Show puts Oregon's thriving bike industry on display
Posted on November 2nd, 2009 at 5:27 pm.
People came from far and wide to take in the Oregon Handmade Bicycle Show last weekend. -Slideshow below/Gallery -(Photos © J. Maus)
Oregon Manifest
Oct. 2th ~ Nov. 8th
Oregon Manifest is a six-week (10/2 ~ 11/8) celebration of urban bicycling culture. The event includes workshops, panel discussions, a "Constructor's Challenge" bike design competition, an international art exhibit, and much more.
Here are some key dates on the schedule:
10/3 ~ 11/8: Dreams on Wheels, Danish Cycling Culture Exhibit
10/10: Ready to Roll Cycling Lifestyle Fashion Show
10/15: We Just Work Here Movie Night Social
10/16: A Night With Joe Parkin
10/23: Tour de Builders
10/24: United Bicycle Institute Open House
10/25: Family Bicycle Transportation Day>
10/29: Bicycle Culture from Copenhagen to Portland
10/31 ~ 11/01: OBCA Handmade Bicycle Show
11/07: Single Speed Cyclocross World Championship Party
Browse the stories below for all our coverage.
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Want to be like Copenhagen? Think about vacuum cleaners and raging bulls
Posted on October 30th, 2009 at 12:51 pm.
Mikael Colville-Andersen (L) and PBOT's Roger Geller took a spin before last night's event.(Photos © J. Maus)
If Portland wants to push cycling into the mainstream, and reach usage levels similar to European cities, we need to make it easy, focus on the positives, tame automobiles, and do our research to counter anti-bike sentiment. That [...]
A look at Copenhagen and Portland traffic, circa the 1930s
Posted on October 29th, 2009 at 11:55 am.
Copenhagen, 1937 - Watch videos below -
In light of Portland's ongoing love-affair with Copenhagen, and the fact that Mr. Bicycle Copenhagen is in town at this very moment (prepping for the big event tonight), I thought it'd be fun to take a look at the transportation legacy of our respective cities.
In-Depth: Tracing the roots of the Oregon Handmade Bicycle Show
Posted on October 28th, 2009 at 12:11 pm.
[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 [...]
Copenhagen's "bike culture ambassador" will tell Portland how to sell cycling
Posted on October 27th, 2009 at 11:35 am.
On Thursday night, the man behind Copenhagenize.com, Mikael Colville-Andersen, will share the stage with Portland Mayor Sam Adams, a representative from the U.S. Embassy to Denmark, and author and
UBI all settled in, will host open house Saturday
Posted on October 21st, 2009 at 12:11 pm.
The mechanics classroom at UBI's new location on N. Williams.(Photo: UBI)
United Bicycle Institute (UBI) is all moved into their new satellite campus in North Portland (they also have a campus in Ashland) and this Saturday they'll throw the doors open and welcome the community with an Open House event.
According to UBI's John Baxter, the [...]
Manifest event will demystify family riding
Posted on October 20th, 2009 at 10:53 am.
Would a Dutch bike work for your family? Or would a bakfiets/Madsen/trailer/Xtracycle suit you better? Find out this Sunday.(Photos © J. Maus)
Participants wanted for family biking 'solutions workshop'
Posted on October 20th, 2009 at 10:16 am.
Oregon Manifest has an excellent Solutions Workshop planned for this Sunday as part of their Family Transportation Day. If you're looking for advice or answers to family biking questions, you can participate! But it's an RSVP only event, so please note the information below:
Attention Parents, Caregivers and anyone who wants to use their [...]
Manifest event promises bike racing anecdotes and world's first bib shorts
Posted on October 15th, 2009 at 11:37 am.
Cover of Parkin's memoir.
Former professional road racer Joe Parkin, who spent a decade competing in Europe back in the 1980s, will headline an event tomorrow night as part of the ongoing Oregon Manifest.
Parkin was one of the first U.S. racers to compete in Belgium and he's written about his experiences in a memoir titled, A [...]
Local bike industry to host screening of "We Just Work Here"
Posted on October 13th, 2009 at 10:55 am.
Still from Vernor's film.-Watch Trailer Below-
This Thursday, several bike companies based in southeast Portland will host a showing of Brian Vernor's film We Just Work Here as part of the Oregon Manifest.
Portland Design Works, Ruckus Components, Showers Pass, and Tonic Fabrication will host the event which will also be a benefit for the Oregon [...]
Bike, fashion worlds collide at 'Ready to Roll' show
Posted on October 12th, 2009 at 11:57 am.
[This story is part of our ongoing coverage of the six-week Oregon Manifest event. See all previous coverage here.]
The fashion world got an eyeful of bicycles when Portland Fashion Week hosted the Ready to Roll show on Saturday.-Slideshow below/Gallery-(Photos © J. Maus)
Highlights and heroics of the Constructor's Challenge
Posted on October 5th, 2009 at 5:26 pm.
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 [...]
Oregon Manifest Constructor's Race complete results
Posted on October 5th, 2009 at 3:24 pm.
Race organizers calculate finish times.(Photo © Elly Blue)
Design Challenge race: More camaraderie than competition
Posted on October 4th, 2009 at 10:42 pm.
Pausing at the Rapha-sponsored beer stop high atop Portland off ofDixie Mountain Road.(Photos by Mark Reber)
Saturday's Constructor's Design Challenge (part of the Oregon Manifest) race may have been for points and it was certainly tough, but the riders seemed to focus more on camaraderie than competition.
The day seemed to be an extension of the previous [...]
The bikes have been raced, judged, and ogled. And the winners are...
Posted on October 3rd, 2009 at 10:11 pm.
[Welcome to our continuing coverage of the Oregon Manifest's Constructor's Design Challenge. See our previous coverage here.]
Greg Heath built and raced this Donkelope bike, which won a design award.(Photos © Elly Blue)
All day yesterday, the thirty offerings in the Oregon Manifest Constructors Challenge were judged. Today, they were put through their paces on a 77 [...]
Spirits high, riders weary, some down as Constructor's Race challengers near end point
Posted on October 3rd, 2009 at 2:48 pm.
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 [...]
The Design Challenge from the builder’s perspective
Posted on October 2nd, 2009 at 10:00 pm.
An enthusiastic crowd turned out tonight for the reception party.(Photo by Mark Reber for BikePortland)
More handmade magic from the Manifest Design Challenge
Posted on October 2nd, 2009 at 3:57 pm.
Our man at the Oregon Manifest Constructor's Design Challenge has sent over more photos of the amazing transportation bicycles put together by some of the best builders in the business.
This is just a small sampling of the extraordinary bikes in the show. Get down to the Oregon Manifest Union (539 NW 10th at [...]
First look inside the Constructor's Design Challenge
Posted on October 2nd, 2009 at 1:07 pm.
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 [...]
Artcrank show finds warm welcome in Portland
Posted on October 2nd, 2009 at 6:31 am.
29 bike-themed posters attracted quite a crowd last night.-Slideshow below-(Photos © J. Maus)
The latest evidence of the intersection between bicycles and Portland's First Thursday art scene (remember the handmade bike show back in August?) was on full display at the debut of the Artcrank Poster Show last night.
29 Portland artists were part of the event [...]
