🚨 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 🙏

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Pereira gets his due with national publicity

Pereira in Mountain Bike Magazine.Photo: Dave Roth Local bike builder Tony Pereira is having a dream year. Last winter he found a great new shop space near SE 24th and Belmont and in March he took home coveted trophies from the North American Handmade Bike Show for his gorgeous,”Roaring 29’er”, fillet-brazed, mountain bike. A relative … Read more


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A Vanilla bicycle inspires new documentary

Marko MuellnerPhoto: Marko Muellner Last Christmas, Marko Muellner’s wife bought him a 10-week course in documentary filmmaking. Long before that, he was walking down NE Alberta Street when a locked-up bike caught his eye, “When I started to look more closely I was amazed, it was beautiful, and the details were really really interesting.” The … Read more


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Business leaders hear from cycling industry

Yesterday at the Multnomah Athletic Club, about fifty members of the Portland Ambassadors (a business development organization partnered closely with the Portland Development Commission) attended a forum to learn more about our local bicycle industry. They heard from a broad range of perspectives about how bicycles play an increasingly significant role in our region’s economy.