[Submitted by Ashley Mitchell. More on Cycle Seen at CycleSeen.org]
(Photo: Rachel Siegel)
Around 40 folks met up at Stumptown Roasters on Division this past Saturday around 10am. An early start, we checked out the art, drank some coffee and then headed to A Better Cycle to view the Ghost Bike installation and Bike Life. Just down the street was New Seasons, and the Friends & Family bike art show.
While listening to Billy Holiday, we headed downtown to the IPRC bike art show, and then onto the Tea Zone where we checked out the Cyclist Perspective show and bombarded them with bubble tea orders, and demands for a speedy grilled cheese sandwich.
The ride headed to N Portland after that, so some riders went off to their various errands or other Pedalpalooza rides, and off the rest of us went to the Little Ride Bike Cafe show for lunch and refreshments.
Finally we headed to NE, through some hidden bike paths to the NE Cup n Saucer Color, Light and Character show, then Guardino for Cyclist Portraits, and lastly, the Good Neighbor for the truly awesome Strength, Endurance, and Mud Cyclist Racing art show.
Beers and Pizza were had, and off we went just in time to get to Mississippi for the Cirque De Cycling events.
Thanks to everyone for coming along, we hope you had a great time. Thanks to Jeff for helping cork, Michelle for supporting us in so many ways, and finally Rachel for hatching this idea, and bringing the cycling art of 94 artists to Portland during Pedalpalooza.
If you haven’t seen the art yet, check out our website for the locations – www.cycleseen.org
[Ride report by Ashley Mitchell]
There was a lot of hard work that went into this ride – huge kudos to Ashley and all the Cycle Seen artists and exhibitors for making this one happen!