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Posted on January 19th, 2010 at 9:58 am.
Not just for cars anymore.(Photo: Elly Blue/BikePortland)
Back in August, local fast food chain Burgerville made headlines when they opened their drive-thrus to bicycle-riding customers at all 39 of their locations.
But, according to an interview with the company’s CEO Jeff Harvey published in The Oregonian last week, that’s just the start.
Posted on October 2nd, 2009 at 10:51 am.
The Portland Free Store at SE 11th & Clay(Photos © Elly Blue)
There’s yet another new bike-based business in town — the difference is that at this store, everything is free.
The Portland Free Store is, according to its website, “basically a second-hand store, except that everything is free.” People can drop off donations at the [...]
Posted on September 21st, 2009 at 11:44 am.
A month ago, local eco-fast food chain Burgerville announced a new policy that would allow people to use bicycles in the drive-through lanes at all of their 30 something locations, after a woman was denied service on her bike broadcast the incident online.
Last Thursday they sealed the deal with a promotion at their Hawthorne location [...]
Posted on September 15th, 2009 at 6:16 pm.
Phillip Ross of Metrofiets rolls out the new Hopworks party bike, complete with wood bar, kegs on tap, pizza rack, sound system, and mountains of mojo. (Photos © Elly Blue)
I just witnessed the unveiling of something truly in the Portland spirit: A locally built cargo bike that holds two kegs below an inlaid wood [...]
Posted on September 15th, 2009 at 12:47 pm.
Bikes and beer will be celebrated in true Portland style this weekend at Biketobeerfest, a carfree event being thrown by Hopworks Urban Brewery (HUB). The event is Saturday, September 19th, from noon to 10pm. And it’s totally free and open to the public.
There’s one catch — the event is carfree. There will be plenty of [...]
Posted on July 8th, 2009 at 4:39 pm.
Free Geek is one of Portland’s most bike-friendly businesses.
In Portland, we’re fortunate to have many local businesses and organizations that support bicycling. Free Geek, a non-profit based in Southeast Portland that recycles and sells used computers and parts, makes biking easier by selling a few accessories in their Thrift Store.
One of the [...]
Posted on April 24th, 2009 at 1:24 pm.
Todd Roll, owner of Pedal Bike Tours, wants to guide you to work.(Photo © J. Maus)
North Portland-based Pedal Bike Tours wants you to “Ditch the car and discover the best route to safely ride your bike to work,” and they have a novel way of helping you do it.
The company, founded by Todd Roll back [...]
Posted on April 24th, 2009 at 8:59 am.
Trailhead’s delivery truck.(Photos © Dan Liu)
Few are the passions can match the fervor of bike geeks, but the achievement of the quintessential espresso has driven coffee innovators since the death of the penny-farthing gave way to to the modern bicycle.
Portlander Charlie Wicker, owner and operator of Trailhead Coffee Roasters, has found a way to [...]
Posted on April 3rd, 2009 at 2:39 pm.
B-Line co-owner Kathryn Racine-Jones astride one of her company’s delivery vehicles.(Photos © J. Maus)
Posted on March 4th, 2009 at 7:38 pm.
Bike Gallery owner Jay Gravesworking on a bike during the Cycle Oregon weekend ride last summer.(Photo © J. Maus)
Bike Gallery — a company that runs six bike shops in the Portland area — has been named a Platinum-level Bicycle Friendly Business by the League of American Bicyclists.
The family-run shops, now headed by Jay [...]
