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zendoughnut:

Free Forest Park! Stickers will be available next week on the store.

Here at Zendoughnut we love our dirt.  

Whether it be riding around in circles in the fall listening to cowbell and drums or flying through the woods in the summer listening to the bees. While it is great to drive out to Sandy or to Tillamook State Forest to ride we would really love to have something closer to ride.  Forest Park in Portland is one of the nations largest city parks and covers an amazing amount of land (5100 acres). We want to ride it and enjoy it like the other trail users! There have been many attempts to open up the trails to cycling on multiple occasions. All of which failed due to random stalling or NIMBY’s blocking access.

This sticker is a venting and an awareness tool. We could just ride the hiking trails at night like los banditos. But in the end that just gets us cyclists bad press and actually works against the cause. A simple sticker won’t change the world, but can be an effective tool to affect change. One of the cores of ZD is to affect social change. Here is one way we can help.

75% of the proceeds from this sticker go directly towards the NWTA our local IMBA chapter. They have fought for and have built some sweet trails for us.  Please help out and put a cool sticker on your car, bike, or dog.  Or click on the link and donate to the NWTA directly.

Focusing on the doughnut,

Jeremy

NOTE: After the stickers sell through.  I will donate the moneys earned to NWTA and then I will be releasing the image above as Creative Commons Commercial Use License so others can use it.

Free Forest Park! by Jeremy Schroeder is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

I pulled the trigger and ordered up a bunch of Free Forest Park! stickers. Check out the zendoughnut store to order. 75% of sales goes to the NWTA for trail building and access rights.

Please contribute and get a sticker.

Jeremy

note: Sticker are designed for indoor/outdoor use.

Looks like Portland’s model is expanding to other major cities. RE: Sunday Parkways

Families riding bikes, children on roller skates and barely a car in sight; it’s hard to believe this is usually one of the busiest roads in Mexico City.

It’s an eerily calm Sunday morning on the city’s Avenida Reforma, an avenue which is grid-locked on weekdays by tens of thousands of cars sitting bumper-to-bumper. The Reforma’s closure to to car traffic on Sundays in 2007 kickstarted the capital’s attempts to make life easier for cyclists. In 2010 a 17km-long bike lane through the city opened - and more efforts to promote pedal power are being unveiled in the coming few months.

Via BBC 

Riding Scappoose.

I took the KM out to Scappoose today to clear the head and get a little dirty.  I got up and tossed everything in the Element.  One of the good things about breaking the roof rack (twice) is the bikes now go inside.  This is the way it should be :)

All packed and ready to go.

Here is the deal with Scappoose: I get lost there every ride.  I should know the trails pretty well by now, but everytime I go it is a different season and every trail looks different.  I would say that I spend about 60% of the time wondering if I made the right turn, 15% walking or turning around, and 25% actual riding with intent. I love it though because every time I go I find a new route.  One day I will learn to link them all and flow.

There are white markers that sort of point you in the right direction and they help out tremendously. Just look for them at trail intersections and go.  I would like to thank the blessed soul that put them up over the last year or so.

One of those white markers

Playing find the Monkey [hint: standing in the dark]

I have come to the conclusion after riding today that I am not satisfied with my technique.  After watching countless MTB movies and instructional videos I realized that I have become a lazy rider.  That is probably the reason why I don’t crash as much as I use to when I first started Mountain Biking.  In the late 90’s when I started I would come back from the trail every time either bloody or bruised.  I think I need to step up my game a bit and take the next step.

After I fix my style issues.

Hooray! my OBRA essentials came in the mail.

I almost fainted when I pulled it out of the envelope.  I thought for a second my number was going to be 1337 which we all know in Leetspeak would make me an uber hacker elite, but 5337 equals Seet in Leetspeak, which is lame.  I think OBRA is trying to say something here.  

Seet

A contraction of the word sweet, it is often spoken sarcastically and carries a negative connotation. The word conveys the most meaning when responding to a conversation that one simply does not care about, or finds silly and childish (Example 1). While the response doesn’t seem rude on paper, the word alone can make a person feel inferior and inadequate. Also, when used as part of a conversation, it can be used to show disappointment, or anger (Example 2). It can be used as an adjective, describing a specific situation, article of clothing, hair style, someone’s house or car, and so on (Example 3). While most users understand the sarcasm behind the word, some use the word as a replacement for the word sweet, and adapt it into their vocabulary. These people are called seetsters.

Example 1: 

Alex: “This weekend I got so drunk I couldn’t even speak English anymore.” 
Kevin: “Seet.” 

Example 2: 

Alex: “Hey baby, I’m not gonna be able to take you to that movie on Friday night anymore. The guys wanna get some grub and go to the game.” 
Kelly: “Seet, we’ve had these plans for two weeks.” 
Alex: “I know baby, I’m sorry.” 

Example 3: 
Zach: “Whoa dude, look at Alex’s jeans today.” 
Kenny: “Who does he think he is, Tupac or something?” 
Zach: “Yeah, maybe. Seet jeans Alex.”

buchino:

Cyclists’ Road Map of Portland District, 1896

The map is filled with fascinating features. “Information for wheelmen” explains that road quality is determined by riding speeds, with good road allowing travel at 10-12mph. Though “allowance will have to be made, of course, for mud and dust”.

One of the most eye catching elements of this bike map is the concentric mile wide rings showing distance. … [T]his was Washington & 3rd, the ticket office for the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company. Inside the neat line on the lower left side is an ad for the O.R & N, bearing that same address.

History of the Bike There! map

This first map also showed information to help cyclists combine a bike ride with transit. “Cycle to Oregon City, spend the night at the Oregon City Electric Hotel, and take the interurban railroad home the next day!”

Portland, Oregon. Cycling city since 1896

(via jennlevo)

So here is a little update on that stolen NWTA  trailer.  They are now offering a $2000 reward and it is on crime stoppers.  Please contact the authorities if you see anything.

12/12/2011 UPDATE: Up to $2,000 REWARD is offered for information leading to an arrest and the recovery of NWTA’s trail construction machine and trailer. Oregon State Police (OSP) is investigating the case.  Crime Stoppers case #11-45.

My ‘Official’ Deschutes Brewery sponsorship package came in the mail today! Woot Woot! 

Some warm woolly socks, a beer opener, and a decal that will be going on the next bike I buy. This all came about when I fell in love with their beer after first moving to Oregon.  I am pretty sure I have tried most if not all their products since then and have yet to have a ‘bad’ beer.  That really says a lot about a beer company. Their consistent quality of production keeps me coming back.  

Thank you Deschutes, for making my day.

Jeremy