a road tax?” This question, printed boldly on a full MAX wraparound ad, has drawn the ire of some cyclists over the last week. Oddly enough, the question focuses on a misconception that we debunked in the bike issue. Webtrends’ attention grab. Clearly not working at all. Comments on the issue—which ranged […]
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Be on the Mercury Cover Tomorrow!
Two weeks of crazy PedalPalooza bike fun is winding up tomorrow with its annual kick-out party Multnomah County Bike Fair in Colonel Summers Park. Expect mini bike tricks and shirtless persons and beverage consumption and people riding tall bike while wearing top hats but ALSO look forward to posing in this awesome thing you stick […]
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Tiny Bikes Gain Necessary Self- Esteem
Thanks and a tip o’ the helmet to everyone who attended my Pedalpalooza “Lowrider and Mini-Bike Ride” on Saturday! It was wicked fun, and there were plenty of hot-ass bikes. After meeting in the parking lot across from Vendetta (on N. Williams and Skidmore), we took turns on each others wheels and showed off our […]
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Your Weekend Should Be So Good
I’m stopping briefly during a heavy day of interviews to hit you with some weekend event ideas. Solstice Beer Bash at the Raccoon Lodge Sat., 3 – 9 pm, 7424 SW Beaverton Hillsdale: No, honestly, they will be bashing beer. Or at least bashing a bung into a barrel of Cascade Brewing’s Summer Solstice IPA. […]
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Calling All Lowriders and Small Bikes!
Are you the proud owner of a lowrider bicycle, BMX, or mini bike? (Or practically any small bicycle, down to a trike?) Then by all means please join me, Wm. Steven Humphrey, as I lead a Lowrider/Mini bike Pedalpalooza Ride tomorrow (Saturday, June 20)!The fun will start at in the parking lot across from Vendetta […]
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PedalPalooza Pix of the Day!
To match our PedalPalooza Picks of the Week! Most of these are snagged from the Portland Mercury Flickr Pool – submit your photos there for your chance at instant blog fame! Sam Adams: PediCabber! by Kenneth Aaron Unicycle bastards lane! via ZehnKatzen Hey there Bikesnob! by Brujo Puppy Control! by Greg