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Category Archives: Travel

Have MTB, will travel… destino Brasil.

November 12, 2008 – 6:30 pm

Fall is that time of the year when Portland-area cyclists are coping with the changing weather pattern (read: rain, rain, and yet more rain) in multiple ways: the most dapper ones among us just slap on their rain gear and pedal on with true grit. Others enter into a form of “bike hibernation”, limiting their [...]

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More inspiring cycling impressions from Copenhagen.

October 16, 2008 – 3:23 pm

This post is the last of a series of travel journal entries, sent to us by Bike Gallery owner and CEO Jay Graves, who visited Amsterdam and Copenhagen as part of a study tour in partnership with the Portland Metro Council’s Connecting Green Alliance (Jay is a member of Metro’s Blue Ribbon Committee for Trails). [...]

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Copenhagen Bike Culture 101.

October 9, 2008 – 10:35 pm

Thursday already…
Our first meeting of the day was with the Andreas Rohl who is the Bicycle Program Manager for the City of Copenhagen.
I have to give Andreas top marks for the most informative session yet. He gave us a great presentation on the history of the bike culture in Copenhagen with lots [...]

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It’s Wednesday, so this must be Copenhagen.

October 9, 2008 – 10:01 pm
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Cycle Highways.

October 8, 2008 – 8:23 am
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Amsterdam & cycling: how they did it, why they did it.

October 7, 2008 – 1:43 pm

For many years – since my first visit to Amsterdam – I’ve had a personal goal of helping Portland to become the “Amsterdam of America.” Today I had some revelations. I now really understand the policies behind the Dutch dominance in cycling as transportation and how Portland can continue be a [...]

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