Portland Velo Club News

I had heard this nickname “Michigan Gary” and didn’t know who Gary was, but I could easily guess that he was from Michigan. I showed up one Sunday several months ago for the “fixie” ride, thinking there was no way I could ride with these guys, but willing to give it a try. I think that day there were about 6 or 8 of us, including Matt D’Elia, Dan LaVoie...   Read More...

On Monday night, our generous host Steve Brown opened his room at Madison's to host the 2008 Club Business Meeting. Tables were set for 80, and they were all full as we enjoyed a Lasagna feast. John Ohnstad kicked off the meeting by giving special thanks to the 2008 leadership team (Carlo, Ty, John Ohnstad, Traci, Martin, Lynne, Kimberly, Linda...   Read More...

On a recent ride to Vancouver we were having coffee when a city of Vancouver employee showed us their new BICYCLE RESOURCE CARD. It looks like an orange plastic credit card and includes all the phone numbers you need to report problems with traffic signals, roadway maintenance, parking in bike lanes and other problems you might encounter while cycling...   Read More...

Determined to prove that I could successfully ride across a state border someplace other than the I-5 bridge, I participated in the 2008 Tour des Lacs (that means Lakes for you non-Frenchies), a there-and-back two-day journey between Spokane, Wash., and Couer d’Alene, Idaho. Getting myself, and more to the point, my bike, from Portland to Spokane, took...   Read More...

COMMUNITY SPIN Roger Geller, Portland Bicycle Coordinator, presented to the Bicycle Advisory Committee an update to the Bicycle Master Plan to identify streets in NORTH PORTLAND that could potentially be developed as BICYCLE BOULEVARDS (low-traffic streets where bicycle travel is given priority). “Our network is very bike lane heavy,” Geller told the...   Read More...