Monday nights are fast and furious at PIR

From the April, 2008 issue

by Jim Anderson
Fast, fun bike racing for everyone starts up again this summer at Portland International Raceway.
Portland International Raceway (PIR) is usually filled with racecars roaring around the track. But on Monday nights this summer, hundreds of cyclists will take over PIR as Lakeside Bicycles Monday Night Races kicks off its 12th season.
“Bicycle racing [...]

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Getting paid to ride: the guided tour

From the April, 2008 issue

by Tom Baldinger
In an almost mythical era in the past, I was youthful and svelte. I was tall, skinny and fast.
I relished hill climbs, hair-raising descents, epic treks. I acquired a reputation as a glutton for punishment and for leading my peers on unexpected bushwhacking episodes. I was a young man in a mountain biking [...]

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Patagonian adventure

From the April, 2008 issue

Biking from the “End of the Road” in South America
by Peter Marsh
The Spanish word “Patagonia” seems to resound in English with a strange and mythic ring to it and I’ve longed to visit the southern end of South American for as long as I can remember. My fascination began in a geography class when I [...]

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Lessons from California

From the April, 2008 issue

by Mark Lansing
On February 18, 2008, the Powers That Be joined forces to send me to the Bay Area to cover the Tour of California.
In an eight-day stage race that has rapidly risen to become the top field annually (and perhaps ever) in the United States, top national and international stars were listed to start, [...]

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Motorist’s repeat harassment of bicyclists

From the April, 2008 issue

by Ray Thomas 
We have previously discussed, from both a legal and citizen perspective, “The Red Pick-Up Guy” of West Salem who was prosecuted for multiple criminal charges in July, 2007 by the Polk County District Attorney.  This was the fellow (reported to the Polk County Sheriff by numerous members of the Salem Bicycle Club) who [...]

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Filed under: Bikes & The Law, Road Rules, Safety, Willamette Valley