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Palin wannabees and Team Tron; slideshow from a costumed Crusade weekend

Team Tron (complete with discs) sought to eliminate any riders without costumes. – Slideshow Below – (Photos by Jose Sandoval) Last weekend, the Cross Crusade race series held their annual Halloween weekend. For two days, Crusaders raced and romped around the Clatsop County Fairgrounds in Astoria fueled by beer and a hunger for fun that … Read more


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Crusaders head north for double the fun

This weekend’s Cross Crusade event will be all about beer, costumes, and…oh yeah, bike racing.(Photo © J. Maus) This weekend, scores of Portlanders will head north for the annual Halloween-edition of the Cross Crusade. Held once again at the Clatsop Country Fairgrounds (in Astoria), this year organizers have planned the first-ever double weeekend of racing. … Read more


See the best of Filmed by Bike at Manifest Show party

Tomorrow night’s “Opening Night Blowout Party” for the Oregon Manifest Handmade Bike Show (which opens tomorrow morning) will feature a special, six-year retrospective compilation of films from Portland’s very own Filmed by Bike film festival. Filmed by Bike founder Ayleen Crotty put together the screening with sponsorship from River City Bicycles. Crotty says they’ve put … Read more


Get ready for ‘Freak Bike Fall’

Freak Bike Fall posterLarger version here(Illustrated by Emily O’Connor) Freak Bike Fall is Portland’s newest bike festival. Slated for October 17-19th, the event is being put together by Emily O’Connor, a Portland transplant who moved here from Michigan about a year ago. Since coming to Portland, Emily has been active in the community. You might … Read more