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

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The official unveiling happens tomorrow, but I just came across the first photo of the new Zoobomb Pyle as it stands right now, fully installed, at the corner of 13th and W. Burnside.
Behold...

Artists Brian Borrello (L) and Vanessa Renwick (R) stand beside their work -- Portland's latest public art monument. (Photo: Kristin Calhoun/Regional Arts and [...]

"Bump" showing his skills.(Photos by Elly Blue)-Slideshows below-

Mini Bike Winter is Zoobomb's answer to all of Portland's summer bicycle fun -- but less of it, and on small bikes.
The festivities go on for several days, and after missing the glorious Hamster Ball on Saturday night I determined to head out on Sunday to catch [...]

Aaron Truman of Team Zoobomb shows fine form during a semifinal heat at the Gravity Sports World Championships held in Maryhill, Washington over the weekend.(Photo Gallery -- Slideshow below - Photos © J. Maus)

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Team Zoobomb's Gabe Tiller after a training run in the West Hillslast Sunday night.(Photos © J. Maus)

Portland's Team Zoobomb will vie for the crown of fastest gravity bikers in the world at this weekend's Maryhill Festival of Speed. The event takes place on legendary Maryhill Loops Road in Goldendale, Washington and it's the official [...]

Chuck Bridge and his gravity bike at the top of "Dragontail" back in April.More images(Photos © J. Maus)

Three Portland men who honed their downhill biking skills while "Zoobombing" down the West Hills are taking their sport to the next level.
Team Zoobomb -- which consists of Chuck Bridge, Aaron Truman, and Gabriel Tiller -- are set [...]

And they're off!(Photos/video © J. Maus)

Last night, the Zoobombers were invited out to PIR to test their mettle on the course used by the Mountain Bike Short Track Race Series.
Race Organizer Kris Schamp said he wanted them to come out because he's always envisioned the event as a "different type of race".
"It's not [...]

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)

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

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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
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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 [...]

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 [...]

Crowds were thick all day.View slideshow below(Photos © Jonathan Maus)

I still can't decide what was more impressive at yesterday's Oregon Handmade Bicycle Show; the crowds or the builders.
One of the event organizers, Austin Ramsland, says that over 1,800 people attended the show. They were treated to an unprecedented display of building prowess from well [...]

[Editor's note: This is the first article by new contributor Carl Larson. I hope to bring you more of his writing in the future.]

The iconic Zoobomb Pyle will get a new home.(File photo © Jonathan Maus)

The "Zoobomb Pyle," that colorful jumble of janky kids bikes chained to the bike rack across from Rocco's [...]

Tackling the hill on a freaky mini.(Photo © Jonathan Maus)

Coming up in November is the first-ever Oregon Handmade Bicycle Show. Among the 25 vendors are some of Oregon's most talented bicycle craftsmen.
Several well-known custom bike makers from Portland will be exhibiting. But in addition to the usual suspects, and in a nod to [...]

Well, not exactly.
But reports are coming in that the Willamette Week (a free weekly newspaper in Portland) is running radio ads touting their new re-design and that one of them features a Zoobomber as the voiceover.
I haven't heard it myself, but here's how one tipster remembers it:
"I heard it on 95.5 (I stopped [...]

What'll you have?

You might remember when I shared the news of The Little Red Bike Cafe back in July. The new eatery just opened and word has spread about their bike-centric menu.
As you can see in the graphic at right, they've got a breakfast sandwich called the Zoobomb, named after that fun-loving group of [...]

(File photo)

In a meeting room nine floors above Pioneer Courthouse Square in downtown Portland, bike lawyer Mark Ginsberg hosted a mini-summit Thursday between representatives of Zoobomb and the Traffic Division of the Portland Police Bureau.
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