Mini-Northwest Tandem Rally PWTC Style

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by Phil Brown and Cheryl Speer

Please come join us as the Portland Wheelmen Touring Club hosts tandem riders from around the entire Northwest for a mini Northwest Tandem Rally.  Many of us were pretty bummed out that the regular rally in Bellingham has been cancelled, and we are excited to offer this option to all who wish to attend.

This is a great P.R. opportunity for the club and we hope you will come out and support us in this endeavor!

 

May Notes from the Community Liaison

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by Sharon Fekety

The SELLWOOD BRIDGE PROJECT is responsible for building a regional trail along SW Miles Place, just north of the west end of the Sellwood Bridge, to connect the bridge with Willamette Park and the river trail because the alignment of the new bridge affected land owned by Portland Parks and Recreation.  In return for use of that land, the bridge project agreed to build a portion of the regional trail.  At a recent neighborhood meeting, PBOT propose

May Top Talk

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by President Ann Morrow

Over the years I have been a club member (since 1992) it has been fun to meet many members and do fun rides, share a meal or cup of coffee and generally have the quality of my life enhanced by being part of PWTC.  If I stood in a club meeting I could point to most everyone there and acknowledge some good they have done for the club or some fun ride we did or story we shared.

April Top Talk

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by President Ann Morrow

We are heading into prime riding time now - at least as I write this it is still winter and I suspect we will have warmer and dryer days come spring!  So many rides and so little time.  At least for those of us still gainfully employed!

April Notes from the Community Liaison

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by Sharon Fekety

The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) will somehow find/raise the funds for 5 SUNDAY PARKWAYS this summer.  These family-friendly events will be held as follows:

May 12:  East Portland

June 23:  Northeast Portland

July 28:  North Portland

August 25:  Southeast Portland

September 29:  Southwest Portland

March Top Talk

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by President Ann Morrow

We’ve had some dry days and hints of spring as I write this and it’s so gratifying to look at our ride schedule and see such a variety of rides.  My Meet PWTC rides are drawing the exact target market I hoped for: riders who have not been riding for a while and brand new riders who want to find out what’s going on.  My most recent MEET ride drew several new riders.  One had signed on for Reach the Beach and one managed to get signed up for Cycle Or

March Notes from the Community Liaison

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by Sharon Fekety

The 87 year old SELLWOOD BRIDGE was successfully moved north from its old supports to new ones on January 19 and it opened on January 23, a day ahead of schedule.  They had a perfect, cold and sunny, day for the move.  They used Dawn dish soap to slide the bridge very slowly to the new supports, made even more difficult because the west end had to move 66 feet while the east end only moved 33 feet, because they needed more room on the west end to

February Notes from the Community Liaison

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by Sharon Fekety

Some cyclists riding south on the SPRINGWATER TRAIL near SELLWOOD RIVERFRONT PARK are not obeying the stop sign at SE Spokane St.  Citizens have been complaining and now the Portland Police Bureau will begin a series of enforcement actions.  This is a difficult intersection with cars coming from 3 directions and cyclists either going straight to remain on the trail or turning east to access the Spokane St.