Oregon Cycling Magazine

Teleportland me

From the October, 2008 issue

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

New safety campaign sheds light on visibility

From the October, 2008 issue

As part of the Eye to Eye traffic safety campaign, the Portland Police Bureau’s Traffic Division and the Bicycle Transportation Alliance have formed a partnership to educate new cyclists regarding good visibility practices and bike light laws.
The BTA kicked off the project on Friday, September 26, at the “Seven Corners” intersection of SE Division, SE [...]

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Filed under: Advocacy, News, Photos, Portland Area, Road Rules, Safety

Clown around at Cirque du Cycling

From the May, 2008 issue

Circus street fair in Portland celebrates vibrant bike culture
The circus is coming to Mississippi Avenue! The Mississippi community is coming together to put on the best circus street fair in town on Saturday, June 14. Get ready for clowns, jugglers, unicycle jousting, sculptural bikes, freakishly tall bikes and other two-wheeled creations beyond your wildest dreams. [...]

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Filed under: Art, Event Rides, Portland Area, Racing

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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Filed under: Portland Area, Racing

Scandalized saddles

From the July, 2007 issue

Portland’s World Naked Bike Ride
by Ellee Thalheimer
At a party, just seconds after shmoozing with my grandmother’s very proper friends, I found myself murmuring in the corner with my friend Collin as he tried to sell me on the World Naked Bike Ride. When I asked him in hushed tones about male-oriented technical details, he offered [...]

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Filed under: Portland Area, Ride Reports

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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Filed under: Interviews, Portland Area

A visit with Joseph Ahearne

From the May, 2007 issue

by Nolan Chase, age 16
When we were in Portland for Filmed by Bike this spring, we had the opportunity to visit with framebuilder Joseph Ahearne, of Ahearne Cycles, in his Portland workshop. It’s a small shop, which he shares with a man who converts cars to biodiesel, and it’s where he builds his bicycles. Ahearne [...]

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Filed under: Framebuilding, Portland Area, Youth Articles

Filmed by Bike is back in town

From the April, 2007 issue

by Forrest Purkerson, age 16 and Sean Mulroy, age 17
Bicycle scenes from around the world will overtake the silver screen at Clinton Street Theater for three full days of Filmed by Bike, a festival of bike-themed movie shorts. Over 50 international movies were submitted, but only 19 made the final cut. The festival, now [...]

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Road scholars

From the April, 2007 issue

Portland’s new Share the Road class takes the sting out of tickets
by Mike Morrison
A new and innovative “Share the Road Safety Class” designed to educate traffic violators on how to safely share the road with bicyclists, pedestrians and motorists was launched in Portland on March 14. The goal of the class is to increase public [...]

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Filed under: Portland Area, Safety

Alpenrose Velodrome Challenge 2006

From the August, 2006 issue

by Dave Campbell
Now in its eighth year, North America’s richest track race—the Alpenrose Velodrome Challenge—saw exciting competition amongst world-class riders with a strong Portland-area contingent competitive in every event. Riders from both near and far love riding the unique 268-meter cigar-shaped concrete track whose banks peak at a nerve-rattling 43 degrees. With over $12,000 on [...]