there is a better-than-good chance that I'lll be moving to portland within the year.
I just got back from pdx last night...was in town for five days w/ no bike (save for gf's roommate's Schwinn Hollywood that I repaired on the last day I was there). But the few mins of riding around Alberta that I did do, I loved.
Reminds me in some ways of Madison WI, my hometown...