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		<title>Ramona Street Fair</title>
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Had a change of plans while I&#8217;ll be hitting the Parkways event later right now I&#8217;m over at the street fair doing free repairs! Got the whole little portable mechanic setup going. If you&#8217;d like some free bike fixing come on down! There is also lots of other vendors and music and food&#8230;.  good times! [...]]]></description>
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		<title>East Sunday Parkways</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This Sunday (July 18th) is the east side parkways tour, another installment this summer series. The streets will be shut down for a route made up of a 4.5-mile loop, connecting Ed Benedict (and the East Portland Exposition), Bloomington and Lents Parks.  Food, music and activities are located in the parks and along the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bicycles for Humanity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A while back you may have noticed that collection we participated in to send unwanted bikes to school children in South Africa. It didn&#8217;t go as quickly as hoped, but Jenny the organizer did daily collections for a week. The container was nearly full by the time it shipped out.
A dozen of the bikes came [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://meticonbikes.com/news/bicycles-for-humanity-2/</link>
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		<title>Bike routes in the Foster area</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New routes through the neighborhood are being implemented or at least planned for the near future.
East &#8211; West
Center Street. A lot of bike/ped improvements to this street have already happened. Many speed bumps, stop signs and sidewalk improvements have been installed. Good stuff.
North &#8211; South
52nd? 50th? This is just in the planning/committee stage. Going north [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://meticonbikes.com/news/bike-routes-in-the-foster-area/</link>
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		<title>Expanded Hours!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Now that the good weather is finally  here we are expanding the hours at Meticon.
Starting next week we will be open Monday 10-2, Tuesday thru Friday 10-8, and Saturday 10-5. Still closed Sunday&#8230; Can&#8217;t work Seven days a week!
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		<title>Sable is sick&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
 Sable (Simba ) has an infection in his mouth. One side of his face is swollen.  Of course it&#8217;s July 4th so can&#8217;t take him to vet today.  He&#8217;ll be going first thing in the morning. For those who know and love our 60th Avenue mascot I will update after he visits [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Multnomah County Bike Fair!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow is that last day of pedalpalooza ;( while this makes us sad, the MCBF is a great way to celebrate another awesome year of pedalpalooza.
The fair will be at SE Alder Street between 12th and 14th (the southern end of the Washington High School lot. We at Meticon will be riding down early to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://meticonbikes.com/news/multnomah-county-bike-fair/</link>
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		<title>Veer!</title>
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Veer the local movie about four prominent members of local bike culture has officially come out on DVD. We have copies in stock.
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		<link>http://meticonbikes.com/news/veer-2/</link>
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		<title>Weekend fun!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(had a little technical trouble this post was supposed to be up on Monday&#8230; oops.) 
Went to the Joustdown. Here&#8217;s a video of the trophies we made.Good natured carnage! A brief appearance by the Sunny Nekkid Ride. It was hard to not stare in an impolite fashion! Had to get back to the shop and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://meticonbikes.com/news/weekend-fun/</link>
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		<title>Events events events!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Had a blast at the Foster ride Thursday night. A small but fun group of neighborhood folks crashed through several local bars. Good times I&#8217;ll be sure to make next years as well.
Today at 2pm is bike jousting down at Col. Sumners park. Meticon has the honor of providing the trophies for the event. We&#8217;ll [...]]]></description>
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