The people, clubs, and culture that make up Portland’s bike scene.
“…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
More on this series:– Read Part One – Read Part Two– Author Bio [Note from Publisher: Welcome to the final installment of our three-part series on bike messengers in Portland. This series is written by BikePortland contributing writer Erin Greeson (bio). In Part One, Greeson laid out the tough working conditions faced by Portland’s messengers. … Read more
Erin Greeson [Publisher’s note: This is the first in a three-part story on Portland’s bike messengers by new contributor Erin Greeson. When her friend Zak Kovalcik crashed and broke his collarbone last fall, Greeson came face-to-face with the tough reality faced by Portland’s bike delivery professionals. In this in-depth, three-part series, Greeson shares how the … Read more
Doug Ollerenshaw(Photo © J. Maus) Last time we checked in with ex-Portlander Doug Ollerenshaw he was recovering from a heart-breaking crash at the end of the Twilight Criterium. Also that night, he broke the news that he was retiring from racing and leaving Portland to go to graduate school in Georgia. Ollerenshaw is the consummate … Read more
BTA Executive Director Scott Bricker stands before his staff at their annual meeting last night.(Photos © J. Maus) Oregon’s largest bicycle advocacy organization, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance, held their annual meeting in Northwest Portland last night. The event was attended by BTA board members and staff, along with a handful of dues-paying members. It also … Read more
ContributorJessica Roberts(Photo © J. Maus) This article was written by contributing writer Jessica Roberts. Jessica is a bicycle planning professional with Alta Planning+Design and she previously shared her thoughts on the notorious Broadway/Williams intersection. Below, she strikes a completely different tone with the first in a series of interviews where she’ll sit down and chat … Read more
Portlander Molly Cameron is flying the Vanilla Bicycles team colors while racing in Belgium.(Photo: Nielsdewit.be) Local racer and owner of Veloshop, Molly Cameron, is “living the dream” by spending her holiday racing cyclocross against the world’s best on a multi-week trip that includes World Cup races in France and Belgium. Another Portland rider, Sue Butler, … Read more
Apparently it takes much more than a freak snowstorm to prevent Portlanders for participating an alleycat race. Last Sunday, local fixed-gear aficionado Jennifer Carroll organized an alleycat to coincide with the Portland premiere of the urban biking/stunt film Macaframa.
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
Dingo the Clown on one of his many fantastical bikes.(Photo © J. Maus) Remember Dingo? He was the ring-leader of the now defunct Alberta Street Clownhouse. I, and many others, spent many Last Thursdays hanging out at the Clownhouse and watching and participating in all the crazy, zany gags and events they used to do … 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
Veer will be shown at the Victoria Film Fest in February. At the premiere of Veer last week, producer/director Greg Fredette shared some good news with the sold-out crowd; the film has been accepted for screening at the Victoria International Film Festival. Veer is a feature-length documentary that focuses on several aspects of Portland’s dynamic … Read more