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• Posted 09/01/2010

  New Online Reporting System Responsible for Recovering Stolen Bike

• Posted 09/01/2010

  Tacoma Bike Giving Back

  Tacoma Bike, recently voted "Best Bike Shop 2010" in the Volcano readers’ best of, is giving a little something back this weekend with their first ever Labor Day sale. It will run Thursday through Monday with huge reductions on bikes, apparel, accessories and more. Just in time for your winter training bike or to stock up ready for those off-season repairs.

• Posted 08/31/2010

  Portland - Broadway Bridge Reopens September 4

  Portland, Ore. – The Broadway Bridge Streetcar construction is on schedule and will partially reopen this Saturday, September 4. The bridge has been closed in stages since early July due to streetcar track construction.

• Posted 08/30/2010

  Portland Traffic Advisory

  Portland, Ore. - The Portland Bureau of Transportation advises the traveling public that SE Water Avenue from SE Main Street to SE Alder Street will be closed to all vehicular traffic from Monday, August 30, through Tuesday September 7. Work crews will close the road from 7:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. each day for grinding and repaving.

• Posted 08/26/2010

  Adventure Cycling Announces Early Season and Epic Tours for 2011

  Missoula, Montana — Looking for an inspiring bicycle adventure or simply a fabulous vacation that is easy on the pocket book, potentially life changing, and supports bicycling infrastructure throughout the United States?

• Posted 08/25/2010

  Portland Bureau of Transportation seeks new members for Bicycle Advisory Committee

  The Portland Bureau of Transportation made the following request for new members for the City of Portland’s Bicycle Advisory Committee:

• Posted 08/25/2010

  Meet Ryder Hesjedal

  Victoria, B.C. – You are invited to join a celebration to welcome home professional cyclist Ryder Hesjedal from his phenomenal seventh place overall finish at the 2010 Tour de France. This is the best showing from a Canadian in 22 years, since Steve Bauer finished 4th in 1988.

• Posted 08/25/2010

  Green Bike Project Success

  Seattle, Wash. (August 24, 2010) – Thirty-one participants in Cascade Bicycle Club’s Green Bike Project will earn full ownership of the green bikes they have been riding since May 1 at a celebration Wednesday featuring special guest, City Councilmember Tom Rasmussen.

• Posted 08/23/2010

  Village Bicycle Project Needs Your Help

  Seattle, Wash. - This is early notice that we will be loading a container of bikes headed to Ghana, Saturday, Oct. 2, in Seattle's Georgetown neighborhood, at Total Reclaim (also known now as Ecolights NW - 1915 South Corgiat Drive), starting at 9 a.m. - and will hopefully be finished by 5 p.m.

• Posted 08/20/2010

  BiKETOBERFEST Coming to Portland

  Portland, Ore. – Hopworks Urban Brewery is hosting the world's only bike-in Oktoberfest to celebrate an incredible summer of riding bikes in Portland. BiKETOBEERFEST, on August 28 from noon to 10 p.m., is a day of relaxing the way only Oregonians know how: by riding bikes and drinking delicious handcrafted beer.

• Posted 08/19/2010

  Portland Traffic Advisory: Bridge Closure in Hillsdale

  The Portland Bureau of Transportation will be closing the eastbound SW Capitol Highway bridge to SW Barbur Boulevard in Hillsdale to all traffic on Saturday, August 21, from 6:30 a.m. to approximately 6:30 p.m. The bridge closure will allow maintenance crews to repair expansion joints on the bridge.

• Posted 08/18/2010

  Sisters Mt. Bike Festival Coming October 1-3, 2010

  Sisters, Ore. – The Sisters Trail Alliance and the Sisters School Foundation are sponsoring a fund raising mountain bike event during Central Oregon’s beautiful Indian summer. The rides will range from a 50 mile epic ride, to several intermediate rides to family rides of 7 to 15 miles. An all women’s ride is also planned. The rides will be signed and supported with refreshment/aid stations along the routes. All rides will utilize parts of the newly dedicated Peterson Ridge trail system which begins at the edge of Sisters. [Please note that the Peterson Ridge Trail system escaped undamaged from the recent Rooster Rock fire.]

• Posted 08/18/2010

  Coca Cola to Award $100,000 to America’s Favorite Park

  Olympia, Wash. (Aug. 16, 2010) – A national contest sponsored by Coca Cola invites you to vote for your favorite state park by Aug. 31. The park that gets the most votes will receive a cash award of $100,000 for park improvements. The National Park Foundation and America's State Parks program shared contest information with state parks systems around the country.

• Posted 08/18/2010

  Feet First Holds Annual PARK(ing) Day in Seattle September 17th

  Seattle, WA—Feet First is orchestrating this year’s annual PARK(ing) Day, to be held on Friday, September 17th, 2010. The worldwide celebration inspires artists, activists, and citizens to independently but simultaneously temporarily transform on-street parking spots into “PARK(ing)” spaces: temporary public parks.

• Posted 08/18/2010

  Canadian Cycling Association Searching for Track Program Coordinator

  The CCA's current Track Program Coordinator, Petrina Tulissi ,will be leaving the association at the end of August to take on other duties.

• Posted 08/16/2010

  National Music Tour by Bicycle Will Highlight U.S. Bicycle Route System and More

  Missoula, Montana — On August 18, 2010, musician Ben Sollee will launch his Ditch the Van Tour 2010 in San Diego, CA, officially kicking off what is likely the first-ever coast-to-coast music tour by bicycle. Linking together four regional tours to create a transconti

• Posted 08/11/2010

  Tour de Lab to Quench Thirsts on September 11

  Portland, Ore. – The dog days of summer aren’t over yet! On September 11, 2010, starting at 10 a.m., hundreds of cyclists will take to the streets of Portland to ride in the third annual Tour de Lab, a bicycle tour of the four local Lucky Lab brewpubs, in support of the DoveLewis Emergency Animal Hospital. It’s sure to be the perfect combination of Portland favorites: bikes, beers and four-legged friends.

• Posted 08/05/2010

  Sisters is Open for Business; Despite Rooster Rock Fire

  Sisters, Oregon - The Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce wants to assure people that Sisters is open for business despite the Rooster Rock Fire currently burning south of town. Skies are blue and businesses are open. The streets of Sisters are full of visitors and locals spending their summer vacation here in Sisters.

• Posted 08/05/2010

  Purple Ride to Fight Against Pancreatic Cancer

  On Saturday, August 28, ride on the centennial trail from Spokane to Couer d'Alene to raise money for pancreatic cancer research and awareness. The bike ride will be a 36-mile journey from Mission Park in Spokane to Riverstone Park in CDA. After the ride there will be a community picnic to award prizes. Entertainment will be provided by the Kelly Hughes Band. There are two additional rides for those who would rather ride a shorter distance. To register go to website www.pancan.org/purpleride. Registration fee is $20.00 which includes a shirt and one picnic ticket. Picnic tickets are $10 for those attending the picnic and not riding. Pancreatic cancer has the highest mortality rate of all the

• Posted 08/04/2010

  The Portland Bike Commute Challenge is Coming

  Registration for the 2010 Bike Commute Challenge opens August 5. Build excitement about bike commuting at your workplace and a

• Posted 08/04/2010

  Napa Valley Vine Trail to Span 44 Miles

  St. Helena, Calif. (August 4, 2010) — Established as a California nonprofit corporation in September 2008, the Napa Valley Vine Trail Coalition is building a community-supported biking and walking trail system, spanning 44 miles between Vallejo and Calistoga.

• Posted 08/04/2010

  West Seattle Cross/Bike Swap

  Sign up for Cross series, sell your old cross gear, support Wick and win a raffle prize. Both Seattle Cross Series promoters will be there to answer questions and give you the inside scoop on this years offerings.

• Posted 08/03/2010

  Painting on Ballard Bridge May Begin Next Week

  Seattle, Wash. – A contractor working for Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) may start as soon as August 9 painting the approaches (raised roadways at each end of the bridge) of the Ballard Bridge. The moveable part of the bridge will be painted next year under a separate contract.

• Posted 08/03/2010

  Indian Mountain Biker Ecstatic to Explore Bike Parks BC

  Whistler, BC (July 30, 2010) – Vinay Menon arrived in Vancouver last night pumped for his first trip to North America and even more pumped for the opportunity to ride a lift-accessed bike park for the very first time. The winner of Bike Park BC’s Ultimate Summer of Freeriding hopes to use his experience in some of the world’s best bike parks to progress biking back home in India. Although he is one of the founding members of Ride2026, the first mountain bike organization in India, Vinay Menon has never been inside a bike park.

• Posted 08/03/2010

  Portland Traffic Advisory - West Hills Bridge Closure

  The Portland Bureau of Transportation will close the SW Greenway Avenue bridge over SW Talbot Road from 8 a.m. Wednesday, August 4, through Friday, August 7, for deck maintenance. The bridge will be closed to drivers, but open to pedestrians and bicyclists, during the closure. The public should expect brief delays and use caution in work zones.

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