Bicyclist Education Resources in Portland, Oregon

Bicyclist Education Resources in Portland, Oregon

Printed Material

Oregon DMV Bicyclist Manual, an illustrated guide to your legal rights and responsibilities as a bicyclist. (PDF available to download from this site.)

Guide to Your Ride, a manual put out by Transportation Options. It covers basics of riding clothes and gear, bike maintenance, and bicycling skills and safety. (PDF available to download from this site.) Options also has a series of bicycle maps, which all contain a brief outline of basic riding skills like signaling and lane use.

Art of Urban Cycling, Robert Hurst Powell's Link, Amazon Link or from the Multnomah County Library. Review by MichaelR

Web sites

http://bicyclesafe.com/ - 10 Ways to Avoid Getting Hit by Cars
http://www.geocities.com/fredoswald/tentips.htm - 10 Tips for Safe and Enjoyable Cycling
http://www.bikexprt.com/streetsmarts/usa/ - Bicycling Street Smarts
http://www.kenkifer.com/bikepages/ - Ken Kifer's Bike Pages
http://www.stc-law.com/bikepower.html - Pedal Power, Ray Thomas's Guide to Bike Law in Oregon

Classes

League of American Bicyclist certified bicycle skills classes

Group classes in Washington County, taught by Hal Ballard Course Detail
One-on-one training available in Portland from Elicia Cardenas, eliciacardenas at hotmail dot com

Bicycle Transportation Alliance Commuter 101 classes (presented by BTA, various locations and dates) Class description and upcoming schedule

City of Portland Transportation Options Portland By Cycle & Women on Bikes (Rides and classes for adults new to cycling or looking to increase skills - offered late Spring and Summer) Website for more information - Search for "Portland By Cycle" or "Women on Bikes"

Motorcycle certification PCC Class

“I really recommend the Motorcycle Safety BRS, it's an awesome course and the skills I learned definitely helped a great deal with defensive bicycling skills. (i.e. I'm not sure how I got around okay before that class) They have a wide range of motorbikes style - so you can find one that suits you, even if you've never been on a motorbike before, and at least 1/3-1/2 of the class are women. It's a three day course at PCC for $129, and afterwards you can just go to the DMV and get your motorcycle endorsement.”

Bike Empowered classes This has just started up, and not much information is available yet. Brian offers classes on bicycle commuting and more sporty training, as well as on group riding, bike maintenance, and wheel truing skills. He can be contacted at 503.975.2391 or bikempowered at yahoo dot com