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The Tour de France is the ultimate stage in all of pro cycling; but it’s a stage where only men stand. What would happen if a team of women with regular jobs and just a little racing experience upstaged the men and rode the exact same route a day before them (all 3,479 kilometers/2,162 miles … Read more
Rob Sadowsky(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) University of Oregon players are on a roll when it comes to football victories; but they’re also racking up quite a few traffic violations. And we’re not talking about minor stuff like parking tickets and rolling a stop sign. Fed up with the dangerous driving, the executive director of the … Read more
The Metrofiets booth buzzed all weekend (and was popular with bike shop owners). The North American Handmade Bicycle Show in Sacramento delivered record attendance (8,100 people), and it turns out many of them came to do more than dream about a new bike. Some of them came to buy. The blur of a big bike … Read more
After bollards were uprooted — and despite new signs that say “No left turns” — this taxi pulls onto Terwilliger from Condor. This is the same maneuver that resulted in serious injuries to a bicycle rider in August and spurred PBOT into action.(Photo: BikePortland reader)
There were no female builders was only one female builder at NAHBS, but there was plenty of ‘girl bike love’ on this rig from Mosaic.
Sorry, this job has been filled. Find more jobs here. Job Title Store Manager/Mechanic Company/Organization The Bike Commuter Job Description The Bike Commuter is looking for a customer service superstar to take charge as Store Manager. We are a busy, growing neighborhood shop, and it is time to hire a manager to oversee daily operations … Read more
Shinya Tanaka is helping stoke Japanese enthusiasm for American-made bikes.
As this young scraper bike aficionado illustrates, the scene outside the NAHBS showroom was full of bike love and handmade pride.
The Pump-Hub by Kevin Manning. The bike industry is full of people with big passions and big ideas. Often at industry shows like NAHBS, these garage innovators don’t have the money to buy official exhibit space. Instead, they’ll tuck their new product into a backpack and carry it through the aisles, eager to show it … Read more
Portland builder Dave Levy of Ti Cycles Fabrication won third prize in the Gates Carbon Drive competition for his custom randonneur.
Screenshot Seven years after a few hundred friends and fellow bike lovers packed into a coffee shop in northeast Portland to celebrate and share locally handmade, bike-inspired goods — I’m very excited to announce that BikeCraft is now available 24/7 on the web.
Crowds pack into the Sacramento Convention Center for a glimpse at the best handmade bikes in America.