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6/20: Hello readers and friends. I am having my second (of two) total knee replacement surgeries today so I'll be out of commission for a bit while I recover. Please be patient while I get back to full health. I hope to be back to posting as soon as I can. I look forward to getting back out there. 🙏. - Jonathan Maus, BikePortland Publisher and Editor
(Photo © Jonathan Maus) We packed the Lucky Lab in Northwest Portland last night for the third annual BikeCraft. The crowds kept the artists and vendors busy and many folks walked away with some fantastic, locally made items. Once again, I was very impressed with the quality and selection of the bike-inspired goods that were … Read more
(Photo © Jonathan Maus) In just a few short years Ayleen Crotty’s Filmed by Bike event has gone from a quaint little bike movie get together, to a full-blown film festival. Part of the fun is that she chooses folks from the community to serve on the official jury. I did it a few years … Read more
Stay warm in style with S’mittens.See them and lots more at BikeCraft! I hope you plan to join us for the third annual BikeCraft this Thursday night (11/15). The assemblage of cycle-inspired artists is something you just won’t get to experience anywhere else. BikeCraft is on the same night as PDOT’s See and Be Seen … Read more
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
Sunday is the Oregon Handmade Bicycle Show. That’s the main course. For now, I’m serving up an appetizer. I dug through my photo archives to bring you a taste of just a few of the talented builders you can see at the show… Bon appetite!
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
From the shop of local builderJoseph Ahearne.View slideshow below(Photo © Jonathan Maus) Many people have heard about Portland’s large and talented crop of custom bike builders, but not everyone knows that this burgeoning industry reaches statewide. Much like our state’s heralded craft brewing industry, Oregon has become a hotbed for builders of handcrafted bicycles.
Bike parking on SE Belmont makes the front page of NYTimes.com. The Monday (11/5) edition of the New York Times features a story on Portland’s bike culture. The article, In Portland, Cultivating a Culture of Two Wheels, is currently (as of Sunday night) featured on the home page of NYTimes.com and is also accompanied by … Read more
Caroline will sell her groovy, warm handmade cycling caps. BikeCraft, that annual gathering of locally made, bike-themed arts, crafts, and other cool stuff is coming on November 15th! This year we’ve got a fantastic venue (Lucky Lab Beer Hall in Northwest Portland) and your favorite vendors from year’s past, along with some great new talent … Read more
Videographer Dan Kaufman and his “Disco Trike”, a rolling audio-video command center.Watch his video below.(Photo © Jonathan Maus) Dan Kaufman of CrankMyChain! Cycle TV has posted his video from last weekend’s Cross Crusade Halloween fest. It’s an awesome video that captures the fun-loving spirit of Portland’s signature cyclocross series, the River City Bicycles Cross Crusade. … Read more
Detail of Tiago’s painting.(Full slideshow below) A few weeks ago, I received an amazing gift. A friend of mine, Tiago DeJerk, completed an over life-sized stencil painting on one of the walls in my office. If you’re a regular reader, you might remember Tiago. I’ve written about his paintings (he was Tiago Denczuk then), I … Read more
Last week I had the pleasure of doing a photo shoot for the beautiful and talented mini-bike dance troupe, The Sprockettes. During the shoot, someone suggested forming the letter “S” with their bodies. That went so well, I figured what the heck, let’s go all the way. Here’s the result (I like how their arms … Read more