Note: I'm currently on a family trip and not working normal hours. Email and message responses will be delayed and story and posting volumes here and on our social media accounts will not be at their usual levels until I return to Portland August 12th. Thanks for your patience and understanding. - Jonathan Maus, BikePortland Publisher and Editor
Presented by Shift, Pedalpalooza is a bike celebration/event like no other. Over 200 events in 17 days (see full calendar here). Below you’ll find ride reports, links to photos, videos, and more!
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After the brazen bareness of last night’s naked ride, a handful of dreamy romantics spent some wholesome quality time this afternoon reclining on the grass in the rose gardens of Ladd’s Addition, listening to, and giving, dramatic readings of the “good parts” of romance novels. These were, for reasons I never fully understood, interspersed with … Read more
[Welcome to your daily Pedalpalooza rundown. We’ll post each day’s events and rides here, so you can plan, email them to your friends, etc… See all our Pedalpalooza coverage here and follow the latest updates on Twitter. Click ride title for full details… have fun out there!] 7:00am – 9:00am: Coffee on Clay The city … Read more
Riders queue up at a stop lightduring the Anti-CRC ride Saturday.– Slideshow below/More photos –(Photos © J. Maus) Over 80 people met on Saturday to ride in protest against the Columbia River Crossing project. The event was put together by Rising Tide Cascadia to coincide with Pedalpalooza and raise awareness of the negative impacts of … Read more
Racing was far from the onlyattraction at the Cirque du Cycling.(Photos © J. Maus) Saturday’s Cirque du Cycling event, held on N. Mississippi Avenue, managed to do something very special: It brought together just about every aspect of Portland’s diverse culture of bike lovers. From kids (young and old!) to tall bike builders and everything … Read more
[This Ridiculously Early Donut Ride reportage brought to you by dedicated morning person Susan Otcenas, via the Shift list. Check out Susan’s photos from the ride here.] My alarm woke me up at 2:30 a.m. Stumble out of bed, check the air temp (57 deg), pull on cycling clothing, stumble downstairs. Glad I packed my … Read more
[The New Shanghai Bike-aneers Pirate Ride report was brought to you by the organizer, Bent Ryder, via the Shift list. Yarr!] The hardy Swashbikelers.(Photo: Bent Ryder) Avast ye lubbers!
[This report was brought to you by Hand-Free Derby organizer Chris “Fool” McCraw, via the Shift list.] this was a strange sort of ride—bring yourself on your bike to overlook park and then spend the rest of the evening going nowhere, or more precisely in a small circle. but the catch, of course, is that … Read more
[Welcome to your daily Pedalpalooza rundown. We’ll post each day’s events and rides here, so you can plan, email them to your friends, etc… See all our Pedalpalooza coverage here and follow the latest updates on Twitter. Click ride title for full details… have fun out there!] 4:30am: The Ridiculously Early Donut Ride That’s right, … Read more
The masses assemble in Northwest Portland prior to the World Naked Bike Ride. There were bikes and flesh as far as the eye could see in every direction when I took this photo (from the roof of a school bus).– View slideshow below –– More images –(Photo © J. Maus)
This was the scene today on N. Mississippi when the Sunny Nekkid Bike Ride crashed the Art Bike Parade at the Cirque du Cycling.– More photos here/Slideshow below –(Photos © J. Maus)
[Welcome to your daily Pedalpalooza rundown. We’ll post each day’s events and rides here, so you can plan, email them to your friends, etc… See all our Pedalpalooza coverage here and follow the latest updates on Twitter. Click ride title for full details… have fun out there!] 9:30am: Lents Bicycle Boulevard Ride Wonk out about … Read more
What more wholesome, charming sight to greet you bombing down Glisan on a warm, overcast day than 50 or so ebullient naked people on bikes? That’s what happened to me and a friend today. I threw my bike on the grass and pulled out my camera as people rode by cheering and urging us to … Read more