One of a series of illustrations from the Portlanders and their Bicycles portraits created by Nate Padavick of Studio SSS.

Nate Padavick is an artist and graphic designer from Columbus, Ohio who has been inspired by Portland’s local biking vibe.
His design firm, Studio SSS, creates illustrations for major magazines, publishers, greeting card companies, and others. […]

“Portland doesn’t have the same level nightlife of San Francisco, so they tend to make their own fun here, and the result seems to be a large community of bicyclists that has become very engaged with the struggle for street equity.”–SF Bay Guardian reporter Steve Jones, after a ride in Portland

Steven T. Jones is a […]

Patrick Barber takes in bike photographs at the Tea Zone in Northwest Portland.More photos here(Photos © J. Maus)

It seems like everywhere you turn in Portland these days you see bikes.
As if near daily bike parades and rides weren’t enough to convince Portlanders that this city is absolutely bike-crazy, the Cycle Seen: Picturing Portland’s […]

Cyclepath Bike Shop co-owner Bill Larson pointing out a detail in one of Tiago DeJerk’s paintings.(Photos © J. Maus)

Cyclepath Bike Shop in Northeast Portland is known for stocking custom, high-end bikes that could easily pass for rolling works of art. Now, sharing space in the showroom among $6,000 bicycles, are four large-scale stencil paintings […]

Cycle Seen is a photo and art exhibition that will focus on Portland’s bike culture. Full story here.
The most recent press release from the event’s organizers is pasted below:

Cycle Seen: Picturing Portland’s Bike Culture
Funded in part by Regional Arts & Culture Council
Who:
Over 50 local photographers & artists. Project director is Rachel […]

The Pornography of the Bicycle; now available nationwide.

You’ve probably already heard of Portland’s Naked Bike Ride — an annual tradition that has grown in recent years to become one of the largest such rides in the world. But in addition to that (and several other, smaller naked rides that have cropped up recently), there’s […]

The incomparable Carl Larson; just one of many great images in the Teams of Portland photo booth collection. See them all here.

Portland-based and globally revered ad agency Wieden + Kennedy created the Teams of Portland exhibit and website to showcase a special piece of Portland’s bike culture.
The idea was to pay homage […]

The scene outside last year’s Filmed by Bike.(Photo © J. Maus)

Filmmakers and photographers are scrambling to submit their work for consideration in two upcoming shows: the sixth annual Filmed by Bike film festival and the first-ever Cycle Seen photo and two-dimensional art exhibition. Both shows have a March 1st submission deadline.
Filmed by Bike is […]

Mini Bike Winter (MBW) — the Zoobomb-created event that mixes gravity, competition, mini-bikes, and fun — is less than one month away. This will be the fifth year in a row the event has offered salvation from our winter bike-fun doldrums
Last year, MBW IV gave us “post-apocolyptic” chariot wars, a beer-bungie competition, freak bike […]

Vanessa RenwickPhoto © Montana Maurice

As part of the process to transform their iconic “Pyle” of mini-bikes into official public art, the Zoobombers have chosen two artists to help turn their visions into a reality.
According to regular Zoobomber Carl Larson — who (along with a group of others) is working with the Regional Arts and Culture […]

A crowd gathers around Saint Lucy while sipping free coffee and munching on free baked goods.(Photos © Jonathan Maus)View slideshow below

This morning on the Hawthorne Bridge, the Breakfast on the Bridges crew surprised bike commuters with a special edition of their monthly tradition.
It was the annual Santa Lucia Day Breakfast on the Bridge and, like […]

Gram and his scraper.Slideshow belowPhotos © Jonathan Maus

The other day I crossed paths with a colorful personality and an even more colorful bike.
I first met Gram Shipley at BikeCraft. He wanted to display his wares (hand-sewn leather mud-flaps and casino dice valve caps), but didn’t get enough of them made in time for the […]

The flyer for the upcoming art exhibition.

Organizers of the 2008 Towards Carfree Cities conference that will be held in Portland this summer (6/16-6/20) have announced that they are accepting submissions for a carfree-themed art exhibition.
The event will open on Tuesday, June 17th and will be held at City Hall. All works of carfree themed […]

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This painting of the late Brett Jarolimek has been covered over by maintenance crews.

I just heard from a reader that maintenance crews (from ODOT) have painted over the stencil of Brett Jarolimek that was on the underpass at the intersection of N. Interstate and Greeley.
This doesn’t come as a complete surprise (after all, […]

Back in July I brought you news of “Cycle Seen”, an upcoming photo exhibition that will celebrate Portland’s bike culture.
Now comes word from organizers that they’ve officially began accepting submissions. Here’s they press release they sent out:

WHAT IS Cycle Seen?
Cycle Seen is an exhibition celebrating the diverse and dynamic culture of cycling/cyclists in Portland, […]

“xmas bike” from felixpdx on Flickr.

I came across this photo while perusing my Flickr contacts today.
I’ve decorated my bike for rides before, but have never thought of doing this. Seems like a great idea to me.

The Pyle, at its current location on SW 9th.(Photos © Jonathan Maus)

Even though it’s been over a year since Zoobombers first met with PDOT about it, the process to integrate the iconic mound of mini-bikes known as the Zoobomb Pyle into a piece of official public art is now moving along quickly.
After the announcement of […]