2007 Archive
December 05, 2007
Women for Bikes
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The KBOO studios just might catch fire with all the powerhouses on air for this month's KBOO Bike Show featuring the Women for Bikes program.
Guests include Alison Hill-Graves from the Community Cycling Center, Janis McDonald from the City of Portland and Barb Grover from the Bike Gallery.
November 07, 2007
Framebuilders
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Carl and Tori talk with local framebuilders Natalie Ramsland and Tony Pereira about building bikes in Portland and the upcoming Oregon Handmade Bicycle Show happening on November 11th.
October 03, 2007
New Vehicular Homicide Law
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Bike lawyer Ray Thomas answers all your legal questions and talks
about the new Vehicular Homicide law.
September 05, 2007
Bike Commute Challenge and Cyclo-Cross
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Hosts Sara and Tori talk to Michelle Poyourow, the coordinator of the BTA's Bike Commute Challenge, an annual competition that promotes cycling to work. An additional guest tells us about the upcoming cycle-cross race season.
August 01, 2007
Low-Car-Diet
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Carl and Ayleen interview Portlanders who gave up driving for the month of July as part of the Low-Car-Diet Challenge. Hear how bikes fit into their transportation mix. Chris Smith will discuss transportation aspects of the upcoming Project Homeless Connect, along with volunteer opportunities.
July 04, 2007
Riding Fast
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Hosts Tori and Ayleen will interview bike racers to discuss the sportier side of bike culture. Is Lycra really necessary? What's the attraction to riding fast?
June 20, 2007
Keeping Portland Weird
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Keeping Portland Weird - by bike. We talk with tall bike builder Tiago Denczuk and Jacque Authier, the mastermind behind the Sexy Cyclists ride who has big dreams of getting more women over 40 back on their bikes.
June 12, 2007
Clever Cycles
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Sara interviews the founders of Clever Cycles, a new bike shop that is importing Bakfiets and other Euro bikes.
June 07, 2007
Pink, Boulevards
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Ayleen and Tori interview organizers of Pink, a love note courier service and Emily Gardner from the BTA talks about a her Bike Boulevards Vision Ride.
June 06, 2007
Pedalpalooza
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Get ready for hot bike action! Interviews with event organizers for Pedalpalooza, the 2-week festival with over 120 free bike events.
May 02, 2007
Change of Seasons
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PDOT's Jeff Smith talk with Ayleen and Carl about getting ready for spring and summer riding.
April 04, 2007
Techie Questions
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Forget CAR talk, we've got BIKE talk. Get all your techie questions answered with Bike Gallery service manager Brett Flemming live on the air. Ayleen and Tori host.
March 07, 2007
Frames for Women, Cycling in Japan
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This month's program features Natalie Ramsland, a bicycle frame builder who runs SweetPea Bicycles, a company that makes bike custom frames especially fitted for women. Ayleen reflects on her recent trip to Japan.
February 07, 2007
B.I.K.E.
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Hosts Sara Stout and Carl Larson talk with John Benenate, the founder of B.I.K.E. (Bicycles and Ideas for Kids Empowerment) about the youth cycling program he has developed over the last decade. We also hear the voices of the kids of B.I.K.E., who share a special history lesson in honor of Black History Month.
As always, the bike show includes news and views from the world of cycling in Portland and beyond. Additional guests tell us all about Portland's upcoming cold-weather pedal-powered extravaganza, "Mini-Bike Winter".
January 03, 2007
BikePortland.org
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BikePortland has created a forum for people of all bikey stripes to come together and talk about issues, share information and culture. People may not always agree, but I think that's a very good thing. Jonathan talks about the success of his site, how he has filled a niche in the bike communications network and plans for the future (all of Oregon?).
Credits and Copyright: Unless otherwise marked, all other photos are from the Portland Transport photostream or BikePortland photostream under Creative Commons license. (Thank You, Jonathan!). Program description text is Copyright Portland Transport under a creative commons license. Exact copyright terms for the audio content are still being determined, used with permission of the hosts.
