“Needs a little cosmetic work” is an understatement.(Photos © J. Maus)

If I had nothing better to do, I would love to just photograph and document all the interesting bikes I see locked up around town.
For example, check out this rusted-out old beast I noticed the other day. It was locked (with a […]

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 […]

Northwest Portland resident DougOllerenshaw competing in the Tour of California.(Photo: Stefan Heymanns/Flickr)

The Amgen Tour of California — a seven stage, 650-mile race that featured the world’s top teams and riders — wrapped up in Pasadena California on Sunday. Among the finishers were all the big names of elite international racing including the legendary sprinter […]

Slideshow below(Photos © J. Maus)

For some reason, I just can’t get last weekend’s Mini Bike Winter event out of my mind. By all accounts, it was just a massively fun and amazing weekend.
I took somewhere in the realm of 2,000+ images in two days and I’m still having fun looking through […]

The Ben Hurt Chariot Wars were one of many highlights at Mini Bike Winter V.(Photos © J. Maus)

Three full days of mini bikes, tall bikes, freak bikes, parties, and an international crowd of spectators and competitors helped make the fifth annual Mini Bike Winter (hosted by Zoobomb) a raging success.

The Cupcake Challenge: ride your bike […]

Ifny Lachance from Vancouver BC won the Chariot Wars event last year.(Photo © J. Maus)

Tonight is the Opening Ceremonies of Mini Bike Winter V, and the beginning of three days of mini-bike mayhem that will include chariot races, mini-bike competition, gravity bombs (downhill races), a fashion show, dance parties, a Family Zoobomb, and a much […]

(Photo © J. Maus)

It’s a special day on Portland’s bikeways, a day when our love of bikes doesn’t seem out of place…it’s Velotine’s Day!
Here are a few ways to get into the mood:
This evening, on the east side of the Hawthorne Bridge, all two-wheeled commuters are invited to Mocktails on the Bridge. The annual […]

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 […]

City Council hopeful Jim Middaugh sporting a bit of helmet hair.You can meet Jim this Sunday night at an event being hosted by Congressman Peter Defazio at the Lucky Lab Brewpub in SE from 5:30 - 7:00 (bring $5!).(Photos © Jonathan Maus)

Jim Middaugh is probably the most bike-centric City Hall staffer that you’ve never heard […]

I snapped this photo while riding across the Hawthorne Bridge this morning…

Her patch says, “Turn signals are sexy.”

Carl Larson

This article was written by Carl Larson.
A nearly ubiquitous presence on the Portland bike scene, Carl’s done everything from delivering bike maps as an employee of the City of Portland’s Transportation Options division, to working with the Regional Arts and Culture Council on the Zoobomb Pyle art rack project.
Few people move between […]

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, […]