Still from TV ad featuring Tony Pereira.– Watch video below- Southeast Portland bike builder Tony Pereira of Pereira Cycles is featured in a television and billboard ad campaign for Northwest Community Credit Union. The ad features Tony working in his shop and some staged cyclocross action shots with Tony and his Team Beer teammates near … Read more
Outside Ira’s shop.-Slideshow below-(Photos © J. Maus) On Saturday, Portland bike builder Ira Ryan hosted an “Open Shop” event. Ryan, a former bike messenger who grew up in Iowa, billed the event as a chance to, “visit and see where I work, see some new bikes I have been working on, or just talk about … Read more
Screenshot fromPerformanceBike.com. Peformance Bicycle, America’s largest chain of bike retail shops, will open their latest location in downtown Portland. According to the Portland Business Journal, Bitech Inc. (Performance’s corporate name) signed a lease for 20,000 square feet of retail space at 1736 SW Alder St. (the Biz Journal reported it incorrectly as SE Alder).
Ben Farver’s track bike won “Best in Show” over the weekend.(Photo: Argonaut Cycles)
Sacha White of Vanilla Bicycles.(Photos © J. Maus) A new promotional campaign launched by North American Handmade Bicycle Show (NAHBS) founder Don Walker recognizes the “Original Six” group of frame builders that have exhibited every year since the show began in 2005. Among the Original Six is Southeast Portland-based builder Sacha White of Vanilla Bicycles. … Read more
Behind the bars of a Metrofiets, with Phillip Ross, my 250-pound load.(Photos © J. Maus) Phillip Ross from Metrofiets stopped by my office yesterday. I never got a chance to ride his Portland-made, bakfiets-inspired bike at the Oregon Manifest show, so wanted me to give it a whirl. Before I took it around the block … Read more
These cards were available at a party hosted by Wieden+Kennedy as part of the Oregon Manifest Bike Show.
[Note: I’ve updated the slideshow with captions.] Freak bikes were part of the show at the Oregon Manifest.– Slideshow below – The first annual Oregon Manifest Bike Show is now in the history books. I’ve got more coverage to come — including a full report on last night’s Roller Races, updates on several local builders, … Read more
The new Metrofiets cargo bike.(Photos © J. Maus) I first shared news that a pair of Portlanders were working on a locally made version of the legendary Dutch “bakfiets” cargo bike back in February. Since then, I haven’t heard much from Metrofiets, so I was excited to see their progress at the Oregon Manifest show … Read more
The other night I ran into Joe Staples and got another glimpse of the upcoming Oregon Manifest Handmade Bike Show. Joe works for Wieden + Kennedy (the global ad firm with a headquarters in downtown Portland whose clients include Starbucks and Nike just to name a few) and he is one of the creative minds … Read more
Neal Fegan and “Blue” outside his shop in St. Johns.View slideshow below(Photos © J. Maus)
Chris King’s marketing director Chris Distefano (L) and Jay Sycip at an event in Portland back in May.(Photos © J. Maus) Portland’s reputation as a hotbed for custom bike building has just taken another major leap forward with news breaking over the weekend that Chris King Precision Components has hired SyCip Designs co-founder and renowned … Read more