Category Archives: Bicycle

byCycle Online Trip Planner

May 27, '06 – 12:34 pm

I’ve often thought, “Wouldn’t it be great if there was a MapQuest for bike routes?” Turns out there is! I came across this link to the byCycle Trip Planner on the Sellwood Cycle Repair website. The Planner is still very much under development, but I have great hopes for this tool. As of now, it [...]

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World Naked Bike Ride

May 21, '05 – 2:04 am

Digging around through Shift’s calendar of events, it looks like June is a big month for cycling in Portland. Pedalpalooza 2005 promises to be chock-a-block full of bike events, including our local contribution to the World Naked Bike Ride on June 11th. Mark your calendars.

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Breakfast on the Bridges

May 21, '05 – 1:39 am

Uncool: my car wouldn’t start this morning — don’t know why yet — so I biked to work in the rain, sans rain gear.
Very Cool: at the westbound mid-point of the Broadway Bridge, I encountered a crew of folks serving up free coffee and pastries to cyclists. Breakfast on the Bridges only happens the [...]

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Blue Cranes

Apr 20, '05 – 5:47 am

Biked down to the Mississippi Pizza Pub (1.3 mi) for a late dinner tonight, where we discovered the very pleasant Blue Cranes playing the last four or five numbers of what must’ve been a fairly long set. They’re a laid-back and pleasantly-riffing bass, drum & sax trio that I wouldn’t mind hearing more of. [...]

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42.3 Miles

Mar 16, '05 – 7:03 am

There wasn’t much biking this winter… other than commuting to work on occasion, and a few round-trips to the grocery store, I fear I availed myself of it far less than I ought to have. I couldn’t say when the last ride of 2004 took place, but a lack of rain gear, will, and [...]

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The Cyclometer Starts Now

Sep 21, '04 – 4:03 am

Well, it started yesterday in fact. Yes, I installed a cyclometer on my bike yesterday. Not because I’m training or anything, but really because I kept wondering how far it was, how long it took, how fast I went, etc. from point A to point B (never got around to mentioning that I [...]

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