Jude Kirstein in her shop.(Photos © Russ Roca) Portlander Jude Kirstein, who has spent two years making Epic Wheel Works a successful wheel building business, has decided to change the name of her company after finding out that Specialized Bicycle Components would enforce its trademark rights based on their use of the “Epic” brand. Kirstein … Read more
Emiliano Jordan stands with one of the bikes on exhibit at the gallery.(Photos © David Haines/BikePortland) This Saturday, Portland will welcome its first gallery space devoted solely to bicycles when Het Fairwheel Podium has its grand opening. Contrary to how I described it in a story back in December (it’s not a bike shop!), this … Read more
One of Portland’s many bike-related businesses, Cycle Dog, continued their surge in success with airtime on the nationally televised Today Show this morning. We first wrote about Cycle Dog back in July of 2009, and they’ve just gotten bigger and bigger ever since. Former Nike employee Lanette Fidrych started the company and she uses old … Read more
The Portland Society, a local non-profit that seeks to strengthen and support women-owned bike businesses, has announced a new grant program. Here’s the info from the call for applicants: What: Women seeking to develop their leadership and professional skills for use in promoting active transportation and livable streets are encouraged to apply to the Portland … Read more
The ‘Circulus’ mini velodrome is currently set up in the Portland Design Works warehouse just off N. Williams Avenue on Hancock.(Photos © J. Maus)
Check out the new bit of advertising from local company Portland Design Works. … Awesome new ad poster from PDW by Kevin Murphy.
Intersection of Springwater Trail and 82nd. Portland Monthly Mag reports that a “Bike-centric food cart super pod” is coming to the Springwater Corridor in East Portland. According to a story on their blog, developer Roger Goldingay (the same guy that developed the cart pod on N. Skidmore and Mississippi) has set his sights on a … Read more
Bike tours are popular on TripAdvisor.(Photo: Pedal Bike Tours) I’ve got two Portland bike business tidbits to share. Pedal Bike Tours is currently ranked as the #1 tour on the Things to Do in Portland page of the juggernaut tourism website TripAdvisor.com (they claim to host 40 million reviews); beating out walking tours, food tours, … Read more
Joshua de Parrie is ready to fix your plumbing. Joshua de Parrie is The Bicycle Plumber. Fresh out of a four-year apprenticeship to get his professional plumbing contractor license, the 38 year old native of Southeast Portland is already completing jobs around town, using a Kona Ute longtail bike, a cargo trailer and his own … Read more
Max Kirchoff and his delivery vehicle.(Photo © J. Maus) Over the past two holiday seasons, Portlander Max Kirchoff has established a successful business delivering trees by bike throughout the city. His Trees by Bike concept launched in 2009 and last year it grew by leaps and bounds. Now Kirchoff is extending the idea to Valentine’s … Read more
NAHBS in Portland, 2008.(Photo © J. Maus) I’m happy to announce that thanks to the sponsorship of United Bicycle Institute, I’ll be traveling to Austin, TX for the 2011 North American Handmade Bicycle Show (NAHBS) next month. It’s been four years since I headed down to San Jose for the show and three years since … Read more
Open for business New logo and wooden sign.– Gallery –(Photos © J. Maus)