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Favorite Bike


Route Get Out(side)!


MY FAVORITE BIKE ROUTE


★ SPRINGWATER CORRIDOR SE Ivon to Boring, OR portlandonline.com/parks


EASTBANK ESPLANADE Eastside Riverfront portlandonline.com/parks


WATERFRONT SW Naito Pkwy


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MY FAVORITE BIKE SHOP


★ BIKE GALLERY Various Locations bikegallery.com


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t’s the rare city park that can serve as a commuter highway,


kid-friendly path to the roller rink, and excellent place to throw an all-night PBR-guzzlin’ party by the river. The Springwater Corridor succeeds at being all things to all people… as long as those people don’t


drive. Over 2,700 people


biked the 21-mile path daily in 2010, according to city counts, pedaling along the edge of the Willamette River from inner Southeast Port- land all the way out to Johnson Creek and exotic Boring, Oregon. The Springwater has actually been a travelway for 108 years: A street-


CITY BIKES 734 SE Ankeny - 239-6951 citybikes.coop


COMMUNITY CYCLING CENTER 1700 NE Alberta - 288-8864 communitycyclingcenter.org


RIVER CITY BICYCLES 706 NE MLK - 233-5973 rivercitybicycles.com


SELLWOOD CYCLES 7953 SE 13th - 233-9392 sellwoodcycle.com


A BETTER CYCLE 2324 SE Division - 265-8595 abettercycle.com


WTF BIKES 1114 SE Clay - 232-4983 wtfbikes.net


car line fi rst hacked out the route in 1903, sparking the development of Sellwood, Eastmoreland, and other SE Portland neighborhoods. The streetcar company even built Oaks Amusement Park (home now to a Wurlitzer and roller derby) on the line to encourage weekend travel. Boom led to bust, though, and the streetcar ceased service in 1958. In 1990, the city and Metro started buying up the tracks, pav- ing it over


for our now-beloved


multi-use path in 1996. ★ Springwater Corridor,


SE Ivon to Boring, Oregon


CASCADE CYCLING 122 N Killingsworth - 281-0255 cascadecycling.com


METICON 5925 SE Foster - 771-1737 meticonbikes.com


MY FAVORITE


DOG PARK ★ MT. TABOR SE 60th & Salmon portlandonline.com/parks


LAURELHURST SE Cesar E Chavez & Stark portlandonline.com/parks


GABRIEL PARK SW 45th & Vermont portlandonline.com/parks


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NORMANDALE NE 57th & Halsey


portlandonline.com/parks


CRESTON PARK SE 44th & Powell


portlandonline.com/parks


MY FAVORITE MOUNTAIN BIKE


TRAIL ★ FOREST PARK NW 29th & Upshur to Newberry Rd portlandonline.com/parks


SPRINGWATER CORRIDOR SE Ivon to Boring, OR portlandonline.com/parks


POWELL BUTTE 16160 SE Powell Blvd portlandonline.com/parks


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