Portland bike culture like you’ve never seen it before

helmet-wearing rate looks to be about 0.02%. won\’t somebody think of the children! how many must die before we pass a law!

Cool concept! However, I\’m sad that (unless I’m missing something) they seem to have left out a standout Portland team: Team S&M. In my humble opinion, any solid documentation of Portland bike culture should give a shout-out to the fine folks of Sellwood Cycle Repair, given their role in shaping Portland’s ‘cross scene and much more. Those guys have more character and charisma in one spoke than some hope to have in an entire cycling career. For evidence, I suggest checking out the latest issue of The Portland Mercury….. Now, that’s what I call a long history of servicing the community. (Ha!)

@ Erin G.: top row fourth from the left. Team S&M.

Team Beer… stay on the east side… west side doesn\’t want you here… m\’kay?

it wasn\’t a mandatory photo booth, anyone who wanted their pic taken could walk/roll in. Proof of this fact is zoobomb\’s unabashed camera hogginess.

[…] ad agency W&K did a cool little project called Teams Of Portland (via). When you visit the page, be sure and check the upper right corner where it says ‘Photo […]

oops…I\’m glad that I was wrong. Thanks for correcting, Gastronaut!

You people are so full of yourselves. I feel I need to tell you this, because I know you don\’t know it: YOU\’RE NOT SPECIAL. You\’re just a hipster dufus posing with a bike. A big waste of space.

re: #8

So? If I\’m a hipster dufus, what are you? Almighty? And which space is being wasted? The internet is a big place, if you are concerned about its real estate there are better venues to vent your frustration.

My question o W&K: Why weren\’t the Sprockettes asked to participate? Aren\’t we a face of Portland\’s bike culture? Just wondering.

I was wondering the same thing! Where were the Sprockettes? It was a total sausage party.

Yeah, that\’s a bummer. I don\’t think it was intentional, you just had to ask/beg/bribe. I think Jamey met one of the W+K fellows somewhere.

dumber now: You are under the impression that people like Gabe, dogeye et al, take themselves seriously. I may only be speaking for myself, but when I am rolling a freakbike wearing my denim \”biker\” vest, I don\’t care if you are laughing at me or with me, if you love it or hate it. The fact is, if you had a reaction, it made you think, and therefore it has fulfill it\’s purpose as art.

P.S. Don\’t think that any of us our doing this sort of thing (sawing up bikes, riding them around) is done for anyone but ourselves, it is way too much work to build them, and usually more work to ride and maintain them. Just like tattoos and piercing nobody is going thru the pain for anyone but themselves.

P.P.S. Hipsters just buy cool stuff off Ebay, freakbikes are wayyyyyy too much effort.