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How do you know you live in a bike city? Look at the t-shirts

Buffered Bike Lane with a bike symbol and arrow pointing forward


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Lots of people, lots of bike t-shirts.
(Photos © J. Maus)

How do you know you live in a bike city? One of the many ways is to look at the inspiration behind the objects created by people who live there. In the case of Portland, many local arts, crafts and products are inspired by bicycles (that’s what spurred me to do BikeCraft years ago).

Case in point was the Mississippi Street Fair on Saturday.

As I walked the busting street (it was packed!), I couldn’t help but notice the number of bike t-shirts being sold by vendors. Check out the selection below (keep in mind, this wasn’t even a bike-specific event. It just exemplifies the extent that bicycles permeate Portland culture)…

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This one completes the difficult “Portlandia Double” maneuver with a bike and birds on it.
We like to start ’em young around here.
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A nice play on “Keep Portland Weird.”
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Moustaches are so hot right now.
Wish we could have done this on the Portland sign near the Burnside Bridge.
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My favorite… inspired by Portland’s bike lane characters!

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