Oregon Manifest Constructor’s Race complete results
Race organizers calculate finish times.(Photo © Elly Blue)
Oregon Manifest 2009
Oregon Manifest
Oct. 2th ~ Nov. 8th
Oregon Manifest is a six-week (10/2 ~ 11/8) celebration of urban bicycling culture. The event includes workshops, panel discussions, a “Constructor’s Challenge” bike design competition, an international art exhibit, and much more.
Here are some key dates on the schedule:
10/3 ~ 11/8: Dreams on Wheels, Danish Cycling Culture Exhibit
10/10: Ready to Roll Cycling Lifestyle Fashion Show
10/15: We Just Work Here Movie Night Social
10/16: A Night With Joe Parkin
10/23: Tour de Builders
10/24: United Bicycle Institute Open House
10/25: Family Bicycle Transportation Day>
10/29: Bicycle Culture from Copenhagen to Portland
10/31 ~ 11/01: OBCA Handmade Bicycle Show
11/07: Single Speed Cyclocross World Championship Party
Browse the stories below for all our coverage.
Design Challenge race: More camaraderie than competition
Pausing at the Rapha-sponsored beer stop high atop Portland off ofDixie Mountain Road.(Photos by Mark Reber) Saturday’s Constructor’s Design Challenge (part of the Oregon Manifest) race may have been for points and it was certainly tough, but the riders seemed to focus more on camaraderie than competition. The day seemed to be an extension of … Read more
The bikes have been raced, judged, and ogled. And the winners are…
[Welcome to our continuing coverage of the Oregon Manifest’s Constructor’s Design Challenge. See our previous coverage here.] Greg Heath built and raced this Donkelope bike, which won a design award.(Photos © Elly Blue) All day yesterday, the thirty offerings in the Oregon Manifest Constructors Challenge were judged. Today, they were put through their paces on … Read more
Spirits high, riders weary, some down as Constructor’s Race challengers near end point
The Circle A Cycles bike was the only onewith dirt proudly on display last night.They’ll all be looking battleweary by now. (Photo © Elly Blue) Our correspondent Mark Reber just called from up on Skyline Drive where he’s been photographing the challengers in the Oregon Manifest Constructor’s Race at the race’s Beer Pickup Checkpoint. All … Read more
The Design Challenge from the builder’s perspective
An enthusiastic crowd turned out tonight for the reception party.(Photo by Mark Reber for BikePortland)
More handmade magic from the Manifest Design Challenge
Our man at the Oregon Manifest Constructor’s Design Challenge has sent over more photos of the amazing transportation bicycles put together by some of the best builders in the business. This is just a small sampling of the extraordinary bikes in the show. Get down to the Oregon Manifest Union (539 NW 10th at Hoyt) … Read more
First look inside the Constructor’s Design Challenge
Editor’s note: Please welcome new BikePortland contributor Mark Reber. A reporter and photographer, Mark is working with us to cover the Oregon Manifest Constructor’s Design Challenge and Race this weekend. Mark was able to spend some time with the bikes and their proud, nervous builders this morning, and sent this dispatch — and some enticing … Read more
Artcrank show finds warm welcome in Portland
29 bike-themed posters attracted quite a crowd last night.-Slideshow below-(Photos © J. Maus) The latest evidence of the intersection between bicycles and Portland’s First Thursday art scene (remember the handmade bike show back in August?) was on full display at the debut of the Artcrank Poster Show last night. 29 Portland artists were part of … Read more
A few peeks at Manifest Design Challenge entries
Sean Chaney of Vertigo Cycles posted this sneak peek of his Design Challenge entry. The Constructor’s Design Challenge (part of Oregon Manifest) is coming this Friday. The event is an unprecedented opportunity to have the brightest minds in bike building put their skills and experience into building the Ultimate Transportation Bike. Each entry will be … Read more
Sky Yaeger of Swobo Bikes: Industry will notice Manifest bikes
Sky Yaeger on a Swobo Otis.(Photo: Richard Masoner/Cyclelicious) We’re getting excited for the kickoff of the Oregon Manifest on Friday. One of the marquee events in the six-week bike culture blowout is the Constructor’s Design Challenge. We’ve already written a lot about it, but today we take a look at it from a different angle. … Read more
Impressive list of ‘Constructors’ will push transportation bike boundaries
What sort of features will builders like Joseph Ahearne dream up?(Photo © J. Maus) If you haven’t taken time to peruse the schedule of the Oregon Manifest, you should. The six-week event — which last year mainly focused on a custom bike show — has blossomed into nothing short of an urban biking summit. This … Read more
Oregon Manifest aims to change the way we think about bikes
The Oregon Manifest is right around the corner! Organizers have unveiled the final program for this year’s six-week long celebration of the art, culture, and craft of bicycling. The multifaceted program promises to put a creative, utilitarian spin on all aspects of bicycling from framebuilding to racing — and aims to put them in front … Read more