Painter Jason Varney in the Coat shop.(Photos © Jonathan Maus)

For small, independent framebuilders, each bike that rolls out of the shop takes months to create. From getting to know the customer and purchasing and prepping the frame tubes, to welding and laboring over all the details.
Then, at the end of that process, the frames […]

Crowds were thick all day.View slideshow below(Photos © Jonathan Maus)

I still can’t decide what was more impressive at yesterday’s Oregon Handmade Bicycle Show; the crowds or the builders.
One of the event organizers, Austin Ramsland, says that over 1,800 people attended the show. They were treated to an unprecedented display of building prowess from well […]

Sunday is the Oregon Handmade Bicycle Show. That’s the main course.
For now, I’m serving up an appetizer. I dug through my photo archives to bring you a taste of just a few of the talented builders you can see at the show…
Bon appetite!

Ahearne Cycles / Joseph Ahearne / Portland

Daedalus Bamboo Bikes […]

From the shop of local builderJoseph Ahearne.View slideshow below(Photo © Jonathan Maus)

Many people have heard about Portland’s large and talented crop of custom bike builders, but not everyone knows that this burgeoning industry reaches statewide.
Much like our state’s heralded craft brewing industry, Oregon has become a hotbed for builders of handcrafted bicycles.
This Sunday […]

Ahearne’s off-road touring machine.See all my photos from the show.

Today was a layover day on Cycle Oregon. That meant that we could either do a ride up and around Crater Lake (which I did; it was awesome), or hang out at Diamond Lake.
Ride organizers thought this would be a perfect opportunity to showcase some […]

Cycle Oregon participants are in for a treat.(Photo: Jonathan Maus)

Framebuilders from all over Oregon, including eight from Portland, will participate in the “Made in Oregon Bike Expo” to be held during the 20th annual Cycle Oregon ride.
The event will take place September 10-11 during the ride’s layover day at Diamond Lake.
Here is the […]

Sean Chaney of Vertigo Cycles(Photos by Jonathan Maus)

In a small, non-descript garage in Portland’s Foster-Powell neighborhood, 33 year-old Sean Chaney puts the finishing touches on a titanium cyclocross frame.
Last fall, Chaney quit his “unfulfilling” job as a financial analyst and decided to chase his dream of building bike frames — and his […]

Jacob Prinz (left) and Liakos Ariston of Daedalus Cycles.(File photo)

Local bamboo bike builders Jacob Prinz and Liakos Ariston of Daedalus Cycles are putting the finishing touches on their new city bike and they invited me to their shop to take a closer look.
Ariston and Prinz are building bikes from a loft of a […]

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 […]

Organizers of the first ever Oregon Handmade Bicycle Show have nailed down 18 exhibitors and they’ve got a new date and venue.
The Oregon Bicycle Constructors Association — a new industry group formed by local builder Andy Newlands — originally planned for the Multnomah Athletic Club, the show will now be held on November 11 at […]

One commenter calledthis “downright devilish”.(File photo)

One of things I love about Portland is the constant array of interesting bikes I see around town. As an incorrigible bike geek, it’s impossible for me to walk by a rack without doing a quick once-over to see what gems I might find.
The other night, I left […]

Bamboo meets carbon fiberon this locally made frame.(File photo)

One of the best things about Pedalpalooza is that you never know who (or what) you’ll run into on a ride.
A few days ago I met up with the Grant Petersen-style Ride (Grant Petersen is the personality behind Rivendell Bicycle Works).
This ride was devoted to, “lugged-steel steeds […]

Marko MuellnerPhoto: Marko Muellner

Last Christmas, Marko Muellner’s wife bought him a 10-week course in documentary filmmaking.
Long before that, he was walking down NE Alberta Street when a locked-up bike caught his eye,
“When I started to look more closely I was amazed, it was beautiful, and the details were really really interesting.”
The bike was […]

Andy Newlands, the man behind the recently founded Oregon Bicycle Constructors Association has announced the first annual Oregon Handmade Bike Show.
The event will be invitation-only and is set for November 10, 2007 and it will be held at the Multnomah Athletic Club in the Goose Hollow area of southwest Portland. Newlands says he pitched […]

New logo of the OBCA

A group of Portland framebuilders are in the early stages of forming the Oregon Bicycle Constructors Association (OBCA).
The effort is being led by veteran framebuilder Andy Newlands of Strawberry Cyclesport and Natalie and Austin Ramsland of Sweetpea Bicycles.

Newlands says this will be a statewide effort (he has already begun contacting builders) […]

At the end of April, local framebuilder and former bicycle messenger Ira Ryan will travel to Iowa for a grueling, 325 mile endurance race known as the Trans-Iowa.

325 miles of this. Sounds like fun.

The race is as much of a mental test as a physical one; racers must battle the monotony of two straight […]

[The Vanilla Bicycles booth at the Handmade Bicycle Show.]

At last weekend’s Handmade Bicycle Show, Sacha White, the 32 year old builder behind Vanilla Bicycles, displayed much more than his superlative bikes. He showed us a part of himself.

[Sacha White]

In a conscious move to share his Portland lifestyle with the world, Sacha put together a […]