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For the past two years, the Sprockettes calendar has been a hot holiday item, and now they’ve done it again.
This year’s calendar will be bigger, glossier, and full of more awesome photos, graphics and pure Sprockette dancing goodness than ever before.
From the looks of these images, and from what I’ve heard […]

BicyclingHub.com owner Doug Dugay in front of his new location on the corner of SE Water and Taylor in Portland.(Photos © Jonathan Maus)

Online bicycling clothing retailer BicyclingHub.com has moved into a new space on the ground-floor of the Water Avenue Commerce Center at the corner of SE Water and Taylor streets.
The business has operated […]

Got this email from an employee at Nautilus, Inc. in Vancouver (WA):
The Nautilus Store at Nautilus World Headquarters in Vancouver, WA is selling Pearl Izumi cycling and running apparel at 50% off list price. The address is 16400 SE Nautilus Drive, Vancouver WA 98683. Hours are 10-7PM M-S and 10-5PM Sunday. Sale ends […]

Clever Cycles now faces Hawthorne Blvd.View more photos(Photos © Jonathan Maus)

Clever Cycles, the shop known for bringing Dutch bikes and European cycling sensibilities to Portland, has announced a new expansion that will give them storefront real estate on one of the City’s busiest bikeways; SE Hawthorne Blvd.

Just around the corner from their current location, Clever’s […]

Back in January, a member of the Portland Bike Forums started a thread asking what other folks ride.
Since then, over 70 people have replied. I thought it’d be fun to take a look at the wide variety of bikes posted. Here is just a sampling…

Check out the thread for more, and […]

Portland Karen Werstein in the NY Times.

The Fashion and Style section of today’s New York Times features a gear test of family biking products.
Chosen as testers and photographed for the story were Portland couple Nick Fenger and Karen Werstein along with their 2 year-old son Max and his friend Aidan Kinney.
I love the […]

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 […]

I usually don’t share product news, but you know I have a weak spot for all things Dutch.
Here’s an exclusive look at Vancouver BC-based Jorg&Olif’s brand new “Scout” (it’s not set for full public release until August 10th):

The Scout from Jorg&Olif (Retail: $495-$595)

The press release says the Scout “lets you navigate the […]

My wife Juli is currently looking to outfit herself with a family bike and the options are staggering.
She’s been obsessed with looking at all the different bikes, child seats, trailers, trail-a-bikes, and other equipment. When you’ve got to run around town with two growing kids (one almost 2, the other 4 1/2) and whatever […]

Clever Cycles is now open.View gallery(File photo)

It’s been almost ten months since I first mentioned bakfiets on this site. Back in August, I spotted one on NE Broadway and I was blown away by the simple, elegant utility of it.
That story sparked a lot of interest and it was clear Portland was ready for […]

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Northeast Portland native Jamie Nichols “totally flipped” when he saw his first Dutch bakfiets cargo bike. He sees them as the perfect way to replace the family car for short neighborhood trips and even sees them as an answer for what he calls “a looming fuel crisis”.

That’s why for the past two years, […]

Well I had my doubts whether or not it would ever happen, but after some ads popped up recently it was just a matter of time…
And now it’s official, the Batavus “Old Dutch” bikes have landed in America.

Nothing compares to the elegant simplicity of an authentic, working-class Dutch city bike.The Batavus “Old Dutch”. MSRP […]

Scott Mizee aboard a bakfiets.File photo

The Oregonian’s inPortland secion has a nice story today that will give a big boost to Portland’s awareness of and interest in bakfietsen (Dutch for “box bikes”).
The story focuses on how great the bikes are for kids and families, and even mentions a woman who uses one as a way […]

John Climaldi and his first shipment of Extrawheels.Photo: John Climaldi

Local recumbent enthusiast and general bike nut John Climaldi was looking through VeloVision Magazine one day when he came across something that was “so cool” he just had to know more. The product was the Extrawheel, a Poland-made bicycle trailer that wasn’t available in the […]

Can you spot the bakfiets?Photo: Clever Cycles on Flickr

Clever Cycles, Portland’s soon-to-be-opening retail shop that will carry bakfiets cargo bikes and “a complete line of resoundingly practical biking gear” is showing signs of life at their location on SE 9th Ave., just south of Hawthorne Blvd.
Part of a Dutch bike invasion sweeping North America, this […]

I first brought you the news about original, Dutch Batavus bikes potentially coming to the U.S. market back in October. I had received spy photos of them from my correspondents at the Interbike trade show in Las Vegas.

An ad from The Bicycle Paper.

Since then I’ve been following up with Tim Rutledge at their U.S. […]

The Community Cycling Center has gone global. Thanks to staff mechanic Rich Walker, the venerable, Northeast Portland-based non-profit is now offering select parts and accessories on eBay.
Check it out via their new website.

Communications Director Alison Hill says,

Screenshot of a current auction.

“It’s a great way for us to showcase some of the parts and accessories […]