Shaun Deller’s hats are back!

Pedalpalooza culminates this Saturday (6/27) with the infamous, one-of-a-kind Multnomah County Bike Fair. I know, you’re sad because that means eleven long months of waiting for next year will commence — but, you can keep the spirit alive, and remind yourself and the world of your love for bike fun. Come [...]

Outside the ‘Schnitz last night.(Photos © J. Maus)

I am now a David Byrne fan.
I must confess, prior to last night’s show, the extent of my experience with David Byrne’s music were the handful of top hits the Talking Heads had back in the ’80s (or was it the ’90s, I don’t even remember). [...]

Tall bikes, yeah!- Watch video below- (Photo © J. Maus)

Wow. It’s been amazing to watch how much publicity The Irondelles have gotten since their big public debut last week.
Since then, they’ve been on the Willamette Week blog, featured in a live, prime time news segment on KGW-TV (NBC in Portland) and they got an [...]

Poster for the event.

Tonight is First Friday just over the river in Vancouver and Angst Gallery (1015 Main Street) opens their new “Bike Love” show.
The show features bike-inspired artists from Portland and Vancouver and and it runs through June 27th.
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Gallagher’s “Monument” to bike shoes.(Acrylic on canvas)

One of the artists invited to the show [...]

Portlanders point with pride at the new Zoobomb Pyle, the City’s latest public art monument.(Photo: Brian Borrello)

M-Horton’s Cycling Skirt is designed with high, deep pockets,rugged fabric, and biking and gardening friendly length and flare.(Photo: M-Horton.com)

Here in Portland, we’re used to our top-notch selection of local framebuilding talent, but how about some locally-made, custom clothes to wear on your locally-made, custom bike? And no, we’re not talking about tight hipster-jeans, or roadie [...]

The Ginger Ninjas playing an impromptu gig in a plaza in Guadalajara while locals pedal to generate electricity.(Photo: Ginger Ninjas)

A bike-powered band that roams the globe on fully-loaded Xtracycles to bring the good word of a sustainable lifestyle to everyone that cares to listen. If that’s not the type of band many Portlanders can [...]

Rigoletto company members with their bikes (Photos © Elly Blue)

We were pleasantly surprised a few weeks ago to receive an invitation to attend and blog about the opening night of Portland Opera’s latest production, Verdi’s Rigoletto, which opens this Friday, May 8th at 7:30pm at Keller Auditorium downtown.
Sounds great, we said, but what does this [...]

Reed College students photographed for the BikeSexy project.(Photos by Norah Hoover)

Big crowds inside and out at opening night of Filmed by Bike.-Photo Gallery-(Photos © J. Maus)

Filmed by Bike’s Opening Night Throwdown street party was the perfect way to kick of Portland’s bike season. On Friday night, nearly 1,000 people flocked to SE Clinton street to revel in the scene both inside and outside the [...]

Filmed by Bike…the hottest ticket in town!(Photos © J. Maus)

Filmed by Bike starts tomorrow with Clinton Street opened up for the Opening Night Throwdown.
Local bike event organizer/promoter extraordinaire Ayleen Crotty has clearly outdone herself this year. Crotty — whose Filmed by Bike event started in 2003 as a small, grassroots film fest — has [...]

This year, the streetwill be officially carfreefor opening night crowds(Photos © J. Maus)

Filmed by Bike, Portland’s legendary bike film festival now in its seventh year, is gearing up to be bigger and better than ever, taking over the entire street with a beer garden and plenty of room for the expected record crowds to show [...]

Yes that’s duct tape,with a reflective star.(Photos © J. Maus)

Tomas Quinones can be seen frequently on Shift bike fun rides, Cycle Wild camping trips, and other bike cultural events.
He recently began making, and selling, simple handlebar bags made out of duct tape. In Quinones’ words:
I started making them for my own use back in [...]

You’ve heard about it, now tomorrow is your chance to see it for yourself in Portland.

Hollis Hawthorne (furthest to the left)at a performance in San Francisco lastsummer(Photos © J. Maus)

Hollis Hawthorne, one of the founders of The Bay Area Derailleurs bike dance troupe, is clinging to life in India today.
The Derailleurs were formed in 2007 by former Portlander and Sprockette Eliza Strack and they performed last summer in Portland at [...]

(Photos © Elly Blue)

Portland-based New Deal Distillery will unveil a new label for their signature Portland 88 vodka next month.
The label features an illustration of a woman standing valiantly astride a fat-tired cruiser bicycle, sporting striped kneesocks, a flowing dress, and a playing card in the spokes. Think of her as Portlandia (Portland’s patron [...]

[The video is now back up online -- you can watch it below. - Elly]
What has happened to Critical Mass in Portland?
A trailer has just been completed for a forthcoming documentary that will explore that question: A Post Critical Mass Portland: Living in a Post-Revolutionary Bicycle Age. You can watch it here:
A Post-Critical Mass [...]

Jim Labbe

[Editor's note: This article was written by guest contributor Jim Labbe, bike tango enthusiast and an urban conservationist with the Audobon Society of Portland. The Valentango festival begins today and runs through February 16th.]

Portland’s international reputation for bicycling is no news. Bikes, like beer, volunteerism, and strip-clubs, are part of the local culture. That [...]

Veer movie poster.

Veer, a feature length documentary film that focuses on Portland bike culture, made it’s world premiere at the Victoria Film Festival last week. The screening was the first time the film had been seen outside of Portland.
Victoria resident Lauren Warbeck was at the premiere. She wrote via email that so many [...]

The party outside Filmed by Bike will have much more breathing room this year.(Photo © J. Maus)

Ayleen Crotty, the bike culture dynamo behind Filmed by Bike, stopped by our office yesterday with an update on what’s in store for the event this year.
The big news is a free street party on opening night made possible [...]

An art gallery on N. Vancouver Avenue currently has a very special Cinelli bicycle frame on display.

Photos by Sally Murdoch/Artery PDX(More photos below)

Sally Murdoch of Artery PDX (4114 North Vancouver Ave.) sent us over a few photos and info about the frame. She says it was painted by Barry McGee and that it’s one [...]

“…prepare yourself for bicyclophilia gone just plain NUTS!”– from description of Veer in Victoria Film Fest program

This week at the Victoria Film Festival, film buffs from all over the world will get their first chance to see Veer, the feature-length documentary about Portland’s bike culture.
Veer producers Greg Fredette and Jason Turner arrived in Victoria today [...]

BikePortland readers gathered at Roots earlier this year(Photo © J. Maus)

It’s nearly here — BikeCraft IV!
I hope you’ll join us tomorrow, December 10th, at Roots Organic Brewing (on SE 7th just south of Hawthorne — find us in Roots’ new event space right next door to the main bar).
Doors open at 5:30 and the [...]

Bike-inspired earrings by Jim Duthie.

Do you love bikes enough to wear friction-shifter earrings?
Looking over the final vendor/artist list for BikeCraft, I’m amazed at the unexpected ways our local craftsmen and women use bike imagery and bike parts in their work.
This year, we’ve got several vendors who are putting a bikey spin on jewelry. [...]

A Queen Bee wallet.

BikeCraft IV is right around the corner and we’ve got a fantastic line-up of new and returning vendors you will not want to miss.
Since we last profiled several of this year’s confirmed BikeCraft vendors, more creative, bike loving folks have stepped up wanting to share their wares.
Here’s a sampling…

Liz Dickey will return this year with her fantastic bike-inspired clocks.(Photo © J. Maus)

BikeCraft IV is just around the corner! Wednesday, December 10th, at Roots Organic Brewing (on SE 7th, just south of Hawthorne). The event is in Roots’ great new space next door to the regular bar, and will go from 5:30 until closing [...]

Veer on the marquee for the very first time.(Photos � J. Maus)

The producer and filmmakers behind Veer, a feature documentary about the Portland bike scene (I shared my thoughts about it back in September), held a special premier screening for cast and crew at Hollywood Theater on Thursday night.
Many of the personalities that star in [...]

Actor Matthew Modine will narrate Veer, a documentary about bike culture in Portland.(Photo � Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage.com)

The creators of Veer, a feature-length documentary film that chronicles the people and culture behind bikes in Portland, announced today that they’ve picked Golden Globe-nominated actor Matthew Modine to be the film’s narrator.
Modine is known for his role in Stanley [...]

Cast photo.(Photo: Craftmaster Productions)

I first reported about The Bicyclist back in February of 2007 — just before the Internet-only “webisode” premiered. Since then, Craftmaster Productions has filmed 30 episodes of the series, which follows the adventures of its four main characters Conrad (Jayme S. Hall), Steve (Elle Poindexter), Lissa (Melissa Goad), and Zack (Paul [...]

Tomorrow night’s “Opening Night Blowout Party” for the Oregon Manifest Handmade Bike Show (which opens tomorrow morning) will feature a special, six-year retrospective compilation of films from Portland’s very own Filmed by Bike film festival.

Filmed by Bike founder Ayleen Crotty put together the screening with sponsorship from River City Bicycles. Crotty says they’ve put [...]