Pereira gets his due with national publicity

Pereira in Mountain Bike Magazine.
Photo: Dave Roth

Local bike builder Tony Pereira is having a dream year.

Last winter he found a great new shop space near SE 24th and Belmont and in March he took home coveted trophies from the North American Handmade Bike Show for his gorgeous,”Roaring 29’er”, fillet-brazed, mountain bike.

A relative newcomer to Portland’s heralded framebuilding scene, Pereira has quickly established himself as one of the top builders in the country.

And now, things will get even better for the self-taught builder from Salt Lake City Utah Simsbury, Connecticut. He’s the subject of a “Gear Heroes” feature and the “Eye Candy” section in the August issue of Mountain Bike Magazine (which its publisher says is the #1 mountain bike mag in the nation based on a circulation of 155,000).

Pereira in Mountain Bike
Magazine.
Photo: Dave Roth

The mag features a short interview with Tony and hand-painted portrait by Michael Gamstetter on one page, and a shot of Tony and his now-famous mountain bike on the other.

It’s great to see another local builder doing so well (stay tuned for an update on Ira Ryan’s booming business).

Congrats Tony! I hope the phone is ringing off the hook.


For more Pereira goodness check out:

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

Founder of BikePortland (in 2005). Father of three. North Portlander. Basketball lover. Car owner and driver. If you have questions or feedback about this site or my work, feel free to contact me at @jonathan_maus on Twitter, via email at maus.jonathan@gmail.com, or phone/text at 503-706-8804. Also, if you read and appreciate this site, please become a supporter.

Subscribe
Notify of
guest

17 Comments
oldest
newest most voted
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments
Matt Picio
16 years ago

Tony\’s site is waaay over bandwidth right now. We need an alternate term for \”slashdotted\” to describe what happens to local sites after getting written up in national magazines and promoted on bikeportland.org.

Hmm… Tony\’s site got \”bikeported\”?

Matt Picio
16 years ago

BTW, Tony – congratulations, and I hope this means a booming and rewarding business for you!

Tomas Quinones
Tomas Quinones
16 years ago

He was a lot of fun to ride with during Scott\’s \”Ridiculous Singletrack Ride\” during Pedalpalooza. Way to go Tony!

Austin Ramsland
16 years ago

Nice work Tony!

Another Simsburyian in PDX
Another Simsburyian in PDX
16 years ago

\”from Salt Lake City, Utah\”? I know where you\’re really from.. Congrats Tony.

Jeff
Jeff
16 years ago

And he races that 29\’r too!

Tony Pereira
16 years ago

Oh man…I haven\’t even seen this yet! Thanks Jonathan, you just crushed my website…end of month bandwidth blues.
You\’re right, things are going better than I ever could have dreamed. As the \”other Simsburyian\” points out, I\’m really from Simsbury, CT, but lived in Salt Lake for many years before coming to Portland. Thanks for everyone for the support. This has been an amazing year. I\’m getting goosebumps as I write. Back to the bench…-T

Scott
Scott
16 years ago

I believe he raced the \”Roaring 29er\” at the Portland MTB Short Track Series opener last Monday. Check out the 1min 30sec mark on this video: http://www.portlandracing.com/video.html

Slice
Slice
16 years ago

The Pear Rocks!

Nice work Icepick.

Judi and Jenn
Judi and Jenn
16 years ago

Awesome news, Tony:)
We miss you….

Fellow Econ. Major, Now Booking Travel
Fellow Econ. Major, Now Booking Travel
16 years ago

Passion. Talent. Drive. (A wealth of knowledge in ecomomics.) Tony\’s got it all… he deserves the spotlight too.

Nice work!

AllenInk ~
16 years ago

… and you owe me a beer (or six) ;-]

congrats!

Pete Pereira
Pete Pereira
16 years ago

Way to go Bro!!! they drew your sideburns perfectly!

Nice Job-

Pete

Tony Pereira
16 years ago

FYI, my web site is back up now!

Anonymous
Anonymous
16 years ago

Tony is the only (Pro) framebuilder that Zoobombs, on a freakbike that he built himself, of course.

Webfoot Flyer
Webfoot Flyer
16 years ago

A class act gets published, that is how it is supposed to work. Fine work Tony.

nubrie
16 years ago

Way to go Tony. As a proud owner of one of Tony\’s early on 29r\’s (the Booberry) I\’m happy to hear that he continues to follow his passion with a vengence.

All the best….