by Briana Orr
Fifteen years ago, a handful of green-and-yellow painted loaner bikes dotted University of Oregon’s landscape. “The concept was altruistic but lacked funding, dedicated staff and a realistic plan,” said Dan Geiger, Director of UO’s Outdoor Program (OP). Now the OP has the space, funding, staff, and support needed create a lasting bike [...]
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Filed under: Advocacy, News, Willamette Valley
by Karl Benedek
United Bicycle Institute and the Oregon Bicycle Constructors Association present the first ever Southern Oregon Custom Bicycle Show, Saturday, September 13 from 9am to 4pm on the grounds of United Bicycle Institute, 401 Williamson Way, Ashland, Oregon.
The day headlines with a show of classy, creative custom bikes from Oregon, Washington and California frame [...]
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Filed under: Art, Framebuilding, News, Southern Oregon, Travel
by Mark Lansing
Author’s note: This article was written before a well-publicized confrontation in Portland, where a motorist criticized a cyclist for running a stop light, and the cyclist responded by smashing the car with his bike. Needless to say, YHIHF would never endorse cyclists’ violence against anyone. While we stand by our comments at the [...]
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Filed under: Advice, Opinion, Personal Stories, Road Rules, Safety
by Karl Benedek
The third annual Ride the Rogue (RTR) is turning into the biggest southern Oregon cycling event in history. This year’s RTR will take place Saturday, September 20, 2008 , starting at 7 AM from Palmerton Park in Rogue River. The biking route options include full, metric, and quarter century rides. There is also [...]
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Filed under: Event Rides, Photos, Road Riding, Southern Oregon, Travel
by Dave Campbell, photos by Tony Halford
The steeply-banked, 268-meter Portland track played host to some of the world’s best track racers at the Alpenrose Velodrome Challenge. Held July 18-20th under beautiful weather in Portland’s Southwest hills, the event offered up $13,000 in cash prizes to the brave lycra-clad warriors who came from five nations and [...]
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Filed under: Personal Stories, Ride Reports, Road Riding, Road Rules
A Cyclist’s Account of The Citizen Initiated Violation Proceedings (ORS 153.058)
by Ray Thomas and Brion Barnett
For a while now, we have been working to promote and assist cyclists and pedestrians in filing citizen intitiated prosecutions against drivers who violate motor vehicle laws and injure or endanger non-motorized users. Citing dangerous motorists, even when there is [...]
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Filed under: Advice, Bikes & The Law, Road Riding, Road Rules, Safety
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