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BMX, bike shops and biking while black: 6 questions for Mychal Tetteh 27 Aug 2013 | 04:26 am
Mychal Tetteh with what he described as "my favorite bike ... the Schwinn 'Tuskegee Tornado' Sting Ray." (photo courtesy Tetteh) When the Community Cycling Center announced last week that it had sele...
Get Legal with Ray Thomas: What to do if you're in a collision 27 Aug 2013 | 03:22 am
It might never happen to you, but just in case... (Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) What should you do if you are in a collision with a motor vehicle? First, be prepared. While the odds may be pretty go...
ODOT's dangerous paving work is widespread, goes against state guidelines 27 Aug 2013 | 01:22 am
Shoulder on Oregon Coast Route north of Gold Beach after an ODOT repaving job. (Photo: Sent in by reader) As we reported on Friday, the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has repaved many mil...
'Redditors' set up donation fund for man assaulted while biking on MLK 26 Aug 2013 | 10:31 pm
Reddit user "SpanishMoles" shows off the damage. A man who was bicycling down Martin Luther King Jr Blvd in northeast Portland on Sunday was allegedly the victim of an assault. After he posted a phot...
The Monday Roundup: No more 'Share the Road', helmet lawsuit & more 26 Aug 2013 | 09:16 pm
The new Garmin Virb. (Image: Garmin.) Here's the bike news that caught our eyes this week: Garmin camera: The GPS maker is competing with GoPro with a new $400 action camera that connects wirelessly...
ODOT: Closing one lane on SW Barbur would be no big deal 24 Aug 2013 | 04:26 am
The Vermont St. Bridge on SW Barbur Blvd. (Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) For months now, the Oregon Department of Transportation has been reluctant to embrace the idea of re-allocating space on SW Ba...
Weekend Event Picks: PDW party, a farm crit, and Sunday Parkways 24 Aug 2013 | 02:32 am
Always a good time at Sunday Parkways southeast. (Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) It's going to be a gorgeous weekend here in Portland. In order to point you in the direction of some good bikey fun, he...
How legal loopholes and lack of stigma create a hit-and-run culture 24 Aug 2013 | 01:22 am
Barbur Boulevard is dangerous even when a driver doesn't decide to flee a crash. (Photo: J.Maus/BikePortland) Nobody expects to kill a person with their car. This means that the moment you do, your o...
ODOT in hot seat for dangerous Highway 101 repaving job 23 Aug 2013 | 10:30 pm
ODOT failed to extend a new layer of pavement into the bicycle riding area of a long stretch of Highway 101. (Photo: Jeff Smith) A recent repaving job by the Oregon Department of Transportation on th...
Mychal Tetteh named new CEO of Community Cycling Center 23 Aug 2013 | 09:35 pm
CCC CEO Mychal Tetteh. The non-profit Community Cycling Center has announced that Mychal Tetteh will be their new CEO. Tetteh takes over from former executive director Alison Graves, who left the org...
