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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
“…prepare yourself for bicyclophilia gone just plain NUTS!”— from description of Veer in Victoria Film Fest program This week at the Victoria Film Festival, film buffs from all over the world will get their first chance to see Veer, the feature-length documentary about Portland’s bike culture. Veer producers Greg Fredette and Jason Turner arrived in … Read more
BikePortland readers gathered at Roots earlier this year(Photo © J. Maus) It’s nearly here — BikeCraft IV! I hope you’ll join us tomorrow, December 10th, at Roots Organic Brewing (on SE 7th just south of Hawthorne — find us in Roots’ new event space right next door to the main bar). Doors open at 5:30 … Read more
Bike-inspired earrings by Jim Duthie. Do you love bikes enough to wear friction-shifter earrings? Looking over the final vendor/artist list for BikeCraft, I’m amazed at the unexpected ways our local craftsmen and women use bike imagery and bike parts in their work. This year, we’ve got several vendors who are putting a bikey spin on … Read more
A Queen Bee wallet. BikeCraft IV is right around the corner and we’ve got a fantastic line-up of new and returning vendors you will not want to miss. Since we last profiled several of this year’s confirmed BikeCraft vendors, more creative, bike loving folks have stepped up wanting to share their wares. Here’s a sampling…
Liz Dickey will return this year with her fantastic bike-inspired clocks.(Photo © J. Maus) BikeCraft IV is just around the corner! Wednesday, December 10th, at Roots Organic Brewing (on SE 7th, just south of Hawthorne). The event is in Roots’ great new space next door to the regular bar, and will go from 5:30 until … Read more
Veer on the marquee for the very first time.(Photos © J. Maus) The producer and filmmakers behind Veer, a feature documentary about the Portland bike scene (I shared my thoughts about it back in September), held a special premier screening for cast and crew at Hollywood Theater on Thursday night. Many of the personalities that … Read more
Actor Matthew Modine will narrate Veer, a documentary about bike culture in Portland.(Photo © Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage.com) The creators of Veer, a feature-length documentary film that chronicles the people and culture behind bikes in Portland, announced today that they’ve picked Golden Globe-nominated actor Matthew Modine to be the film’s narrator. Modine is known for his role … Read more
Cast photo.(Photo: Craftmaster Productions) I first reported about The Bicyclist back in February of 2007 — just before the Internet-only “webisode” premiered. Since then, Craftmaster Productions has filmed 30 episodes of the series, which follows the adventures of its four main characters Conrad (Jayme S. Hall), Steve (Elle Poindexter), Lissa (Melissa Goad), and Zack (Paul … Read more
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
A few weeks ago, I shared my thoughts on Veer, a new documentary about Portland’s bike culture that’s hitting the festival circuit this winter (where it will hopefully garner worldwide acclaim and score a major distribution deal!). Now (thanks to Dan at CrankMyChain!), you can view the trailer to this very well-made film…
Reverend Phil, shown here after riding his bike into the Willamette River, is bringing Bike Porn to Hollywood Theater on Thursday.(Photo © J. Maus) Portland’s resident bike pornographer is at it again. For the first time ever, “Reverend Phil” Sano will host a back-to-back screening of The Pornography of the Bicycle and Bike Porn 2: … Read more
Robert Stapleton and his tall-bike.(Photos © J. Maus) Yesterday morning on the way to my office, I made a slight detour to check out an amazing bike parked on SE Hawthorne Blvd. Turns out it belongs to a man named Robert Stapleton (he had stopped to do some window shopping). Robert told me this fully … Read more