As of this Friday night, the rules of utility bike design might be changed forever. At least that’s the hope of the entrants and organizers of the Oregon Manifest. The Manifest has challenged a field of the best and brightest builders and designers in the country to create the “ultimate modern utility bike” and the … Read more
Screen grab from OregonManifest.com. The list of entrants for the 2011 Oregon Manifest Design Challenge is now posted online. The builders, who will compete to build the ultimate utility bike, include some of the most innovative and respected builders in America today. In total there are 34 builders from 11 states and six student teams. … Read more
2009 Oregon Manifest Design Challenge winner Tony Pereira and event organizer Shannon Holt at the launch party tonight.(Photo © J. Maus) The 2011 Oregon Manifest Design Challenge is shaping up to be a potential game-changer in the bicycle world. Oregon Manifest is a non-profit organization that “exists to celebrate and amplify bike craft, design and … Read more
Our friends at the Oregon Manifest have a big party planned tonight (2/3). They’ll unveil design criteria, judges, and more information about their 2011 Utility Bike Design and Build Challenge. Details are below… Oregon Manifest Lights the Torch for the National 2011 Utility Bike Design and Build Challenge – Design criteria and title sponsor will … Read more
Organizers of the upcoming Oregon Manifest event want to know what you think makes the “Ultimate Utility Bike.” They’re asking for short video submissions and they’ll also accept drawings. See the info on how to enter below (deadline is January 10th): We want you to tell us what your idea of the Ultimate Utility Bike … Read more
New for 2011, Oregon Manifest will team with Core77 on‘Creative Collaborations’. What if you paired a small, custom bike builder with a world-class product design firm? That’s the experiment that organizers of the Oregon Manifest event plan to carry out during their event next year. Details of the 2011 Oregon Manifest were unveiled yesterday and … Read more
An entry in the 2009 Constructor’s Design Challenge.(Photo © Elly Blue) Organizers of the Oregon Manifest have announced they’re moving to a biennial format and scaling back the event to focus on the Constructor’s Design Challenge. The event, which began as a handmade bike show over one weekend in 2008 and grew into a six-week … Read more
This story is part of our ongoing Oregon Manifest 2009 coverage. High fives exchanged among racers who didn’t complete the “epic” course. (Photo © BikePortland/Elly Blue) The Oregon Manifest Constructors Challenge bicycles have been built, raced, judged, and celebrated. The top 15 bikes (12 chosen for their design and the three that were raced the … Read more
[Welcome to our continuing coverage of the Oregon Manifest’s Constructor’s Design Challenge. See our previous coverage here.] Greg Heath built and raced this Donkelope bike, which won a design award.(Photos © Elly Blue) All day yesterday, the thirty offerings in the Oregon Manifest Constructors Challenge were judged. Today, they were put through their paces on … Read more
The Circle A Cycles bike was the only onewith dirt proudly on display last night.They’ll all be looking battleweary by now. (Photo © Elly Blue) Our correspondent Mark Reber just called from up on Skyline Drive where he’s been photographing the challengers in the Oregon Manifest Constructor’s Race at the race’s Beer Pickup Checkpoint. All … Read more
An enthusiastic crowd turned out tonight for the reception party.(Photo by Mark Reber for BikePortland)
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