by Karl Benedek
The other day, someone asked me about the “target” audience for Oregon Cycling. Hardcore cyclists? I thought about it for half a second and then thought, “of course not! Oregon Cycling is the voice of the everyday cyclist!” That is what I have strived for in editing Oregon Cycling since 2002. Sure, some [...]
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Filed under: News, Opinion, Personal Stories
by Jan VanderTuin
In 1992 the Center for Appropriate Transport (CAT) purchased Oregon Cycling. Time sure flies—and cycles. Thanks to you—the readers. Thanks to our contributors who worked for so little. Thanks to our advertisers, especially those who supported us as they weathered the ups and downs of business. Thanks to our distributors.
Thanks to Jason Moore, [...]
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Filed under: News, Personal Stories
by Tom Baldinger
I have worked as the ad rep and occasional writer for Oregon Cycling Magazine since 2005. It has been a long road these last few years and I learned an immeasurable amount. Although my articles sometimes would not make it to print because of space issues, I have loved the opportunity to write [...]
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Filed under: News, Opinion, Personal Stories
by Karl Benedek
James Winkelman knows that multi-use paths are not necessarily a utopian alternative to the toxic gridlock of the auto-centric road system. In fact, he knows from experience that user conflicts are common on these important transportation and recreation corridors. Perhaps it’s because for all the good they represent, multi-use paths could be considered [...]
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Filed under: Interviews, Personal Stories, Safety, Willamette Valley
by Ray Thomas
Would Oregon benefit from a law, similar to the one in Idaho, allowing bicyclists to slow down, yield to traffic and then travel through stop signs without coming to a complete stop or to stop, yield and then travel (when safe) through red lights? Many if not most cyclists tend to behave this [...]
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Filed under: Advocacy, Bikes & The Law, Personal Stories, Road Riding, Road Rules, Safety, Travel
by Jim Colbert
My daughter is about to have her first baby, a girl, in January, 2009, so I took this opportunity to ride from Eugene to visit her in the hills north of Pomeroy, Washington.
I started out on a Sunday taking the LTD bus to the Forest Service McKenzie Bridge District Office. Having turned 65, [...]
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Filed under: Eastern Oregon, Personal Stories, Ride Reports, Road Riding, Travel
Unmassing and unpacking in Bike World
by Mark Lansing
Pretend they can’t see you. Best bicycle safety advice I ever got. Play the cards you’re dealt. Best advice ever about coping with injuries after a serious accident. Top tip about meddling in other people’s business (courtesy of Voltaire): tend your own garden.
My list goes on. But the [...]
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Filed under: Opinion, Personal Stories, Portland Area, You Heard It Here First
by Jat Hamachek, age 14
My name is Jat and I go to school at the Center for Appropriate Transport, also known as CAT. Recently I built up my first bike using some of the skills I learned in my Bike Lab class. I had a good time doing it, but it wasn’t all fun and [...]
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Filed under: BMX, Personal Stories, Youth Articles
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 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
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