🚨 Please note that BikePortland slows down during this time of year as I have family in town and just need a break! Please don't expect typical volume of news stories and content. I'll be back in regular form after the new year. Thanks. - Jonathan 🙏
It’s that time of year.(Photo © J. Maus) O.K. Portland, it’s June, it’s finally not feeling like winter, and… it’s Pedalpalooza! There is so much going on this weekend it’s ridiculous. Whatever you’re up to on two-wheels we’d love to hear about it. Hopefully you’re following some of our Pedalpalooza coverage. We’re posting lots of … Read more
7-11 parking lot was turned into a dance floor.(Photos © J. Maus)
About 30 or so people met on the Eastbank Esplanade for the Hott Sock II ride. Sporting all manner of fun and funky socks, we rode down to Sock Dreams in Sellwood. When we rolled up, Sock Dreams staff and owners led us in the sock games. There was beer, sock prizes, and much more. … Read more
We got a special tour of Hollywood memorabilia from Mike Clark.(Photos © J. Maus) I met up with Portland’s Museum Lady and Queen of Bike Fun, Carye Bye, for one of her lauded Museum by Bike rides. The theme was Hollywood (she knows every museum in the city so there’s always got to be a … Read more
Meghan Sinnott (top left) photographs Kellie Davis (left) and Ashley Baldwin at the Irondelles Bikini Bike Wash, June 11, 2010. (Photo by Joel Preston Smith)
Hope everyone is enjoying Pedalpalooza. I just wanted to forward on a note regarding the Kickoff Parade last night. When I got home from the ride I was greeted with a voice mail and an email from a women who was in Irving Park with her dog when the ride rolled up (we ended at … Read more
Splendid Cycles owner Joel Grover (bottom left), talks up a Cycle Truck.(Photos © J. Maus) Southeast Portlanders and well-wishers from all over town helped welcome a new bike shop to the neighborhood last night. Splendid Cycles, a new shop on SE Belmont at 14th that specializes in cargo bikes, held its opening night bash. The … Read more
Location of crash. At about 7:10 this morning, a person on a bike was struck and seriously injured by someone driving a car on SE Division at 110th (in front of Bike Gallery). Following the collision, the person in the car fled and was later apprehended by police. The Portland Police Bureau Traffic Division’s Major … Read more
An exhibition of 125 years of bicycles infine art photographs begins next week.(Photo: Detail of Untitled (Girls on bicycles), 1946 by Herman Landshoff) One of the fringe benefits of living in a healthy bike ecosystem is that bike-inspired art is all around us. On that note, a few items have crossed my desk recently that … Read more
Riders roll up the Morrison Bridge.-Slideshow below/Gallery–(Photos © J. Maus)
The Safe Routes to School programis offered in nearly every school in Portland.(Photo © J. Maus) This afternoon, Mayor Sam Adams and a host of Oregon state legislators will highlight the City of Portland’s Safe Routes to Schools program with a bike ride through North and Northeast Portland. The ride will go from Humboldt Elementary … Read more
There’s an interesting ride tonight called the “Rooftop Ride.” Below is a message from the organizer that explains a bit more about what to expect: there have been questions about the rooftop ride, so here’s the plan: – we ride at 11 from in front of the nines hotel, 525 SW Morrison (near pioneer square … Read more