Different, awesome, sometimes institutionalized things that happen around bikiness
Even though I’ve been affiliated with the Community Cycling Center for almost two years now, until last night I’d never been to one of their drop-in volunteer nights. Every Tuesday, from 7-9:30pm, they welcome volunteer mechanics who work to refurbish donated kids’ bikes. Those bikes are then used for the …
The days, they are darkening. The time hasn’t even changed back yet, and still I find myself getting caught, homeward, in darkness, or leaving before the sun comes up. The clouds don’t help, certainly: even though it’s not full-on rainy season here yet, the spattering of showers and fallish clouds …
For the last two nights, James and I have had a relative stranger sleeping upstairs in our house. No, it’s not as creepy as it sounds: Neil, our short-term house guest, is the first person to contact me via the Warmshowers website, a resource for touring cyclists. Basically what it …
What better way to celebrate a Friday commute over one of Portland’s lovely bridges than happy people serving you free coffee and donuts? Oh, how about free breakfast tacos too? Gluten-free pancakes, perhaps? That’s what Shift’s Breakfast on the Bridge is all about. Run entirely by volunteers who simply want …
