Portland Velo Club News

This month, KRhea's column is All About the Ride . Portland Velo Saturday Signature Ride Format Thanks in part to the steady and incredible growth of our club and more importantly our Saturday club rides, it’s time we made a few simple changes to our Saturday ride structure. It’s important that we’re able to provide a safe and enjoyable ride experience...   Read More...

Javad is one of those people who obviously knows a lot about cycling, and it shows in his riding, but he’s humble about it when you talk to him. I’ve tried on several occasions to keep up with him on the Thursday SE rides, and it’s just not possible 100% of the time (okay, EVER), but Javad knows every single bike path, road, shortcut and bike route...   Read More...

After working our way through a truly excellent Giro d' Italia and a monstrously wet June we now find ourselves arrived a the height of Summer and the height of the Tour de France. Earlier we were lead to understand that this year's Tour would be run without race radios, which I believed was a good thing. With the introduction of Motorola 2...   Read More...

There are future plans for a NEW NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAY (NEW NAME FOR A BIKE BOULEVARD) IN SOUTHWEST PORTLAND. It would extend from SW Terwilliger to Alpenrose Dairy along SW Vermont and SW Illinois for most of the route. There is even a possibility that it could cut through the back of Alpenrose and go on side streets to Beaverton. This is the only...   Read More...

Velocity, that time each month when I put on “virtual” paper random thoughts, ideas, comments along with club news and information. I try and cover all bases as briefly as possible so you can get to the “meat” of the newsletter while hoping that something clicks with a few of you. That there’s one tidbit that someone finds amusing, interesting, informational...   Read More...