# Spare bike in Portland during RailsConf? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [May 22, 2008, 1:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/spare-bike-in-portland-during-railsconf/138377 "2008-05-22T13:00:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Christoph\_O](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Christoph\_O](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Christoph_O)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 1:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/spare-bike-in-portland-during-railsconf/138377/1 "2008-05-22T13:00:16Z")
Hi! I’d love to have a bike during RailsConf to be able to explore Portland a bit better than last year, when the only thing that I really had a bit of time to explore was Powell’s City of Books. I already bought myself “Walking Portland”, but I can already see that there is no way of doing that walks without a bike. I’ve already had a look around bike rental services in Portland, but I neither do need a perfect racing bike, nor want to spend 100 bucks for that. So here’s my question: Do any fellow Railsers living in Portland have a spare bike they could lend me for a Starbucks invitation or some other proof of my endless gratitude? It doesn’t have to be the best bike around, although it should of course keep the air in the tires. A bonus would be a rather big bike as I’m 2 meters tall (that should be something around 6,5 feet). Thanks in advance and greetings from Germany, Christoph ---
**Author:** ![Christoph\_O](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Christoph\_O](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Christoph_O)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 3:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/spare-bike-in-portland-during-railsconf/138377/2 "2008-05-22T15:26:22Z")
I don’t know if this is only for people staying there or not, but the Ace Hotel has bikes for rent: > **[Ace Hotel Portland | In The Heart Of Downtown Portland OR](https://acehotel.com/portland/)** > > Ace Hotel is located in the heart of Downtown Portland, a block or two from just about everything. Effortlessly styled, recently renovated Ace Hotel Portland. You could give them a call/e-mail to see if they’d rent you one. I don’t know their prices or anything but I’d imagine they’d be cheaper than your average bike rental shop. 🙂 –Jeremy On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 6:59 AM, Christoph O. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > neither do need a perfect racing bike, nor want to spend 100 bucks for > Christoph > > > – [http://jeremymcanally.com/](http://jeremymcanally.com/) [http://entp.com](http://entp.com) Read my books: Ruby in Practice ([Ruby in Practice](http://manning.com/mcanally/)) My free Ruby e-book ([http://humblelittlerubybook.com/](http://humblelittlerubybook.com/)) Or, my blogs: > **[Site not found · DreamHost](http://mrneighborly.com)** > > The owner of this domain has not yet uploaded their website. [http://rubyinpractice.com](http://rubyinpractice.com) ---
**Author:** ![Christoph\_O](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Christoph\_O](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Christoph_O)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 6:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/spare-bike-in-portland-during-railsconf/138377/3 "2008-05-22T18:14:09Z")
If you don’t find something, email me. I will drag one over the hill for you as I am in Oregon. twscannell at that gmail place. On May 22, 6:25 am, “Jeremy McAnally” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![Christoph\_O](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Christoph\_O](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Christoph_O)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2008, 11:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/spare-bike-in-portland-during-railsconf/138377/4 "2008-05-26T11:23:11Z")
Hi, I’m pushing this on “top” again to ask if some other folks living directly in Portland have a bike so Ruby F. doesn’t have to bring it from far away? Greetings, Christoph