Portland builders take home four awards
Posted by Jonathan Maus (Editor) on March 4th, 2007 at 5:55 pm
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The North American Handmade Bicycle Show just wrapped up with a big announcement and an awards ceremony.
“Roaring 29er” mountain bike.]
Two local Portland builders — Tony Pereira of Pereira Cycles, and Joseph Ahearne of Ahearne Cycles — scored major recognition for their building skills.
Pereira was the big winner of the night with three awards. His “Roaring 29er” cruiser-inspired mountain bike took home the awards for Best Fillet Brazed Bike and Best Off-Road Bike. Tony also took home the Best Road Bike trophy with his pinstriped, 1950s style randonneuring bike. Check out Tony’s photo gallery of this bike on PereiraCycles.com.
Ahearne was honored with the Best City Bike trophy for his magnificent “Ms Michaels” mixte, which I wrote about yesterday.
I couldn’t think of a more exciting way to end my trip in San Jose. Our local boys did us very proud. They all showed some of the most beautiful and creative bikes in the entire show.
oops….I’ve got a plane to catch!…
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March 5th, 2007 05:54
Congrats to all the Portland craftsmen/women! We are lucky to have such a fine set of inspiring artists in our town. And great coverage of the event, Jonathan. Now, if I can just convince my wife that I really do need a fast tourer, a singlespeed, a SS 29er, and a long bike. Then the dilemma of who to choose to build them?
March 5th, 2007 07:45
Holy Cow Tony! That's AWESOME! Congratulations!!!!
March 5th, 2007 08:29
Tony-
Congrats. Now get back here so we can go mountain biking!
A very proud Pereira owner
March 5th, 2007 08:37
Nice work Joseph! That bike looks fantastic.
March 5th, 2007 09:07
Well done good fellow!!!
March 5th, 2007 09:09
Have your Brothers have inspired your work? They must have, that is a coolest 29er I've seen!
March 5th, 2007 09:58
Nice work guys! (Those trophies are huge!)
March 6th, 2007 18:46
Thanks everyone! Its quite an honor to be recognized by AND among so many incredible builders. I'm thinking about an open house at my shop soon so that all y'all can come by and see the bikes...stay tuned--Jonathan will be the first to know.
March 7th, 2007 11:25
Hey, big congratulations to Tony and Joseph , and the whole Portland crew. I'm really proud to be working on bike stuff in Portland, inspired by the caliber of work from these guys, including Sacha and Ira.
Excellent work!
Bill
March 22nd, 2007 11:16
News travels fast. From San Jose, Ca. to Stuart, Fl. Our family and friends were able to share the excitement of Joseph Ahearne's award of "Best City Bike". We are so very proud of him! Of course, the bike mixte that won was built for Ms.Michaels - who just happens to be our daughter. Great going Joseph!!!
November 5th, 2007 16:40
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