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What do you get when you combine one million cyclists, 50 states and a day of national rallies? Positive social change in the form of a national bike movement. At least that is what Joe Kurmaskie is hoping for.
Known to most as “Metal Cowboy,” Kurmaskie is a nationally recognized magazine columnist and bike fanatic. [...]

In case you didn’t know, today is Free Cone Day at all Ben and Jerry’s shops. Here is the link to find your nearest store.
Here in Portland, PDX pedicab is offering free rides to the two Downtown Ben and Jerry’s locations. Get the whole scoop here! Ya I know, that was bad…
Via-bikeportland.org

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Dozens of bikes where blazing through the gates in PDX airport today and it was mayhem! Just kidding, today an exhibit showcasing Oregon frame builders opened in Concourse E. The bikes will be there for six months, so next time you go through take some time to check them out. Bikeportland was out there today [...]

From BikePortland this morning-
On the heels of record profits by the big five oil companies, U.S. Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-Portland) will once again try to enact a tax benefit for bike commuters and close the “Hummer tax loophole.”
Earl is introducing a new version of the bike commuter tax benefit today. The original one was stripped [...]

A talented skateboarder, snowboarder and aspiring filmmaker happened upon a group of homeless can collectors in his North Vancouver neighborhood and decided to make a documentary about them. There is nothing unusual about someone making a film about people living on the fringe of society but then you realize what these people do for kicks [...]

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For 5 years now, in the heart of Cascadia, Portland, Oregon, there has been only one winter bicycle festival in the Pacific Northwest, and that festival is Mini Bike Winter. Created by free-fun-minded individuals as an excuse to to get krunk and wreak some havoc. A combination of thrills, chills, spills, and [...]

Two great friends of ours have set off to tackle the Andes Mountains on their bikes. A few weeks ago the duo landed in Buenos Aires and are making their way to Lake Titicaca. You can keep up with them here as they make their way north towards Bolivia.

Nat Hong and Bob Barrett commute on Puget Sound by bike — water bike, that is — to their jobs in Bremerton and Steilacoom.
The drive would be 80 miles round trip. But with his water bike, the trip to work is just 12 miles — including one mile on the water.
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