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Spotted in PDX

by PAgent

Look what I found chained up in downtown — it’s the Tripod, a three-wheeled velomobile made by Columbia Cycle Works, LLC. And it’s a mighty pretty thing, in my humble opinion.
If you want to go truly green with your commute, you should walk or ride a bike. Unfortunately, for a lot of the year that [...]

“I Thought Of That While Riding My Bike”*

by Gil Johnson

The past week’s glorious weather has permitted me to actually look up and around as I’ve pedaled my bike throughout town. The veil of drizzle was lifted and the sun illuminated some things I hadn’t been paying attention to. Such as:
Yard signs. This may be too much to ask in a town where one still [...]

02.22.2010 See the rest → 2 comments

Portland Pedal Power

by PAgent

I’m becoming downright fond of the new Green Line. By hopping on a MAX at lunchtime, I can visit entirely new food carts, carts previously unattainable given the state of my ancient and creaking knees and the temporal limits of my lunch hour.
I was on such a mission today, visiting the carts at SW 3rd [...]

10.13.2009 See the rest → 2 comments

Father’s Day on a bike – Sunday Parkways

by Dieselboi

Summer = Bikes. Well, not necessarily in Portland when you can also find streams of bicycles cruising down the street on the worst day of the year. But summer does bring out the bikes for those non-commuters or regular year- round bikers. Sunday is yet another chance for Portlanders to get out on their bikes [...]

06.19.2009 See the rest →

Cyclists: The Next Generation

by Betsy Richter

I’m a lover, not a fighter. And I’d rather make peace than foster war. This includes the never-ending battle of cyclists vs. drivers (especially as it’s depicted in stereotypical ‘us vs. them’ fashion by The Increasingly-Smaller Daily.)
My kid has been behind the curve when it comes to riding a [...]

08.04.2008 See the rest → 2 comments

OK, OK – I get it

by Betsy Richter

Portland is absolutely, positively, without a doubt a mecca for bicycle transportation. I wholly and completely support this.
I also believe that bikes and cars can co-exist – it’s why I signed my young daughter up for bicycle safety camp at the Community Cycling Center later this month.
But (and I say [...]

07.07.2008 See the rest → 3 comments