November 12, 2009 – 7:10 pm
This article was contributed by the Friends of Powell Butte, an organization committed to protecting and enhancing Powell Butte Nature Park in outer southeast Portland.
Do you bike, hike, or ride horses on Powell Butte?
This rainy season you will have the opportunity to participate in a pilot project to test the theory that people can have [...]
October 19, 2009 – 11:03 am
The Downtown Bike Gallery once again stole the show in the BTA’s annual Commuter Challenge. The Downtown store rode away with the prize with an astonishing 99.2% of trips to work by bike! I had a chance to talk to Joan, the Downtown store manager about how they have been able to make bike commuting [...]
October 6, 2009 – 4:40 pm
Bike Gallery owner Jay Graves recently attended the annual bike show Interbike in Las Vegas. The following is his report of the event, with a focus on Bike Advocacy.
I caught this priceless picture on the way back from my first day at Interbike. Watching two bike cops ticketing a Lamborghini on Las Vegas Boulevard during [...]
September 1, 2009 – 5:10 pm
The Bike Commute Challenge has become an annual rite of autumn in the Portland area. It’s a friendly competition developed by the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) to encourage cycling to work. The challenge runs September 1 through September 30, and is open to everyone in Oregon and SW Washington. Last year over 10,000 people in [...]
September 1, 2009 – 10:11 am
When I started cycling for sport a couple decades ago I lived on the edge of the urban growth boundary. As a novice cyclist the rural roads of Washington County inspired me to explore. Through that exploration I learned that I could go further than I thought possible, and I l discovered that some hill [...]
August 11, 2009 – 3:41 pm
David Anderson is a veteran staff member at our Division store. He is a cycling advocate both on and off the road. A long-time member of Northwest Trail Alliance (formerly PUMP), David regularly organizes work parties around Mount St Helens to repair and maintain biking/hiking trails. If you see him on the trail, make sure [...]
