Podcast: A day at B-Line Urban Delivery with Tegan Valo
Listen to a tour of the warehouse and go out on a delivery to a local market.
Business
Ira Ryan has left Breadwinner Cycles, will restart solo brand
It’s the end of another era in Portland’s rich history of custom bike builders, and possibly the start of a new one.
Will Portlanders embrace Rad Power’s new trike?
The news has created a stir in the bike world because, well, let’s just say trikes occupy a strange place in the market.
Business News Roundup: North St. Bags, Portland Design Works, Gracie’s Wrench
New products and saying goodbye to a beloved local bike business.
Breadwinner celebrates 10 years in business with limited edition model
Their longevity is a testament to the quality of their bikes and their character.
Portland-based Ride With GPS celebrates 15 years of route planning
As a user myself, I can vouch that it’s so full of cool features and is so simple to use, it actually inspires me to explore.
The trials and jubilations of owning a Rad Power e-bike
The downside to Rad Power’s business model is that customers have to figure a lot out by themselves.
Meet Joe Brown, the biking leather goods salesman with an adventure streak
Business from a bike trailer suits this carfree entrepreneur.
Top bicycle builders coming to Portland for ‘Open House’ Saturday
If you’re the type of person who can lose yourself in the beauty of a bicycle, or if you’re in the market for your dream bike, then you don’t want to miss the Chris King Open House this Saturday. The seventh annual event will be a gathering of 15 of America’s top bicycle makers (and … Read more
B-Line and Lime partnership heralds new kind of EV revolution
“It’s really cool that a big company like that was like, ‘yeah, this makes sense.’ It just validates what we’re doing.” – Phillip Ross, B-Line Urban Delivery This just in from the worlds of micromobility and urban freight delivery… Electric scooter company Lime has inked a deal with Portland’s B-Line Urban Delivery to decarbonize their … Read more
WashCo Bikes teams up with housing nonprofit for online bike sales
We love a good collab here at BikePortland, so we were jazzed to hear about one that involves a way to buy good used bikes online while supporting a local nonprofit. WashCo Bikes has a new partnership with Habitat For Humanity Portland. As you might recall, WashCo Bikes has been on the up-and-up since they … Read more
Past and present Citybikes owners in legal tussle over assets, shop’s future
A dispute between current and past co-owners of Citybikes Workers Cooperative has turned into a messy legal battle that will decide the future of the storied institution. Founded in 1986, Citybikes has been a cornerstone of Portland’s cycling scene with its “mothership” location on Southeast Ankeny near 20th and its former Annex location (now closed) … Read more