19 September 2008 Archives

Bike Farm Pre-Party

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward

At the Bike Farm, 305 Ne Wygant and Garfield
7:00pm
Join us for food and drinks in celebration of Bike Farm’s brand new home! We’ll be hosting a pre-party (or just party for non-show goers) to the Okkerville River Band concert at the Crystal Ballroom. We’ll be leading a bike ride (to help show goers cut down on carbon emissions) leaving at 8:30 from Bike Farm to the Crystal Ballroom downtown, where we’ll be raffling off a sewing machine bicycle!
Ariel Raymon, bikefarm at gmail daht comm

Updated: In case you were wondering: Xtracycles are taking over

[See end of story for updates.]

Kids, cargo, or both; longbikes rule.
(Photos © J. Maus)

I can remember a time not too long ago, when Xtracycles were an oddity. They first started showing up at bike industry trade shows in the late 1990s and they were a novel, fringe product that only true bike geeks really knew about. At that time, the industry was still completely enamored with cliff-hucking downhill bikes and road racing machines (Lance was just getting started).

Portland-based Chris King Precision
Components will officially launch their
new bottom bracket at Interbike in Las Vegas
next week.

It’s that time once again when the entire bike industry converges on Las Vegas for the annual Interbike trade show. For many Portlanders, that means a trek out to the desert to cavort with friends and business partners, get the latest on all the hot new products, and revel in pure bike geekdom for a few days.

Here’s what a few Portlanders and one local company will be up to.

Portland Parks and Recreation is looking for help in clearing overgrown trees from bike lanes and sidewalks. A few mornings ago, I rolled by a flyer for an upcoming event they’re hosting called, “Prune by Bike”.

With a plea to “Help keep the bike lane clear” the flyer promises a morning full of free tree pruning tips along with the fringe benefit of nicer biking conditions.

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