Category: Bikes

  • KBOO Bike Show: Reve Tour Ladies

    Listen to the show (mp3, 26.5MB) The Reve Tour ladies who rode each stage Tour de France this year a day before the pros. We hear about their experiences as women taking on an insurmountable challenge. We also take an in-depth look at the state of women’s cycling as a sport with Sarai Snyder of…

  • Street by Street, Out of the Mud

    Wearing my Planning and Sustainability Commission hat, I’ve been following for some time an effort by the Portland Bureau of Transportation know as Street-by-street. The intent is to address the many unimproved streets in the City (many in East Portland, and a few areas in NE and SE Portland). The source of the problem is…

  • KBOO Bike Show on Vacation…

    Tomorrow KBOO will rebroadcast this episode…

  • M.O.M. Trailer is Back

    About this time last year, I enthused about a Kickstarter project for a bicycle utility trailer adaptable to a variety of tasks. It didn’t fund then, but the project is back with more modest goals to get tooling put together to begin production. I’m excited to back the project, and I hope you’ll consider it…

  • KBOO Bike Show: Emergency!

    Listen to the show (mp3, 27.4MB) Disaster strikes! How can we be prepared, and how can bicycles help us manage in a time of crisis? Our guests are Carmen Merlo, Director of the Portland Bureau of Emergency Management and Ethan Jewett, Organizer of this year’s inaugural Disaster Relief Trials.