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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Posted on September 29th, 2009 at 3:46 pm.
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 [...]
Posted on September 28th, 2009 at 9:50 am.
Sky Yaeger on a Swobo Otis.(Photo: Richard Masoner/Cyclelicious)
We're getting excited for the kickoff of the Oregon Manifest on Friday. One of the marquee events in the six-week bike culture blowout is the Constructor's Design Challenge. We've already written a lot about it, but today we take a look at it from a different [...]
Posted on September 23rd, 2009 at 12:19 pm.
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 [...]
Posted on September 11th, 2009 at 11:28 am.
The Oregon Manifest is right around the corner!
Organizers have unveiled the final program for this year's six-week long celebration of the art, culture, and craft of bicycling. The multifaceted program promises to put a creative, utilitarian spin on all aspects of bicycling from framebuilding to racing -- and aims to put them in front [...]
Posted on September 1st, 2009 at 9:28 am.
Coming soon to Portland (in more ways than one).(Photo: Mikael Colville-Andersen)
Dreams on Wheels -- a major exhibition of Danish cycling culture and its impact on urban design, transportation and society -- is coming to Portland in October.
The exhibit is being brought to Portland through a collaboration between the City of Portland, the Danish Embassy, and [...]
Posted on July 14th, 2009 at 9:48 am.
[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 [...]
Posted on April 30th, 2009 at 7:00 am.
The 2009 Oregon Manifest (10/2 - 11/8) can hardly be called a bike show. After the success of their first show last year, organizers have signed a presenting sponsorship deal with Chris King Precision Components and transformed the event into five "concentrated weeks" of art, workshops, and unique events designed to showcase the nation's [...]
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