Cherry apple red front triangle and dark blue rear triangle aluminum frame full suspension bike. Front was spray painted cherry apple red, very obvious! Dark blue rear triangle says “SHIMANO” on it.
Shiny silver Steel wheels. Bike seat says “NEXT” on it in dark letters. Black Pedals. Steel triple cranks. No kick stand.
White and Black 50cm Univega Modo Vivere Steel frame front carbon fork road bike.
Cateye bike computer,green seat bag, black ulock clamped to seat tube, women’s Serfas seat, homemade rear fender only. Campy componets with triple crank.
Chris King, founder of Portland-based King Cycle Group will be inducted into the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame later this month at the Interbike trade show in Las Vegas.
King, who moved his company to Northwest Portland a few years ago, developed his first headset in 1976 in Santa Barbara, California. Since then Chris King headsets and hubs have become known as the standards by which all others are measured.
BTA director Evan Manvel has had enough with the way some journalists report on traffic crashes involving bicycles. He has just published the “Top Ten Things the News Gets Wrong About Crash Reports.”
Here’s his list.
After 32 years, the owners of Northwest Bicycles have decided to move on. The well-loved shop in the heart of Northwest Portland (21st & Lovejoy) has been sold and a new bike shop will open in its place November 1st.
According to co-owner Ron Hinckley, the shop has been pruchased by the owner of Fat Tire Farm, a nearby mountain bike shop on NW Thurman. The new owner will renovate the space but will maintain the basic product mix and feel that has worked for Northwest Bicycles for over three decades.
I visited the shop last week and asked Ron a few questions:
Today’s route: 49 miles, 1,300 ft. elevation gain
Today we packed up for the last time and faced a stiff headwind for a short but sweet ride back into Umatilla.
The route rolled through wheat farm country dotted with old barns and back through the Walla Walla onion crops I remembered from our first day.
At the rest stop in a tiny town called Helix (population 183), I noticed this wheat farmer talking with one of the riders. This interaction between spandex-clad cycling city-slickers and tough, old-fashioned farmers is a great part of the Cycle Oregon spirit.
What bike tour would be complete without at least one epic day? Today was that day.
After a smattering of rain last night, we embarked on our penultimate day’s ride under our first morning of questionable weather so far. Ominous clouds lingered overhead and riders suited up for the worst. At last night’s announcements, we were told our original route had been changed due to severe weather and cold in the mountains.
The cold and damp weather, combined with about 25 miles of highway and freeway riding at the start of the day was admittedly a bit miserable. Even though our new route was 1200 feet lower than the original one, it was still frigid and reports said it was only 38 degrees at our lunch stop at Emigrant Springs State Park.
mixte bicycle with 2″ slicks on it. The paint job is custom, there’s no head badge visible anymore.
It has brazeons for canteliver brakes. NOTE: the rear brake cantilevers are now on the mixte tubes. This is a custom modification. they were originally on the seatstay tubes.
Also, bicycle has an Ideal leather saddle, Campy Tippo hubs, bullhorn one-piece handlebars, and Jandd racks front and rear.
And yes, it was unlocked on my front porch. Which is NOT visible from the sidewalk.
This is (almost) the one-year anniversary of the theft of my bike. I am not “holding my breath” in anticipation of the return of my ride. However I recently found out about this site so I’m listing my bike loss.
I have never seen another mixte bike that fits mountain bike size tires.
Today is our rest day here in the great little town of Union, Oregon and if you want to know what Cycle Oregon is all about, this day pretty much sums it up.
The 3,000 or so riders, volunteer and crew that make up Cycle Oregon have descended on this sleepy little farming town (population 2,000) and the community has responded by working hard to keep us fed, entertained and happy.