Between the lines

From the June, 2007 issue

by Mark Lansing
Ever signal a lane change and have somebody speed up to prevent you from making it, instead of backing off to let you in? Or has a motorist ever come close to hitting you on your bicycle because he or she didn’t want to cross the center line?
If so, join the crowd.
A renowned [...]

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Filed under: Racing, Road Riding, Safety, You Heard It Here First

Biking across the roof of Mexico

From the June, 2007 issue

by Peter Marsh
It’s been ten years since I faced up to the reality of turning 50, and dreamed up the idea of climbing Mount Hood from sea level! Though I had no thought at the time that this would go any further, it led to “bikes and hikes” of many of the major peaks [...]

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The hub bub about BikePortland.org

From the June, 2007 issue

by Ellee Thalheimer
If Portland is the “New York City of the bike world,” as Metal Cowboy author Joe Kurmaskie says, then BikePortland.org would essentially be the New York Times online. What Jonathan Maus originally started as a blog on oregonlive.com in 2005 has now turned into a nationally recognized news resource, political waypoint, and [...]

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Cyclists must mix with peds on the sidewalk

From the June, 2007 issue

by Ray Thomas
A safety education effort, complete with posters containing bicycles with daisies for wheels, free bells and a series of upbeat Burma Shave-like posters (“don’t be a silent passer”), was staged recently on Portland’s Hawthorne Bridge by P-DOT, the Community Cycling Center, the BTA, Shift, and Green Empowerment. Swanson, Thomas & Coon’s Margaret Weddell [...]

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Filed under: Bikes & The Law, Road Rules