Local business finds niche with cargo bike canopies
Tuesday, March 12th, 2013
at their shop on SE 11th and Division.
(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
You know the local bike industry is healthy when niches are created within niches. That seems to be what's happening now in Portland's thriving cargo bike scene. Made up of advocates, builders, retailers, and buyers, our local cargo bike industry is alive and well.
Blaq Design is just one local business riding the wave.
Paul Johnson and Jeremy Neal are the men behind Blaq. They moved to Portland from Ohio back in 2010 and have been gaining a strong foothold ever since by making both stock and custom messenger bags, backpacks and other products. By 2010, Portland's cargo bike industry was already several years old and Johnson and Neal wasted no time getting involved with it. At the Oregon Handmade Bicycle Show that year, they debuted an innovative fabric cargo bin created through a collaboration with Joe Bike owner Joe Doebele. (more...)
