Bike Stuff

Highest Paved road in europe

2006-09-12 03:53:06.183741+00:00

Col de la Bonnette -- A great cycling route in South French Alps

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Bicycle Bistro

2006-10-10 10:38:31.292667+00:00

Tour de Fat Bike Carnival - 8/19/2006

2006-08-18 10:24:09.887824+00:00

This looks like a bunch of fun, that we'll be missing :( Grab your bike and slip into your alter-ego because New Belgium's philanthropic cycling circus Tour de Fat is hitting the road for its sixth season! Costumes and decorated bikes reign supreme as the participants come for a casual ride, good music and entertainment, then stay, of course, for the beer. Amid the hoopla, Tour de Fat also raises money for local charities. Admission to the Tour de Fat is free. All profits from beer sales go to local non profit organizations. Here is a video from last year's festivities:

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Struggle over the bumps

2006-08-18 11:00:22.492551+00:00

A battle that keeps brewing: A Bridge to Scar: Bumps on Williamsburg Bridge Biking and Walking Path Cause One in Four People to Crash & Must Be Removed update: http://www.transalt.org/press/media/2006/279.html

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9/19/06 8pm :: Bike Powered Film Caravan

2006-09-16 15:27:16.718121+00:00

ALL NIGHT LONG / FILM CARAVAN THE PORTLAND THAT WAS, OUTDOOR EVENT All Night Long is a free, outdoor film show in which the audience travels from site to site to see eight short films in eight related historic sites in downtown Portland. Artist Mack McFarland and film archivist Dennis Nyback will lead the caravan which will go from the South Park Blocks to The Pearl. Audience members traveling on foot, by bike, or on skateboard will see a line up of films which includes classic Hollywood animation featuring the voice of Portlander Mel Blanc, an educational film which features Mayor Terry Shrunk and City Commissioner Neil Goldschmidt being dressed down by Portlanders upset by development in Goose Hollow, a 1940 Republican Party campaign film encouraging voters to choose the Wilkie/McNary ticket, and more. All presented in glorious 16mm on film, not video! All of the projection equipment and films will be transported by bicycle, facilitated by SHIFT www.shift2bikes.org Event: All Night Long Caravan Description: Outdoor site specific screenings of eight short films featured in THE PORTLAND THAT WAS (www.portlandwas.com) Date: Saturday September 16 Time: Dusk (about 8:00 PM) Location: Begins outside Lincoln Hall, 1620 SW Park Cost: Free We can screen this program for the press. Please contact Portland Was at portlandwas@gmail.com to request a screening.

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Mystery Movie Bike Ride

2007-07-19 14:18:16.179028+00:00

Last Friday of each month (summer i assume) meet at the west side of the Steel Bridge around dusk. Ride to an undisclosed location to watch movies under the stars. Bring blankets, snacks, bevvies, and your bike.

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Cyclist victim of hit and run, needs witnesses

2006-11-13 22:41:27.01236+00:00

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Washington DC fixes their fixed gear law

2006-11-22 13:01:20.573672+00:00

Dabby, (a veteran Portland messenger and regular commenter) just sent me an interesting bit of news. The Washington Area Bicyclists Association, an advocacy group in DC, has worked with the Washington DC Department of Transportation to amend their law to explicitly allow fixed gear bicycles to be used without separate hand brakes. Here is the [...]

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What we?re up against

2006-11-22 13:04:20.704891+00:00

[Movie still from 1954 GMpropaganda film. (Click to watch)] America’s pervasive car culture is a major barrier to making bicycles a respected mode of transportation. Many of the decision makers, planners, and traffic engineers in cities throughout the country were brought up to think that driving everywhere in a private car was an essential [...]

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CCC plans to take over Get Lit program

2006-11-22 13:06:55.448984+00:00

[Get Lit display at the 2005 BikeCraft.] The Community Cycling Center (CCC) plans to take over the popular Get Lit program, run by citizen activist Jeff Bernards since 2003. The plan is “still in the works” according to the CCC’s Alison Hill, who also says, “We’re excited about the opportunity to continue Get Lit. It’s a great [...]

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Rev Phil Trial

2006-12-12 00:20:57.45976+00:00

This Wednesday, a colorful and well-known character in Portland’s bike scene, will find himself in court facing 2.5 years in jail. Reverend Phil Sano is on trial for an incident that happened during the World Naked Bike Ride on June 10, 2006. Based on eyewitness statements, and reports published in the Portland Tribune and the Oregonian, here’s a brief summary of what transpired.

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New Town built with diminutive role for cars

2007-01-05 11:35:53.312455+00:00

just read about Vauban, Germany (near Freiburg) on the bikeportland blog, what an inspiration. Jonathan quotes the following from the Christian Science Monitor: “Vauban has put into practice many ideas that were once dismissed as eco-fantasy but which are now moving to the center of public policy.” “As a result, the car-ownership rate in Vauban is only 150 per 1,000 inhabitants, compared with 430 per 1,000 inhabitants in Freiburg proper. In contrast, the US average is 640 household vehicles per 1,000 residents.”

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Ghost bike - Nick Bucher

2007-02-07 02:50:43.937683+00:00

Nick Bucher was 24. He was killed on Friday, Feb 2nd when he collided with a motorist at SE 26th and Stark. info from bikeportland's flickr page

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Portland Chosen for World Car-Free Day

2007-02-26 16:27:27.128003+00:00

The city of Portland has been chosen to host the 2008 Towards Carfree Cities conference. The conference is a project of the World Carfree Network and it aims to “bring together people who are promoting practical alternatives to car dependence.” Portland will be the first U.S. city to ever hold the conference. Past conferences have been held in Lyon, Timisoara (Romania), Prague, Berlin, Budapest and Bogota. The 2007 conference will be held in Istanbul, Turkey.

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Secret Mountain Laboratory - (bike)

2007-03-30 09:27:25.704205+00:00

An old cruiser fully wrapped in armadillo metal, plus a doggie sidecar! Super cool!

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Kinetic Sculpture Parade in Port Townsend, WA

2007-03-27 19:49:11.2339+00:00

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Bike In Films :: Thursdays this Summer

2006-08-18 10:33:48.50316+00:00

$2 admission. Beer sales go to Arts Alive. 8/24 Big Fish 8/31 A Mightywind 9/7 Bottle Rocket 9/14 Fargo 9/21 Anchorman

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Space Bike RV Guy

2007-10-02 22:45:15.298551+00:00