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title: "Portland shines again"
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date: 2011-09-26
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author: "BF Admin"
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# Portland shines again

Portland Sunday Parkways closed its 2011 season on Sept. 25 with a ride through the Northeast section of town.

Despite some stormy weather, with periods of downpours, the turnout was pretty good.

When the sun poked through, the traffic level spiked and everyone was out to have a good time.

A reminder to anyone who was there, or missed it. We plan to come up to Portland for a Show and Ride event the weekend of October 22-23. The site has yet to be determined. If you are not on our email list (if you are on our email list, you would have gotten the email notice last week that we were coming to Portland Sunday Parkways), just email Raz (raz@bikefriday.com) and he'll make sure you get notified where and when we will be there.

Meanwhile, enjoy some shots from Sunday:

Wind and rain got the event off to a somewhat slow start.

We took advantage of all our real estate.

 

It's all about the fold -- at least when trying to attract a quick crowd.

 

A Eugene Celebration style float rolled by, escorted by a Bike Friday Family Tandem. Slow on the camera, yeah, sorry about that.

 

Even a downpour couldn't dampen the spirits of some participants ...

 

... nor dampen some of the exhibitors, like our own Kirk Toy.

 

Test riding was a chancy proposition at times.

 

Wish I could speak the language! A group discussed Bike Fridays in sign language.

But there was some sunshine, and smiles.