Bipedal, By Pedal: A history of bicycle activism in Portland, OR

Author:   Joe Biel ,  Elly Blue
Publisher:   Microcosm Publishing
Volume:   3
ISBN:  

9781621063841


Pages:   48
Publication Date:   01 January 2012
Format:   Pamphlet
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Bipedal, By Pedal: A history of bicycle activism in Portland, OR


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In this, the third issue of Joe Biel's award-winning, ongoing look at the Critical Mass movement, we are given a well-researched analysis at the history of bicycle activism and police spying in Portland, Oregon. The result is an engaging and readable combination of story, activism, and history. Over the course of 44 pages, Biel looks at why a city so bike-friendly as Portland has virtually no Critical Mass ride, while cataloging the ways the Portland Police Department has interacted with local riders and historic activism. Says Biel, ""It's concerning how many times a cyclist has repeated to me the police's version of Portland's cycling history or how years later new rumors are created about what happened."" Strange and inspiring, Bipedal, By Pedal #3 is essential, illuminating reading for cyclists and non-cyclists alike.

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Author:   Joe Biel ,  Elly Blue
Publisher:   Microcosm Publishing
Imprint:   Microcosm Publishing
Volume:   3
Weight:   0.043kg
ISBN:  

9781621063841


ISBN 10:   1621063844
Pages:   48
Publication Date:   01 January 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Pamphlet
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable   Availability explained
The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you.

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Joe Biel has written a fairly extensive history of the movement in Portland from its beginnings to where it stopped in the latter part of the '00s. - <i>Razorcake</i> First hand accounts of the people from the Critical Mass-ers and the culture of political awareness and activism that has grown out of this particular gathering...a great read both for those with knowledge and history of Critical Mass, as well as the uninitiated. - <i>Maximum Rocknroll</i>


Joe Biel has written a fairly extensive history of the movement in Portland from its beginnings to where it stopped in the latter part of the '00s. - Razorcake First hand accounts of the people from the Critical Mass-ers and the culture of political awareness and activism that has grown out of this particular gathering...a great read both for those with knowledge and history of Critical Mass, as well as the uninitiated. - Maximum Rocknroll


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Joe Biel is the founder of Microcosm Publishing and creator of the documentary about the DIY music scene,If It Ain't Cheap, It Ain't Punk. He is the coauthor of 13 Years of Good Luck and the author of all volumes of the The CIA Makes Science Fiction Unexciting series and The Perfect Mix Tape Segue series andYou Can Work Any Hundred Hours a Week You Want (In Your Underwear)!! He lives in Portland, Oregon.

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