‘Tis the season, again. Bring us new or nearly new socks, and we will give you one of our current all-cotton/USA-made bandannas in exchange. During the fall & winter, we make regular runs to the local homeless shelter to deliver socks, gloves, scarves, knitwear, and ANY articles of clothing that might help keep people warm … Read more
Friend and Rivelo shop regular Joel needs a new front tooth, and we’re hoping to raise the necessary funds to make that happen. If you’ve been to Rivelo, you may have met Joel. When Joel was still a teenager in Florida, he crashed his VW Microbus and sustained a closed head injury that left him … Read more
Calling all black & white FILM photographers!! We are teaming up with Stumptown Printers to create a new poster, and we’re looking for photos shot on a bike, of a bike, people riding bikes…..and like that. Details, including photo spec requirements and prizes, are here in this link from Stumptown’s blog. Deadline for entry is … Read more
This photo was taken 123 years ago, but the bicycle pictured here doesn’t look significantly different than the single speeds we see tooling around Portland in 2018. Pretty amazing, and testimony to the perfection of the traditional “diamond” frame. The link from Vintage Portland, our (other) daily read: https://vintageportland.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/1895-c_herbert-lewis-posing-with-a-bicycle_a2004-002-11004.jpg
Another cool photo from long-ago on Vintage Portland of an intersection that many of us ride daily. Link to their post: N Vancouver Avenue, 1963
From the cool Vintage Portland site (https://vintageportland.wordpress.com/) “N Killingsworth Street at N Missouri Avenue looking east, with Chickadee restaurant and Piedmont Cycle Shop in view, circa 1942.” Here’s that same intersection today:
Grant will be at Rivelo at 1PM on Saturday, October 28 for a Q & A session. Got a question for Grant? Ask him yourself! We’ll kick it off with an brief “interview,” conducted by John/Rivelo, then take submitted questions, and end with an open Q & A. Questions submitted in advance would be great, … Read more
We make regular runs to the local homeless shelter with clean socks & underwear, clothes, bedding, and small personal hygiene items (toothpaste, toothbrushes, etc.). Clean socks, especially, are always needed. (They don’t need to be new, just hole-free…and clean.) Drop anything you have to donate at Rivelo any day we’re open. Thursdays and Fridays, 11-6. … Read more
The local homeless shelter on Grand Avenue says they need clean socks, underwear, and warm jackets. Any warm clothes, really. If you have something to donate, feel free to drop it by Rivelo. (401 SE Caruthers St at Water Ave, on the east side of the Tilikum) and we’ll bundle up the donations and take … Read more
Time for commemoration, consternation, and commiseration. Fire ritual. Snacks. *We’ll have something for kids & “X” peeps, too.
Our single-most “liked” Instagram/Facebook/Twitter post ever. “Likes” don’t make right, of course, but they might indicate that the message has resonated with a lot of riders who are temporarily blinded by other cyclists on paths like the Eastbank Esplanade and the Springwater Corridor. If the people riding toward you can’t see you because your flashing … Read more
If you blink you stink.