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STP is this weekend.(Photo © J. Maus) This weekend is the 30th annual Seattle to Portland ride and around 10,000 people are expected to roll into town. After over 200 miles (30 of them uphill) in the saddle, the riders will have a lot to be happy about when they arrive at Holladay Park near … Read more
[BikePortland.org is an official media partner with the upcoming, five-week Oregon Manifest event that will celebrate bike builders from across the nation, bike advocacy, and much more. Stay tuned for more coverage of builders, events, rides, and more.] A few of the builders who will compete. Portland just might bear witness to the Next Big … Read more
Billing itself as “the premiere event for cycling microbrew lovers in North America,” the Bikes ‘n’ Brew Century will offer a physical test, a visual feast, and a bounty of good beers. The informal, 100-mile group ride (scheduled for July 18th) will take participants from Southeast Portland up and over Mt. Hood and down the … Read more
Professor Badass expounds onlocal geologic mysteries.(Photo by J.R.) I ditched work on Thursday to familiarize myself with the Land of Port a bit better by joining up with fifteen other people on bikes and Dr. #1 Badass (planetary geology professor) at the Washington Park Zoo MAX stop. The four and a half hour tour began … Read more
Esther and Phil looove Seski.(Photo © J. Maus) [Thanks to Carye Bye for this report (via the Shift list) on the Oregon Sesquicentennial Ride that she organized in honor of our state’s 150th birthday. You can see her photos of the ride here, and check out BikePortland’s photos from the start of the party here.] … Read more
Johnathon Allen tries to trackstandwhile being hit with water balloons.-Slideshow below/Gallery–(Photos © J. Maus) As the traditional grande finale to Pedalpalooza, the Multnomah County Bike Fair (MCBF) has lofty expectations to meet. After 17 days and nights of rides and events that captured the hearts and minds of thousands Portlanders, I’d say it came pretty … Read more
[This ride report was written by BikePortland intern J.R. For more like this, see our full Pedalpalooza 2009 coverage.] The winners take the podium (Photo by Coach Dan)
The Epic Pizza Ride this year was in its fourth, and most extreme, incarnation, including over 100 dedicated pizza eaters, a vegan contingent, a trip up Highway 30 to St Johns, and a serendipitous convergence with the Bluesapalooza ride and its mobile sound system, blues dancers, and a roller-skating corker. Nostalgic brainchild of the of … Read more
If there’s anything better than going on a bike ride on a gorgeous sunny day, it’s going on bike rides between parks to do yoga on a gorgeous sunny day with 60 other happy pracititioners. And if there’s anything better than that, it’s a convergence with a hundred proud Scandiniavians and their allies riding around … Read more
On the midway at MCBF in 2008. (Photo © J. Maus) “It’s the bike-gasm!” That’s how the Multnomah County Bike Fair was explained to me on my first time around back in 2005. The description holds true. After 17 exhausting, exuberant days of Pedalpalooza, fatigue is setting in (and there were even rumors on Twitter … Read more
The Bike Kiss-In is becoming a time-honored tradition here in Portland. Every Pedalpalooza, couples gather in a high-traffic spot to show their passion for bikes and each other, holding up signs with slogans like “Liplock, not gridlock” and “If you were biking, you’d be making out by now.” Check out our photos from tonight’s event … Read more
Shaun Deller’s hats are back! Pedalpalooza culminates this Saturday (6/27) with the infamous, one-of-a-kind Multnomah County Bike Fair. I know, you’re sad because that means eleven long months of waiting for next year will commence — but, you can keep the spirit alive, and remind yourself and the world of your love for bike fun. … Read more