UBI's new frame building classroom.(Photo: UBI)

The United Bicycle Institute will start its first framebuilding class on Monday (4/12) and the classes will be taught by two of Portland's most prominent frame builders -- Tony Pereira and Joseph Ahearne.
Ashland-based UBI has been offering professional mechanic training courses since they opened their campus in North Portland back [...]

Neal Fegan, builder of sculptural velocipedes.(Photos © J. Maus)

Custom bike artist and fabricator Neal Fegan of St. Johns-based Montana Transit Authority has done it again.
Back in 2008 we shared his amazing and functional, sculptural art bikes, last summer he wowed onlookers with his interpretation of a pedicab, and now he's got a new [...]

Johnnie Olivan.(Photo © J. Maus)

Johnnie Olivan of Portland-based Rejuiced Bikes has won a $15,000 commission to build a mini-fleet of "bike-cars." Olivan has already been riding several of his bike-cars around Portland, but he'll use the money to take the design to the next level.
The commission comes from a joint project by Seattle-based non-profits [...]

People came from far and wide to take in the Oregon Handmade Bicycle Show last weekend. -Slideshow below/Gallery -(Photos © J. Maus)

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[This story was written by Mark Reber]

Andy Newlands, a pioneer of Portland's framebuilding industry.(Photos © J. Maus)

Portland's emergence as a hub of bike manufacturing seems new and shiny like the paint on the bikes at this week's upcoming Oregon Handmade Bicycle Show. But the area's provenance as a leading force in the bike business has [...]

This story is part of our ongoing Oregon Manifest 2009 coverage.

High fives exchanged among racers who didn't complete the "epic" course. (Photo © BikePortland/Elly Blue)

The Oregon Manifest Constructors Challenge bicycles have been built, raced, judged, and celebrated. The top 15 bikes (12 chosen for their design and the three that were raced the fastest) are [...]

The Circle A Cycles bike was the only onewith dirt proudly on display last night.They'll all be looking battleweary by now. (Photo © Elly Blue)

Our correspondent Mark Reber just called from up on Skyline Drive where he's been photographing the challengers in the Oregon Manifest Constructor's Race at the race's Beer Pickup Checkpoint.
All the [...]

An enthusiastic crowd turned out tonight for the reception party.(Photo by Mark Reber for BikePortland)

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Editor's note: Please welcome new BikePortland contributor Mark Reber. A reporter and photographer, Mark is working with us to cover the Oregon Manifest Constructor's Design Challenge and Race this weekend. Mark was able to spend some time with the bikes and their proud, nervous builders this morning, and sent this dispatch -- and some enticing [...]

Sean Chaney of Vertigo Cycles posted this sneak peek of his Design Challenge entry.

The Constructor's Design Challenge (part of Oregon Manifest) is coming this Friday. The event is an unprecedented opportunity to have the brightest minds in bike building put their skills and experience into building the Ultimate Transportation Bike. Each entry will [...]

[BikePortland intern Jonathan "J.R." Reed contributed reporting to this story.]

Production means more riding and less waiting.(Photo: Daniel Sharp Photography)

Portland-based Sweetpea Bicycles is the latest local bike builder to offer a line of production bikes. Builder Natalie Ramsland says the move was made to make Sweetpeas more accessible, both in terms of price and availability. [...]

What sort of features will builders like Joseph Ahearne dream up?(Photo © J. Maus)

If you haven't taken time to peruse the schedule of the Oregon Manifest, you should. The six-week event -- which last year mainly focused on a custom bike show -- has blossomed into nothing short of an urban biking summit.
This year [...]

Beloved's "Half Full" model. One of six bikes in their lineup. See the others below.

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Crowds were thick at the 2007 OHBS(Photo © J Maus)

The Oregon Bicycle Constructors Association, a nonprofit group that unites and promotes the booming local handmade bicycle frame industry, has announced that they will host the 2009 Oregon Handmade Bicycle Show this October in Northwest Portland.
The show will be held over Halloween weekend, Saturday October 31st [...]

Aaron Hayes of Northeast Portland-based Courage Bicycle Mfg. drew a lot of attention for the imaginative details on this bike he made for his girlfriend. It features S & S couplers and a rare combination of a Schlump 2-speed crankset and two "Dos Enos" cassettes in the rear.(Photo: Aaron Hayes)

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Electra's new "Ticino".

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See bikes from Sprout Cycles and six other local builders during First Thursday in the Pearl next week.(Photo © J. Maus)

A small social media application development company in the Pearl District will host a First Thursday event next week featuring five local, up-and-coming bike builders.
The show, hosted by the StepChange Group (500 NW 9th Ave.), [...]

[This Q & A with Massachusetts-based builder Chris Igleheart was written by Portlander Otis Rubottom as part of our ongoing coverage of the upcoming Oregon Manifest event. Igleheart will be in Portland this October to compete in the Constructor's Design Challenge. We'll publish more builder Q & As in the weeks to come.]

Chris Igleheart [...]

[BikePortland.org is an official media partner with the upcoming, five-week Oregon Manifest event that will celebrate bike builders from across the nation, bike advocacy, and much more.
Stay tuned for more coverage of builders, events, rides, and more.]

A few of the builders who will compete.

Portland just might bear witness to the Next Big Thing [...]

Reader Jimmy C. tells us that local custom frame builder Rob Tsunehiro of Tsunehiro Cycles has bikes on display at Legare's (1532 SE Clinton St.). They'll be there through the end of this month.
If the event flyer below is any indication, this is something worth taking a look at....

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