Eva Frazier (former bike shop co-owner and now chair of nonprofit Bike Loud PDX) and Jonathan Maus (BikePortland publisher & editor) are back for another fun chat. Eva shares that she's working with a group of folks to bring back the Bike Commute Challenge/Bike Month festivities, I share about my recent visit to the newly reopened Kenton Cycle Repair, we had a visit from my cat "Tito," and much more.

A special Thursday edition, since I'll (Jonathan Maus) be gone tomorrow!

Such a fun chat with the wonderful Eva Frazier. Here's a taste of what we touched on this episode:

• Update on BikeLoud's Bike Buddy program (they hired someone!)
• Route finding from NE 156th and Halsey to Bike Happy Hour
• Trump coming into office and what it means locally
• The need for more events to build a more resilient community
• Eva's visit to Lloyd Center (and Portland's skate culture)
• Fareless Square history
• New bike brand Primos Cycles
• Local media rant (and how KATU plagiarized a BikePortland story)
• Why I was annoyed by the Justin Timberlake on the Bike Bus thing
• What consequence for the Springwater drunk driver from last May?
• Cool event alert: City of Possibility
• and more!

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I (BikePortland editor Jonathan Maus) caught up with Joshua Force, a former Portlander who's now 15,000 or so miles into what he calls the Worldwide Bike Ride.

He joined me from Quito, Ecuador and I asked him about how he adjusts to so many new places, what it's like creating his really cool puzzles and writings on the road, where he got his inspiration for the ride, why he loads most all his weight on front racks, and more!

Follow Joshua on IG https://www.instagram.com/ukodus.8/

Substack https://worldwidebikeride.substack.com/

You can support his work via GoFundMe

In this episode, I (BikePortland Editor & Publisher Jonathan Maus) sat down in the Shed with veteran Portland bike fun purveyor and artist Shawn Granton. Shawn has been involved with the local bike seen since 2002 and has created art for many rides and events over the years. A former comic illustrator published in Momentum and Bicycle Times magazines, Shawn is the author of the Urban Adventure League blog, a collaborator on popular Zinester's Guide to Portland, and leader of several well-known local rides such as the Dead Freeways Ride and the Palm Tree Ride.

We talked about:

• What it was like moving to Portland in 2001 and how Shawn got into the bike scene.
• Shawn's first Portland bike that he bought at Citybikes in 2001.
• How a sticker Shawn made in 2022 led to creation of the Midnight Mystery Ride, which is still held monthly to this day.
• Why Shawn doesn't like rain jackets
• His favorite local bike camping overnighter spots.
• Going back to school for a geography degree
• The 20th anniversary of Shawn's Palm Tree Ride and why he likes to stick up for "weird" palm trees.
• How online algorithms rob people of the serendipity of discovering things on bike rides
• and more!

Links:

Urban Adventure League blog

Urban Adventure League on Instagram

BikePortland story about Shawn's Winter Palm Tree Ride (2008)

Brock Dittus from the Sprocket Podcast joined Eva Frazier and Jonathan Maus for the first episode of 2025! The conversation ranged from cycling on Sauvie Island to the popular "How'd she get there?" segment where Eva had to share a good bike route from PCC Southeast to the forthcoming In-N-Out Burger near the airport.

Tune in, hang out, and get cozy in the shed.

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Olivia Clark was the top vote getter in Council District 4 (everything west of Willamette River and small portion of Southeast including Sellwood). She's also a possible pick for City Council President. No matter how you slice it, her impressive background in and out of government means she will likely be a consequential member of the new, 12-member Council.

In this interview (recorded in the BikePortland Shed on Friday, December 20th), you'll learn about her background (she's toured by bike with Adventure Cycling and has done several Cycle Oregon rides), and her her policy and political perspectives.

Olivia Clark Campaign Website

Happy Friday everyone. It sure was nice to have Eva back in The Shed after a few week holiday hiatus. This episode was meaty! Here are a few of the things we talked about:

• "How'd She Get There?" segment was Sellwood to Lake Oswego (including some very scary options).
• Why Eva is creeped out by lobster-style bike gloves (something about the devil).
• Michael Reiss and his amazing leaf sweeping work.
• Why I think it's time for PBOT to privatize bike lane maintenance
• I went on a huge rant about all the Vision Zero drama going on with PBOT, the PPB, and so on.
• The 82nd Ave Plan that was just adopted at City Council and why some transportation advocates don't like it.
• Why pitting bikes against transit (like PBOT is doing on 82nd) is a no good, very bad idea.
• The new Bike Happy Hour location on N Williams Ave.
• Closure of Cynergy E-Bikes
• And more.

Thanks for listening!

Get cozy and listen and/or watch the latest chat between BikePortland Editor and Publisher Jonathan Maus (hi, that's me!) and Bike Loud Board Chair and former bike shop owner Eva Frazier.

Here's a taste of this week's banter and helpful links:

• What's up with all the leaves in bike lanes and why the issue is challenging for advocates.
• How'd She Get There? OMSI to Gateway Green: Eva and I discuss the best bike route from Central Eastside to Gateway.
• Cranksgiving is this Sunday! Eva will be there helping organize.
• My impressions of TriMet's new ramp at Hollywood Transit Center — which is not a "bike ramp" because that is "ableist ideology".
• Bike Happy Hour promo - And yes we're meeting next week 11/27 even though it's a "blacked out" holiday week.
• Bike shop news updates and the new "Secret" bike shop on Hawthorne from the inimitable Starmichael Bowman.
• How the Tillamook/Hancock neighborhood greenway works through a plaza in Hollywood
• Our frustration with the new signal on NE Going and Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd
• What's up with the bumpy pavement on Tillamook and Ankeny greenways?!
• KGW called out drivers parking in bike lanes!

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I already did a story, video and photo gallery from the World Day of Remembrance event that took place in front of Portland City HAll this past Sunday, but there were some things said by incoming city council members and by a Portland Bureau of Transportation staffer that I really wanted to underscore.

This episode includes audio clips from four speakers at that event with my takeaways interspersed in between.

You'll hear from:

• Clay Veka, PBOT Vision Zero Coordinator
• Mitch Green, District 4 Councilor-elect
• Tiffany Koyama Lane, D3 Councilor-elect
• Angelita Morillo, D3 Councilor-elect
• Steve Novick, D3 Councilor-elect

Links:

• World Day of Remembrance event coverage on BikePortland (11/18/24)
• Portlands new city council bodes well for bicycling (BikePortland 11/12/24)

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Notable bike bus leader and co-founder of nonprofit Bike Bus World Sam "Coach" Balto is our guest this episode. He and BikePortland's Jonathan Maus talked all things bike bus, including: Sam's motivation to get into this work, how his background as a camp counselor is such an asset to leading kids on bike rides, barriers faced by some bike bus leaders, how to respond to concerns about equity, the path toward bike bus global domination, and more.

Links:

• Balto's "Red Cup Project" tactical urbanism work in Portland (BikePortland 2019)
• Video and recap of his first-ever bike bus in Portland on Earth Day 2022 (BikePortland)
• Bike Bus World
• Federal grant for bike buses in north Portland (BikePortland, 11/15/24)

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