It may still be cold and snowy in much of the US but the days are getting noticeably longer. It will soon be better weather for road riding and mountain biking. The 2nd Annual Peak Region Bicycle Show [...]
edited by: Andy Cline,
Cycling Editor
It's happened to all of us who ride the roads regularly - that well-meaning driver who interrupts the flow of traffic to try to let a cyclist turn left in front of them. Or they'll sit behind you for miles on a busy road, to "protect you from other cars."' [...]
Back in the fall a few friends from the Austin Texas Bike Polo Social Club came through town on their guerrilla polo tour before and left a copy of The Dropout for the library. Since then The Dropout has put out a second [...]
The GW Hatchet had an article about how green all the buildings in Square 54 (the site of the old hospital) are going to be and it added this about the bike parking.
In the parking garage, there will be 40 bicycle parking spaces [...]
Date: Feb. 8
my old friend Peter...“The combined estimated direct and indirect costs of losses attributable to cell phone use while driving on City business = $283,554 to $1,039,698 annually.”
— From a City risk assessment report on the use of cell phones while driving
The City of Portland is taking Oregon’s new cell phone law one [...]
Here’s the news that caught our eye this week:
- The ballooning recall of Toyota models with sticky accellerators has cast light on the reluctance with which the auto industry responds to safety issues.
- While many of our Portland readers were at City Hall to rally and attend the [...]
Carnage awaits at the Chariot Wars event.This year’s Mini Bike Winter is shaping up to be one of the best ever.
The event — which tries to capture the fun and creative culture of Portland’s beloved Zoobomb community [...]
Christopher sends this photo of the CCT, It is not looking good. Lots of snow and downed trees.
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The long wait for Sierra Cascades Bicycle Route is almost over. The Adventure Cycling Association says the full maps will be available in mid April.
An overview map is available online. It shows the general route of the 2,392-mile bike route that parallels the Pacific Crest on paved roads.
The bike route [...]
“The plan calls for spending approximately $600 million to…”
— From a story published today by the Portland Tribune
The myth that the City of Portland’s Bicycle Plan for 2030 comes with a $600 million price tag continues to spread among various media outlets, despite the fact that the plan commits [...]
As you know, Urban Velo has a Flickr photo group. But not every single reader is a member of the group, so who else has a Flickr photostream we should check out?
Post a link in the comments below. (If you include the entire URL, it [...]
The scene at Mt. Tabor during theThe Mt. Hood Cycling Classic, a major, multi-stage road race that draws top professional [...]
Swedish fashion brand Acne has created its very own racing bicycle with a helping hand from Italian masters Bianchi , which has been manufacturing the world’s finest racing bikes since 1855.
I thought I'd see how many NFL doping stories there were over the past week versus how many doping stories related to the 2010 Winter Olympics were posted to the news.
From the Miami Herald. Won't take you a minute to read, but you'll be shaking your head all day thinking about it.... It's all about 
