Portland Passions stirred in wake of Bridge Incident

The good citizens of Portand, Oregon, have been expressing themselves in the wake of the thrashing of a cyclist by a bus passenger in November.

There's a rusty chain quality to bicycle commuter Randy Albright's story. It has generated a lot of angry screeching.

"It is a shame that guy's Schwinn is not at the bottom of the Willamette River where it belongs."

"Bicyclists need to get a license just like we need to get one to drive on the roads."

So went the reader reaction to Tuesday's front page story about Albright blocking a TriMet bus and getting socked in the mouth by an angry passenger.

More than 250 people have e-mailed and called The Oregonian about the article. Several thousand logged onto the newspaper's Web site to watch a TriMet video of the incident.

Judging from the responses, Albright isn't getting much sympathy for his role in one of the city's most famous cases of two-wheeled road rage.

Even Cyclists are pissed at Albright.

Full story ( 4 pages ) here:

PORTLAND OREGONIAN (1/20 ) -- UNEASY RIDERS: As the number of bicyclists in Portland continues to grow, so might the driver backlash against them by Joseph Rose.