at Geek Fair last year.
(Photos © J. Maus)
This Saturday is Free Geek’s annual Geek Fair, an event that is sure to be full of bike fun for the entire family.
Free Geek is a local non-profit that recycles and refurbishes computer equipment and operates a community technology center in inner Southeast Portland.
In addition to their important work, they are also one of the most bikey companies in town. Staffer Sophia Luchini-Dexter says twelve of their fifteen full-time staffers and many of their volunteers bike to work. They’ve also hosted many cool bike events through the years including a Bike Swap Meet, Sprockettes performances, Chunkathlon, and even the World Naked Bike Ride Dance Party.
This year’s Geek Fair will continue the tradition.
Sophia says that along with live music, food, and “geeky activities”, they’ve planned a performance by bike dance crew Chain Reaction, a bike display by Clever Cycles, pedal-powered smoothies from Kyrstin Westwind, cheap helmets for sale ($6), and more!
For more information, check out the event flyer at FreeGeek.org.
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Free Geek is a very worthwile group. I had volunteered there full time while unemployed back in \’02 and \’03. I learned a lot about Linux there.
In fact, it was my work at Free Geek and my Linux education that got me the job that I currently hold at Intel in Hillsboro (and to which I ride a bicycle 20 miles.
Mark
Thanks for writing this, Jonathan!! Hope to see you this year!
This event is why I would like to move to the NorthWest. Here in Twin Falls Idaho I would probably get arrested and took to the \”crazy house\” even as the meth labs and drunk drivers are around.
yeah yeah, come have some fun in the summer sun!
i heart teh G33|