A great sign for local biking and business.(Photos by The Lumberyard and Josh Harvey)

The Lumberyard, an indoor bike park on NE 82nd Avenue in Portland, is now open for business. The new, privately-owned riding area swung open its doors to the public earlier this month. It's the first facility of its kind west of the [...]

Look what just opened downtown!(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)

Chrome, a well-known bag and urban bicycling/lifestyle apparel brand, opened a new retail store in downtown Portland yesterday. Staffers from the company's San Francisco headquarters spent three weeks completely renovating a 1,300 square foot space at 425 SW 10th Avenue (around the corner from the Ace Hotel and [...]

Portland resident Chris Chapman has launched a new cycling apparel brand called, "It's in my Heart". The business is just getting off the ground; but Chapman, a former brand manager at Castelli/Sportful, says he's already got orders flowing in from all of Portland's major bike shops as well as the Made in Oregon store and [...]

One week from today, Einstein Bros. Bagels will hold a grand opening for 13 stores in the Portland area (the stores were previously Noah's Bagels and Kettleman Bagel Co. locations that they've rebranded).
And, while some local bagel lovers grumbled at the takeover of Kettleman by a national company, perhaps Einstein will fall back into favor [...]

Portland Pedal Power's cargo enclosure.

Portland Pedal Power is a local bike business that delivers food, beer and wine, groceries and other products throughout the city. Their fleet consists of Yuba Mundo longtail cargo bikes with custom made enclosures that attach to the rear racks.
The enclosures are a nifty way to hold cargo and they have [...]

Old Town's head brewer Scott Guckel is ready to quench your thirst.(Photos: Old Town Brewing)

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Trailhead's latest.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland)

In the past I've documented Portland's strong and rich connection between coffee and bikes. I've also shared how this city is absolutely bonkers for cargo bikes in all of their many manifestations. Well, it turns out that those two trends are continuing to push local coffee and bike lovers to new [...]

New or used?(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland)

Bicycle Retailer & Industry News reported on an interesting (forthcoming) study from marketing and research firm The Gluskin Townley Group yesterday. The report compared the demographics and buying habits of buyers of used bikes versus buyers of new bikes. Here's more from BRAIN:
Owners of bikes they bought used ride more, [...]

They're big in Europe (and Japan and...).(Photos © J. Maus)

Continuing their strong growth since moving to Portland in 2003, Chris King Precision Components is set to receive one of the Mayor's International Business Awards at a gala event on May 15th. At the event, the company will joined in recognition by other regional business stalwarts [...]

In a sign of the growing business opportunities that come with the renaissance of urban biking in America — and Portland's reputation for being in the center of it — Woodinville, Washington-based Sportworks will launch its new "No Scratch" bike rack line at Bridgeport Brewpub in the Pearl District next month.
Sportworks is already the nation's [...]

Chris Lewis of Lewd Bikes and his Nor'Westerner model.

The other day while riding home up N. Mississippi just off of Interstate Ave, something caught my eye near the new Green Garage bike shop. A banner for "Lewd Bikes" and what looked like a party going on inside. I was already late getting home, but I [...]

The owners of Salem-based bike shop, Santiam Bicycle, are set to open a new store off SW Hall Blvd in Tigard near the Washington Square Mall (about 10 miles southwest of downtown Portland). The large, high-profile store (it's in the same shopping center as Target) will not only be a great place to shop for [...]

The Velo Cult grand opening party.

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The Evolution Fresh delivery vehicle.(Photo: StarbucksMelody.com/Metrofiets)

Evolution Fresh, a California juice company purchased by Starbucks back in November, opened its first cafe on Monday in Bellevue, Washington. Why is this on the front page of BikePortland? Well, it turns out that Evolution is seriously considering offering bike delivery for their stores and to test out the [...]

The bar at Velo Cult.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)

Velo Cult Bike Shop will celebrate its grand opening with a party this Saturday. The shop's owner Sky Boyer and his close-knit crew of employees, have worked tirelessly since January to transform a former antique mall on NE 42nd Avenue in the Hollywood District into what is poised [...]

Curtis Williams in the window of his new work and retail space on SE 23rd Ave.

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From Santa Cruz and Rick Hunter to the trio behind the Ned Ludd Market Bike in Portland (Ben Leonard, Ira Ryan, Jason French), teaming up is paying off for framebuilders.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)

As you pedal north from the Rose Quarter into Portland’s "fifth quadrant," it would be easy to not even notice what has [...]

"If a thousand-dollar bike purchase takes $30 off the retailer’s bottom line, the same purchase made via Dwolla only costs him 25¢."— Rick Vosper, bike industry marketing consultant

Rick Vosper is a veteran of the bike industry who has worked for major brands and now — as founder of Rick Vosper Marketing Services — makes [...]

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Seven years after a few hundred friends and fellow bike lovers packed into a coffee shop in northeast Portland to celebrate and share locally handmade, bike-inspired goods — I'm very excited to announce that BikeCraft is now available 24/7 on the web.
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Tucked away in the corner of the Sacramento Convention Center in a nondescript booth hosted by a Canadian university is a bike that looks like it may have come from another century. 
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