Co-hosts Jonathan Maus and Eva Frazier are back with another fun chat about all things bikes and Portland.

In this episode, Eva and I talk about:

• My recent total knee replacement surgery
• Cycle Oregon Block Party
• Bike Summer for newbies and veterans
• Why we need wildlife cameras but for Portland cyclists
• Recent Portland City Council debates
• Why it's time for Portland to empower citizen volunteers to improve our streets
• Unhinged Nextdoor posts about Rose City Golf Course trail plan
• How it's nearly impossible to ride a reverse steering bike... and the challenges of super tall bikes.
• and more!

Rob Galanakis wants Portland Public Schools to see the forest and not just the trees outside classroom windows. His campaign for a seat on the PPS Board leans heavily on the idea that PPS goes about its business largely with its head in the sand while solutions to many problems can be found in the streets just beyond school grounds.

Galanakis, a co-founder of BikeBusPDX and software company owner who moved to Portland in 2014, biked over to the BikePortland Shed on Wednesday to share more about his vision for Portland’s troubled school district.

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A few days ago I sat down with Portland City Councilor Candace Avalos to have a conversation about policing and transportation. Avalos, who represents an area east of I-205 including Lents in southeast and the Portland Airport, is a first time member of city council, but she's no stranger to local politics. She was chair of the Citizen Review Committee, where she served for six years and became a well-known advocate for police accountability. Prior to being a city councilor she was executive director of Verde, an environmental justice nonprofit.

I met Councilor Avalos in a conference room at Midland Library on SE 122nd Avenue. The impetus for our conversation was the new Community Board for Police Accountability or CBPA, a new, high-profile venue for oversight of the Portland Police Bureau. More than just a committee, the new, 21-member board will have a significant budget, will hire its own investigators, and will issue binding decisions.

It's crucial that this new CBPA have at least one member who understands how transportation issues relate to public safety and policing. It's my hope this interview encourages someone in our audience to apply for one of the positions. You have until April 14th to get your applications in. Here's the link to the application.

We're back! Eva Frazier and I (Jonathan Maus) talked about all sorts of good stuff in this episode... from politics around I-5 Rose Quarter project to why the state's bike tax is so annoying.

Here's a handy outline and links to stuff we talked about:

• Bike shop banter: My new Metropolis Cycle tie-dye t-shirt, latest shop closures.
• Thoughts on the I-5 Rose Quarter vote at Metro Council and why I'm disappointed in Lynn Peterson and Duncan Hwang. And the bad optics of white urbanists opposing the project while Black Portlanders support it.
• Ladds 500 is next weekend! (4/12)
• Protest season is here. Hands Off Rally is Saturday, 4/5
• Eva shares here Saturdays in May ride series.
• Why hasn't PBOT revealed downtown Sunday Parkways route?
• How you can eat and drink your way through the week with Portland bike events.
• New segment of the Green Loop through North Park Blocks
• New bike lane coming to NE Prescott
• Convo with Candace Avalos and policing
• How'd he get there? I share my route from North Portland (Peninsula Park) to SE 122nd and Stark (Midland Library).
• Legislative transportation package draft is out. Why the bike tax is so annoying.
• April 26th is carfree 82nd Ave Parade and a Cycle Oregon Block Party at Baerlic Brewing in Southeast

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This Saturday, March 8th, Dave Guettler will celebrate the 30th anniversary of River City Bicycles, the business he started in 1995. In this conversation he shares stories about his early years in the bike industry, how and why he moved to Portland to open his dream shop, and much more.

Host: Jonathan Maus.

Recorded on March 4th in the BikePortland Shed in north Portland.

Links:

• Video: River City's shrine to Eddy Merckx
• Video: River City's Rooftop Bike People
• RiverCityBicycles.com

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!

Thanks so much for your support and for listening. Please tell a friend and contact us if you've got something to say or want us to explore a specific topic.

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