Rides and Races - the portland thread.

if your in to cars you don't have to pump your own gas i think its illegal

Hey! I also may be moving out there. I have a job interview with a pretty cool org, but I've never once been there. If yall don't mind may I ask:
--How much is a studio or 1BR?
--You can get by fine without a car, right? Is there a car share (zipcar, etc) type of program?
--Are there good roads for roadie-style riding?
--Is there a velodrome nearby?
--Is there good hiking/camping that I can hitchhike to?
--How much is a pint of microbrew at a friendly bar?


Etc etc etc. Thanks for tips!
-5-600ish or more, depending on where in town you are
-you can more than get by without a car, there's also "flexcar" should the need arise
-i don't know, but i would imagine so
-i think so
-yes! everywhere
-no clue

Hey! I also may be moving out there. I have a job interview with a pretty cool org, but I've never once been there. If yall don't mind may I ask:
--How much is a studio or 1BR?
--You can get by fine without a car, right? Is there a car share (zipcar, etc) type of program?
--Are there good roads for roadie-style riding?
--Is there a velodrome nearby?
--Is there good hiking/camping that I can hitchhike to?
--How much is a pint of microbrew at a friendly bar?


Etc etc etc. Thanks for tips!

- agree
- agree
- heck yeah, especially if you like climbing
- yes, it's not a bad ride to it
- dunno
- 3.50 - 4.00 non happy hour

Thanks guys!

wierd. what is it with florida moving to oregon?

i got the craving for portland again yesterday. it's been all i can think about since then.

I just found out I'm moving to Portland.
I currently am in Salt Lake Utah and have been here for the last 20 years. I have stayed here for the last ten of those years for one reason, my daughter, who lives here with her maternal grandmother. Well today Grandma informed me they are moving to Lincoln City at the end of this month! My father lives in Lake Oswego and I have a few friends that live in Portland.. not exactly sure of what the neighborhood is called, its SE I think, near Hawthorn dist. but not positive. Anyways, I very excited to get the hell out of SLC and to start looking for work and apartment in Portland. So, I'll keep you guys posted on where I end up finding a place and hopefully we can hook up for some riding and whatever.

well, doesn't look like we'll be getting any new velodromes, but the brakeless bill is 3/4 the way of being passed and has a new added addition of allowing cops to use sirens on police bikes, so now in a move of great irony, the police are lobbying the same bill.

when's the next alleycat? nothing on portlandmessenger right now except flat grass track racing and out of town stuff0.

Where is your favorite post-ride place to eat in Portland?

My vote for Cha Cha Cha's.

Ole Ole, basically the same owner as Cha Cha Cha's, but cheaper.

i prefer clarklewis

so... portland, I will be in you for the last couple of weeks of june, I'll be working at sellwood cycle.

what are some good places to:
eat?
buy track/fixed parts?
visit?
ride?

so... portland, I will be in you for the last couple of weeks of june, I'll be working at sellwood cycle.

what are some good places to:
eat?
buy track/fixed parts?
visit?
ride?

eat: i'm assuming you're like me and want good cheap food. if so, ole ole on e. 21st and burnside is good cheap mexican food, laughing planet cafe on 33rd and belmont (+ 4 other locations, google them) is good vegan food with meat options too, not too spendy, carry burritoes, pastries, stuff like that. thai food, the thai food cart on sw 3rd is pretty good, as is thai noon on alberta and sweet basil on e. broadway. sushi takahashi on nw broadway and burnside is good, cheap sushi on a train. the montage, under the east end of the morrison bridge, is good cajun sit-down food and open really late. rocco's pizza on sw 10th and burnside is worth going to. nothing beats stumptown coffee on sw 3rd and pine and you'll run into messengers / hipsters with track bikes there on the weeksdays, tourists on the weekends. otherwise, hawthorne, belmont, nw 21st / 23rd, alberta, sw. broadway, burnside, sandy and east broadway are all generally good streets to cruise for restaurants, cheap and expensive.

track/fixed parts: bike central and veloshop are the bottom line, both downtown in SW. veloshop is behind rocco's pizza on the same block and is more street fixed type stuff, bike central is on SW 1st next to the max line and is more track stuff. dean, the owner of bike central is a hell of a wheel builder and a hell of a dick too. city bikes on se. ankeny is good for cheap, used, utilitarian parts.

visit: come here on the weekdays and see the culture of portland. any major 'culture' street, hawthorne, belmont, nw 21st/23rd, the pearl, alberta, fremont, burnside, etc. is worth seeing if you want to get to know the city and people. sellwood is a nice quiet town. the central eastside industrial area is where burnside skatepark is, it's grimey and i love it. filled with train tracks, broken glass, industrial businesses and the like. someday it'll be the next art / pearl district when the industry has died.

ride: downtown traffic. springwater corridor trail. ne 33rd / fremont hill. mt. tabor. the west hills. the zoo bombing hills.

welp, so much for that brake bill

bike fair today!

Fixed riders:

how do the hills treat you? What gearing is appropriate?

Moving to Portland in two weeks. Is my bike gonna get stolen?

Freebird: probably not if you use a quality u-lock. I'd recommend a Krypto Mini-Evo, haven't heard of anyone losing a bike to that lock. Leave your bike unlocked on your front porch, locked with a cable, or in the same bike rack every day for awhile, and there's a large possibility it could... also, never lock your bike at the Portland Rock Gym. Ever.

MIN: I run 80 gear inches or 49x16 and I don't have a problem. Some of the larger / steeper hills I'm out of the saddle and standing to pedal up them, but I LOVE this ratio for coming back down, it's an absolute blast. I'd recommend 70-80 for a good all-around town gear inch, unless you really like spinning, than go lower. Spinning/lower ratios have a time and place for me, and that time is the winter.

hey portland people, does anyone know anybody from eugene on the forum here?

bump. is it just me or is summer the dry season for alleycats?

andre, are you pdx material?

born and raised.

well shoot on it, i pegged you east coast for some reason. i'm down in eugene, but i'de like to move up there sometime, except i hate your guy's traffic situation.

well shoot on it, i pegged you east coast for some reason. i'm down in eugene, but i'de like to move up there sometime, except i hate your guy's traffic situation.

funny, i'm up in portland and i'll be moving to eugene. i hate your guy's bike scene though, a lot of college kids riding department store bikes and wondering why they get stolen when they lock up with a $10 lock.

i don't care if people ride a road bike, track bike or what as long as they have passion for what they do and that's the truth. anyways, portland isn't so bad as far as traffic, it's the damn downtown construction that's killing me. our streets aren't so smooth either... but what am i saying, i love this city.

p.s. i'm a bit drunk so maybe it's just the ale talking.

I was just in Portland for the Ubuntu Live conference, was not impressed with the city (except for NW streets being alphabetical and numerical) or the bike scene. I'm a Philly boy, always will be. Sorry guys, but it's not for me.

please describe major differences.

yah, i'd b interested too - I reckon ny and phil are similar, so .....

So I'm finishing up the book "Hell's Angels" by Hunter S. Thompson, and amidst a hangover with my buddy, we started up a bicycle club. The theme is very much satire, however the club is very real, and I am going to try and organize some rides and get-togethers. Anyways, we made a Myspace page, so go ahead and join if you'd like, and I will post bulletins in the coming months about rides and what not.

http://myspace.com/screamingmonkeys666

Midnight Mystery Ride Tonight!! Meet at Root's Brewery @ 11:30

This is rad. I just moved to Portland two weeks ago and I've been looking for bike nerds to hangout with. For some reason it's been harder than I would have thought. Anyone want to show me the awesome places to hang out, the hot-spots to ride.
p.s. I ain't no hipster.

stumptown coffee, downtown. enough said.

3rd and 4th are two major highways for bikes to get north and south through downtown. like andre said hang out at stumptown right on 3rd

hey, i'm another dude moving into your fairtown. i'm getting the **** out of austin in april when my lease is up. ...i guess i don't really have anything to say beyond that...

3rd and 4th are two major highways for bikes to get north and south through downtown. like andre said hang out at stumptown right on 3rd
or that coffee house on broadway near the square

This is rad. I just moved to Portland two weeks ago and I've been looking for bike nerds to hangout with. For some reason it's been harder than I would have thought. Anyone want to show me the awesome places to hang out, the hot-spots to ride.
p.s. I ain't no hipster.

I moved here not too long ago myself. Check out shift2bike and bikeportland websites for ride event info and stuff.

or that coffee house on broadway near the square

f uck that place.

I've been a stumptown fiend recently. Their espressos and french press coffee is awesome.

i'm partial to the fresh pot on mississippi

Fresh Pot uses Stumptown beans. Of coarse it all depends on how the espresso is pulled or the method that the coffee is brewed. I've never had a bad shot or cup from Stumptown.

we use caffe umbria at my shop, which tastes different than stumptown stuff. not necessarily worse/better, just different.

and i mostly like fresh pot because it's right by my house, plays good music, and has lots of cute girls coming in...

I've been a stumptown fiend recently. Their espressos and french press coffee is awesome.


besides courier coffee and ristretto roasters, it's the only real place to go for coffee.

coffee indeed is about the method it's brewed too - well, not so much the method but technique. for example, your average peet's coffee, starbucks etc. is most likely going to have burnt beans, use water that is too hot, and than keep the coffee at that extremely hot temperature the entire time it's being served. all this equals a bad beverage that no one wants to drink.

f uck that place.
man i'm not saying they're cool places to hangout i'm just saying they're bike hotspots

we use caffe umbria at my shop, which tastes different than stumptown stuff. not necessarily worse/better, just different.

and i mostly like fresh pot because it's right by my house, plays good music, and has lots of cute girls coming in...

what is your shop? i'll check it out

I like working here, but my shop kind of sucks...it's up at OHSU in a research building. Our espresso is good, but the only people who chill here are like biology professors and all the grad student lab techs.

I like working here, but my shop kind of sucks...it's up at OHSU in a research building. Our espresso is good, but the only people who chill here are like biology professors and all the grad student lab techs.

Hey, I work up at OHSU do you work at the place in the Vollum? I always see a black Mercier parked out front, yours?

Hey, I work up at OHSU do you work at the place in the Vollum? I always see a black Mercier parked out front, yours?

weird, yeah. it's posted like 3 pages back in this thread.

weird, yeah. it's posted like 3 pages back in this thread.

Actually there no mention of what you ride or what building you work in. I was just trying to figure out who rode fixed gears up on the hill. I don't see to many up here. I'll stop by sometime and put a face to the avatar.

oops, i thought this was the kilo tt thread. yeah, stop by anytime! there are only 2 of us that work here; i'm the one with the dark hair.

also if anyone's interested my roommates and i are having a party on saturday. we all ride fixed gears and are into bikes and whatnot so if any of you all want to come that'll be cool. i'll be djing, we'll have a keg, there will be dancing and general merry making in our awesome unfinished basement.

i live off of mississippi, pm me if you want the exact address / my number

Anybody interested in cog trading?
I've got a Soma 18t and EAI 19t.
I would like a 20t.

also if anyone's interested my roommates and i are having a party on saturday. we all ride fixed gears and are into bikes and whatnot so if any of you all want to come that'll be cool. i'll be djing, we'll have a keg, there will be dancing and general merry making in our awesome unfinished basement.

i live off of mississippi, pm me if you want the exact address / my number

pm'd