More NAHBS goodness: Pereira, Bishop, Gallus, Metrofiets, Sycip, and Naked
As this young scraper bike aficionado illustrates, the scene outside the NAHBS showroom was full of bike love and handmade pride.
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From the aisles of NAHBS: A hub that inflates your tire
The Pump-Hub by Kevin Manning. The bike industry is full of people with big passions and big ideas. Often at industry shows like NAHBS, these garage innovators don’t have the money to buy official exhibit space. Instead, they’ll tuck their new product into a backpack and carry it through the aisles, eager to show it … Read more
Portland builders take home four awards at NAHBS (so far)
Portland builder Dave Levy of Ti Cycles Fabrication won third prize in the Gates Carbon Drive competition for his custom randonneur.
NAHBS Tech: Chris Igleheart’s top cap lightswitch
Igleheart has built a clean and easy-to-access light switch into the top cap.
BikeCraft online store now open!
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.
Massive crowds at NAHBS
Crowds pack into the Sacramento Convention Center for a glimpse at the best handmade bikes in America.
Dispatch from NAHBS: DeLorean, Bamboosero, Cielo, Renovo, and more
The bikes are worth a closer look.– NAHBS Photo gallery –
NAHBS Spotlight: A closer look at Paul Brodie’s 1888 Whippet Replica
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.
2012 Sunday Parkways details unveiled: Coming to SW Portland for first time ever
PBOT has decided to fully close Willamette Blvd to auto traffic.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) Mayor Sam Adams used his State of the City address to announce that he remains committed to five Sunday Parkways events this year. He also announced that, for the first time ever, the popular event will be held in Southwest Portland. … Read more
Calling all road-race-curious: Banana Belt Series starts Sunday
Racers roll during Banana Belt in 2009.(Photo: Jose Sandoval) Early season road racing is upon us in Portland, and right on cue the Banana Belt Series of circuit races around Hagg Lake starts this Sunday. The 11-mile lap challenges racers’ late-winter fitness as the different categories complete from two to seven loops. The event has … Read more
Jobs of the Week
This week we had two three great opportunities from local companies posted to our Job Listings. Check out all the details in the links below… Shipping Specialist — Velotech, Inc. Cielo Support, Paint — Chris King Precision Components Graphic Designer — Yakima Products, Inc.