Portland Velo Club News

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...

by Traci D'Elia If you've been attending Saturday rides, you know that we have a strong contingent of regulars, and a regular contingent of new members. Some show up, ride, and enjoy. others have arrived only to jump in with both feet, hungry to help, and do more. One such example - I was contacted by someone named Marc. I had no idea who this...   Read More...

By Portland Velo member John Lucas South of Gold Beach Just 3 years ago, when I joined Portland Velo, my longest ride on a bike was probably less than 15 miles. Hip and knee pain had cut short my running career and I was looking for an alternative form of recreation. My wife’s brother, Jim Eddy, a long-time rider from Salinas, California encouraged...   Read More...

DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU REALLY HAVE TO DO AT A STOP SIGN? Do you have to put your foot down? Is a hockey stop O. K.? Everyone has his or her own idea about what the law is. At our meeting recently of the Bicycle Advisory Committee, Lieutenant Bryan Parman, of the Portland Police Bureau’s Traffic Division, talked about the highly publicized enforcement...   Read More...

Race report – by Richard Seton Race Across Oregon is the premier ultra cycling event in the Pacific North West. The race is held in the third week of July each year, and attracts an international field of cyclists. While the race has the word ‘Across” in it, it is really more of a race around Oregon. The race starts at the Holiday Inn near the Portland...   Read More...