4/21: Hello readers and friends. I'm still recovering from a surgery I had on 4/11, so I'm unable to attend events and do typical coverage. I'll post as I can and should improve day-by-day. Thanks for all your support 🙏. - Jonathan Maus, BikePortland Publisher and Editor
Crowds were thick all day.View slideshow below(Photos © Jonathan Maus) I still can’t decide what was more impressive at yesterday’s Oregon Handmade Bicycle Show; the crowds or the builders. One of the event organizers, Austin Ramsland, says that over 1,800 people attended the show. They were treated to an unprecedented display of building prowess from … Read more
Awesome. Pre-order yours today! For the past two years, the Sprockettes calendar has been a hot holiday item, and now they’ve done it again. This year’s calendar will be bigger, glossier, and full of more awesome photos, graphics and pure Sprockette dancing goodness than ever before. From the looks of these images, and from what … Read more
BicyclingHub.com owner Doug Dugay in front of his new location on the corner of SE Water and Taylor in Portland.(Photos © Jonathan Maus) Online bicycling clothing retailer BicyclingHub.com has moved into a new space on the ground-floor of the Water Avenue Commerce Center at the corner of SE Water and Taylor streets. The business has … Read more
Got this email from an employee at Nautilus, Inc. in Vancouver (WA): The Nautilus Store at Nautilus World Headquarters in Vancouver, WA is selling Pearl Izumi cycling and running apparel at 50% off list price. The address is 16400 SE Nautilus Drive, Vancouver WA 98683. Hours are 10-7PM M-S and 10-5PM Sunday. Sale ends October … Read more
Clever Cycles now faces Hawthorne Blvd.View more photos(Photos © Jonathan Maus) Clever Cycles, the shop known for bringing Dutch bikes and European cycling sensibilities to Portland, has announced a new expansion that will give them storefront real estate on one of the City’s busiest bikeways; SE Hawthorne Blvd.
Back in January, a member of the Portland Bike Forums started a thread asking what other folks ride. Since then, over 70 people have replied. I thought it’d be fun to take a look at the wide variety of bikes posted. Here is just a sampling…
Portland Karen Werstein in the NY Times. The Fashion and Style section of today’s New York Times features a gear test of family biking products. Chosen as testers and photographed for the story were Portland couple Nick Fenger and Karen Werstein along with their 2 year-old son Max and his friend Aidan Kinney. I love … Read more
Jacob Prinz (left) and Liakos Ariston of Daedalus Cycles.(File photo) Local bamboo bike builders Jacob Prinz and Liakos Ariston of Daedalus Cycles are putting the finishing touches on their new city bike and they invited me to their shop to take a closer look. Ariston and Prinz are building bikes from a loft of a … Read more
I usually don’t share product news, but you know I have a weak spot for all things Dutch. Here’s an exclusive look at Vancouver BC-based Jorg&Olif’s brand new “Scout” (it’s not set for full public release until August 10th):
My wife Juli is currently looking to outfit herself with a family bike and the options are staggering. She’s been obsessed with looking at all the different bikes, child seats, trailers, trail-a-bikes, and other equipment. When you’ve got to run around town with two growing kids (one almost 2, the other 4 1/2) and whatever … Read more
Clever Cycles is now open.View gallery(File photo) It’s been almost ten months since I first mentioned bakfiets on this site. Back in August, I spotted one on NE Broadway and I was blown away by the simple, elegant utility of it. That story sparked a lot of interest and it was clear Portland was ready … Read more
[File photo] Northeast Portland native Jamie Nichols “totally flipped” when he saw his first Dutch bakfiets cargo bike. He sees them as the perfect way to replace the family car for short neighborhood trips and even sees them as an answer for what he calls “a looming fuel crisis”.