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  1. Alright, as freaky and fun as Portland, Oregon is I know there have got
    to be a few uni/muni folks out there!

    I've been unicycling for about a year and now I'm starting to play
    w/the muni, I'm looking for someone to tool around the local trails
    with.

    Where you at???

  2. there a couple of us in Salem.

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  3. I live in Mcminnville,

    http://tinyurl.com/ab8f6

    Well technicaly i'm in Georgia, but i'll be back on the 18th. ^^

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  4. I am near vancouver, washington, which isn't too far away. If you get a
    group together to ride, I would probably be able to come.

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  5. Downtown Portland would be a sweet place to ride. Or maybe under the
    burnside bridge where they hold the Saturday Market. I don't live in
    Portland though, I live in Eugene.

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  6. halfbike said:

    *Downtown Portland would be a sweet place to ride. Or maybe under the
    burnside bridge where they hold the Saturday Market. I don't live in
    Portland though, I live in Eugene. *


    no, the other side of Burnside where the skate park is woould be
    better.

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  7. jagur said:

    *no, the other side of Burnside where the skate park is woould be
    better. *

    Yeah, if it wasn't constantly flooded because of it's fame. If you plan
    to go to Burnside, look up a sho nearby called Cal-Skate. They'll be
    able to help you pick an empty day. Or there are the Newberg, Tualitin
    and Sherwood skateparks 15-30 minutes away.

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  8. just go there around 8 am to 11am and everyone is pasted out. sure you
    have to ollie over a few homeless but they know better than to passout
    on the line or in the bowls.

    i know Cal Skate, they sell killer kites.

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  9. halfbike said:

    *Downtown Portland would be a sweet place to ride. Or maybe under the
    burnside bridge where they hold the Saturday Market. I don't live in
    Portland though, I live in Eugene. *

    Downtown Portland is not a good place to ride. Portland has become a
    police state since the [censored] has been mayor. Portland does not allow
    any wheeled vehicles on the sidewalks in the downtownish area. Outside
    of the downtownish area it's OK (or at least it was OK last time I
    checked). You have to ride your little trials uni on the street with
    the cars if you want to cut through downtown.

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  10. hey now, that Mayor acually made it legal to ride your other than bike
    means of commuting in the street at least. untill then, you couldnt ride
    you rollerblades,skateboard, pogostick etc. even unicycles in the
    downtown streets at all....

    at least she signed on to that. now people have more ways to leave thier
    cars at home...

    Katz isnt the Mayor anymore.

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  11. jagur said:

    *hey now, that Mayor acually made it legal to ride your other than
    bike means of commuting in the street at least. untill then, you
    couldnt ride you rollerblades,skateboard, pogostick etc. even
    unicycles in the downtown streets at all....

    at least she signed on to that. now people have more ways to leave
    thier cars at home...

    Katz isnt the Mayor anymore. *

    Vera Katz didn't initiate the change to the skateboarding and the
    non-bicycle vehicle laws. It was a city commissioner that proposed the
    change. And it was about 7 years into her reign that the issue was
    finally addressed. It happened in spite of Katz not because of Katz.

    Here's a good site about Oregon and Portland bicycle laws:
    'Bicycle laws' (http://www.stc-law.com/bicycle.html)
    'More on bicycle laws' (http://www.stc-law.com/bikearticles.html)
    'Skate law and non-bicycle vehicle law'
    (http://www.stc-law.com/skate.html)

    And I know Vera Katz is finally no longer mayor of Portland. About
    time. I have no idea if the new guy is a turd or not.

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  12. freshyfresh,

    I'm in Tillamook next Wednesday and will probably do an AM ride
    somewhere up in the Coast Range on the Wilson (The highway between
    Banks and Tillamook).

    This will be my last internet access until Tuesday nite though. My cell
    is 206 890-1024 if you're interested.

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  13. Thanks for all the replies. I guess the short answer is no there are
    not muni riders in Portland, well atleast not that are on this list.

    Anyhoo, looks like there are several folks within 30mins or so. I also
    know there are folks in Bend.

    As for riding downtown, tis true, you can't uni on the sidewalks. I
    have and was told by TheMan to get my bike off the sidewalk, when I
    started to say it wasn't a bike dude got [censored]. So I tend to say off
    sidewalks downtown to avoid conficts.

    I've down some scouting, looks like under the east side of the
    Hawthorne bridge there are some cool things to play on. I've also found
    a spot near the Rose Quarter transit center. I'm sure there are cool
    play spots all over the place, these are just ones that I've noticed.

    BTW: Thanks for the offer UniBrier, but I'm not gonna be heading that
    way.

  14. There have been previous posts to the forum by Portland area riders
    looking for others in the area. Search the forum. Here's a couple that
    I managed to find with a very quick and dirty search:
    'Hood River area MUNI rider' (http://tinyurl.com/ay8p6)
    'Oregon Unicyclists?' (http://tinyurl.com/dzw9a)

    Here's a thread on 'Hood River and the Post Canyon trails'
    (http://tinyurl.com/7razk). Theo is probably a Portland area rider.

    If you learn the trails around Post Canyon and are willing to informally
    organize a ride in Hood River at Post Canyon I'd be willing to drive
    down to Hood River to go riding for the weekend. I do need to get down
    to Hood River before the end of the good riding season this year. The
    trails there are fun and Hood River is a good place to visit.

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  15. Thanks for the search results John, I had dug around a bit and found
    them. Post Canyon sounds awesome, don't know when I'll get the chance
    to get out there, but I'm gonna add it to my list!

    If any of you semi-locals are looking for uni fun check out the
    cyclocross action this fall. Here's a link to the site:
    http://crosscrusade.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=298&PN=1

    I think there were 3-5 racers last year.

  16. Mt. Hood Ski Bowl has a fun downhill run open to MTB and MUni (See 'this
    thread' (http://tinyurl.com/c7bvd)). There is also a ride down to a lake
    so you can spend some time at the top before the big descent.

    I held off riding on Tuesday due to the AM rain. Ended up skipping the
    trail on the Wilson River at the King Mountain Trailhead and decided to
    do the 900' descent in 2.5 miles on a Cape Lookout foot path later in
    the afternoon. Unfortunately when I got dropped off at the top of the
    cape I found the trail was closed due to an un-repaired landslide from
    earlier this year. It turned out to be a pretty boring 900' descent on
    the road shoulder. Scenery always good though.

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