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
Event flyer.(PDF) The North American Handmade Bike Show (NABHS) is about one month away. I’m sure some of you plan to make the trip to Sacramento; but for those that won’t be there, a few local builders have put together a preview party right here in Portland. “Show Me Yours” is a new event put … Read more
The thief (thieves) made out with a Surly LHT. Southeast Portland bike shop Seven Corners Cycles was broken into this morning. The thieves (or thief) made out with one new bike (a large, black Surly Long Haul Trucker), seven Chrome messenger bags, and some lights and locks. According to shop owner Corey Cartwright, they entered … Read more
Velo Cult is moving into this former antique mall on NE 42nd Ave in Hollywood.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortlanD) Velo Cult Bike Shop is moving into the Hollywood neighborhood. I swung by the space on NE 42nd Avenue yesterday to meet owner Sky Boyer, and Portland, I’m happy to say, we’re in for a big treat. … Read more
Epic’s logo Hoping to get in front of a growing interest in triathlons in the Portland area, the venerable Bike Gallery has opened Epic Tri Shop, a new store located in the upper level of their existing Beaverton location. Although Epic Tri is in the same building as the Beaverton Bike Gallery, it will have … Read more