May is bike month!!

And that means that the Portland Bureau of Transportation, along with other celebratory things, is serving free breakfast to cyclists all over the city! You can find their full complement of Bike Month information here, but here’s the breakfast schedule at least (cuz let’s face it, food is important!): May 2 (tomorrow!): 6:30-8:30am at SE [...]

Breakfast on the Bridge tomorrow!

That’s right. It’s the last Friday of the month, so Shift –the same folks who bring you Pedalpalooza–is serving up coffee and treats to anyone traveling by human power over the Hawthorne and Steel bridges! If it’s at all possible for you, arrange or rearrange your commute to take you by between (approximately) 7 and [...]

Oregon Scenic Bikeways–best thing ever!

Let me be clear that I have absolutely nothing to do with the Oregon Scenic Bikeways other than having ridden a bunch of them and liking them a whole lot. But even so, I managed to invite myself to the Scenic Bikeways Conference that happened yesterday in Salem and had a rocking good time. …So [...]

Last Friday of the month? Must be Breakfast on the Bridge!

Seriously, y’all. If you ever commute by bike in Portland, rearrange your route so that on the last Friday of every month you go over either the Hawthorne or Steel bridges between 7 and 9 am. Your reward will be free coffee, donuts, bananas, treats, sometimes even bacon or oatmeal–whatever the lovely Shift volunteers have [...]