You’d think that there would be some sort of relaxation and rest involved after more than a year of pretty much nonstop pedaling and traveling and the like. But no.  After a week or two in Portland, Russ is already adding value to the already bustling Portland bike scene by producing Pedal People, a series that profiles Portland bike folks. Check out this one about Geoff Franklin of Walnut Designs, who creates the coolest leather accessories for bikes, including my favorite, the Portage Strap, which caused BikeSnobNYC to coin a brilliant new word, ‘dandycross.’

Congrats to Russ for hitting the ground running in Portland. Try to stay dry.

Responding to last month’s biking momma drive-thru debacle, Burgerville has announced that they’ll welcome people on bikes to each of their 37 drive-thrus (which are from this day forward known as cycle-thrus!).

The company also announced that they have already begun adding signs to “alert drivers and bicyclists to safety precautions for bicycle access”. Burgerville’s Chief Cultural Officer Jack Graves will also be on hand to discuss their “expanded bike policy”.

In other biking-in-drive-thru news, Portlander Brad Reber says he got refused at his bank today on liability grounds (the teller told him he “might get hit”). Will banks follow Burgerville’s lead on this issue? We hope and we’ll see.

It is true that bicycles are not vehicles, but those on them ARE drivers – the law says so.
Whilst driving a bicycle, you have all the rights and are subject to all the provisions applicable to the driver of a vehicle .

Wouldn’t not serving you be vehicle discrimination? Why not. I’m calling it.