Having trouble sleeping? Let me help. Read this! 😉 Seriously, Portland Bicycling Club carries insurance that is in place to benefit YOU, so you should have some knowledge of what it’s all about. You work hard (in years that there is work to be done!) to earn money for the… Read More
We don’t have a lot of ice and snow here in Portland, but winter riding still has its peculiar hazards: rain, wet leaves, puddles, wet manhole covers and railroad tracks. Specifically, I would urge all of us to keep riding, but to the extent possible stay out of wet leaves… Read More
Are you frustrated by the use of PayPal to process payments on the club’s website? Well, you’re not alone. We are working on a different system, but in the meantime, use these instructions to use your credit card instead of a PayPal account. But first, just a little history. We… Read More
As each new year rolls in, at least for the last almost three decades, I have used the Reach the Beach announcement as a marker of time to scan the future and plot out my upcoming year’s rides. Those plans motivated me to go to the gym to maintain… Read More
Here we go again! We tried this in 2020 and you know what happened. It’s a new year, and although as I write this the pandemic is worse than ever, we hold out hope. Let’s try again for a San Juan Island trip. It may look different, but it… Read More
BATTLE WITH BLACKBERRIES Your fellow club member, Dave McQuery, registered complaints to more than one public agency this fall about the overgrowth of blackberry ✎ bushes on the Marine Drive Trail. Specifically, his frustration was with the portion of the bike path between the Gleason Memorial Boat Ramp… Read More
STP Volunteers Ann & Magdelana 2019 As cyclists, the first of the year brings the excitement of a new cycling season and the making of plans for riding in the upcoming year. STP (Seattle to Portland) is on many cyclists’ to-do lists. As a member of Portland Bicycling… Read More
Molalla River Corridor, photo by Elmer Lorenzo, Club Member I am writing as a representative of the City of Canby Bike and Pedestrian Advisory Committee. We are in the early stages of developing a new section of the old and now defunct Molalla Forest logging road to become… Read More
