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The bar at Velo Cult.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) Velo Cult Bike Shop will celebrate its grand opening with a party this Saturday. The shop’s owner Sky Boyer and his close-knit crew of employees, have worked tirelessly since January to transform a former antique mall on NE 42nd Avenue in the Hollywood District into what is … Read more
Curtis Williams in the window of his new work and retail space on SE 23rd Ave.
From Santa Cruz and Rick Hunter to the trio behind the Ned Ludd Market Bike in Portland (Ben Leonard, Ira Ryan, Jason French), teaming up is paying off for framebuilders.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) As you pedal north from the Rose Quarter into Portland’s “fifth quadrant,” it would be easy to not even notice what has … Read more
“If a thousand-dollar bike purchase takes $30 off the retailer’s bottom line, the same purchase made via Dwolla only costs him 25¢.”— Rick Vosper, bike industry marketing consultant Rick Vosper is a veteran of the bike industry who has worked for major brands and now — as founder of Rick Vosper Marketing Services — makes … Read more
Screenshot Seven years after a few hundred friends and fellow bike lovers packed into a coffee shop in northeast Portland to celebrate and share locally handmade, bike-inspired goods — I’m very excited to announce that BikeCraft is now available 24/7 on the web.
Tucked away in the corner of the Sacramento Convention Center in a nondescript booth hosted by a Canadian university is a bike that looks like it may have come from another century.
Blinders blinked in fishbowls as party-goers milled about.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) Leave it to Portland to throw a party for a new bike light. A sneak peek at Knog’s new Blinder model attracted scores of bike shop owners and employees from around the region to a party in a cavernous art studio in northwest Portland … Read more
Crowds flocked to the ‘Show Me Yours’ event at the Ace Hotel Cleaners Friday night.
Dave Levy of Ti Cycles at NAHBS in Austin last year.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) Next week the focus of bikes lovers around the globe will turn to Sacramento, host city for this year’s eighth annual North American Handmade Bicycle Show. Portland-based builders have always made a a big impression at NAHBS (pronounced “nabs”), and this … Read more
Dan Sloan, photographed on Williams Ave back in 2010.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) Remember Dan Sloan? He’s the nice guy who set up a bike repair stand on N Williams Ave and propped up a sign that said, “Free Bike Help + Advice.” Now Sloan has launched a more formal endeavor: Everybody’s Bike Rentals. “We provide … Read more
Ready for the job. Without a big truck (he uses a cargo bike and a large trailer), Chris Sanderson is finding a niche with his construction business.(Photo: Courtesy Chris Sanderson) Chris Sanderson, the man behind new bike-based business ‘Builder by Bike’, is a licensed general contractor who wants to show it’s possible to be a … Read more
Northeast Portland resident Slate Olson is general manager of North American operations for UK-based Rapha Performance Roadwear, a company with over $20 million in sales last year.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) It’s been four years since UK-based cycling apparel company Rapha chose Portland as its North American headquarters. Since then, the company has grown by leaps … Read more