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Dan Kaufman and his Disco Trike.Video below(Photos © J. Maus) One of the fringe benefits of pedaling around Portland this time of year are all interesting bikes and people you come across. One such person is Dan Kaufman. Dan lives just off the Springwater Corridor Trail in Sellwood with this wife Kirsten (a real estate … Read more
Jan Verrinder at the bike safety press conference in City Hall a week after her husband Bob was nearly killed in a collision with a car on Marine Drive.(Photo © J. Maus) During last year’s Sad October, our community endured several tragedies. The two young lives we lost grabbed most of the headlines, but sandwiched … Read more
A bamboo trailer built in North Portland by Elden Clark (notice the bottle-capped screw heads).(Photos © J. Maus unless otherwise noted) North Portland resident Elden Clark hopes to turn his love for building bamboo bicycle trailers into a business. I first spotted Clark’s work on a flyer he’d posted outside of a bike shop. Then … Read more
Something (or someone) catches Carl Fahrner’s eye.(Photos © J. Maus)Slideshow below On Friday, a massive parade of Portlanders helped Voodoo Doughnut celebrate their new store opening. And, not surprisingly, many of them showed up on bikes. Among the crowd was an eclectic and interesting mix of people and vehicles — from roller derby girls to … Read more
Mark Allyn made his jacket and wired his bike with vivid LEDs.(Photos © J. Maus)
Northwest Portland resident DougOllerenshaw competing in the Tour of California.(Photo: Stefan Heymanns/Flickr) The Amgen Tour of California — a seven stage, 650-mile race that featured the world’s top teams and riders — wrapped up in Pasadena California on Sunday. Among the finishers were all the big names of elite international racing including the legendary sprinter … Read more
Slideshow below(Photos © J. Maus) For some reason, I just can’t get last weekend’s Mini Bike Winter event out of my mind. By all accounts, it was just a massively fun and amazing weekend. I took somewhere in the realm of 2,000+ images in two days and I’m still having fun looking through them. I … Read more
City Council hopeful Jim Middaugh sporting a bit of helmet hair.You can meet Jim this Sunday night at an event being hosted by Congressman Peter Defazio at the Lucky Lab Brewpub in SE from 5:30 – 7:00 (bring $5!).(Photos © Jonathan Maus)
Gram and his scraper.Slideshow belowPhotos © Jonathan Maus The other day I crossed paths with a colorful personality and an even more colorful bike. I first met Gram Shipley at BikeCraft. He wanted to display his wares (hand-sewn leather mud-flaps and casino dice valve caps), but didn’t get enough of them made in time for … Read more
(Photos © Jonathan Maus) The other day I met someone who claimed to have gotten more tickets while on their bicycle than anyone else in town. While I don’t think that’s anything to be proud of, I did think it was an interesting story and I was curious to know more. I asked the person, … Read more
Michael Sylvester in hisSoutheast Portland studio.(Photo © Jonathan Maus) Portland-based bike fitting expert Michael Sylvester has been hired to create and lead an ambitious new bike fitting program for Trek Bicycles. Trek introduced Sylvester and the new “Fit System” at Trek World, their dealer-only trade show back in August. Sylvester — a 50 year-old yoga … Read more
[Updated: 11/6, 9:37am; 11/7, 10:22am] A donation jar for Leo at a Southeast Portland cafe.(Photo © Jonathan Maus) Nearly a year ago I introduced you to Kyrstin Westwind — the carfree, single mom who was just starting a bike-powered blender business called Sprocket Smoothies. Since then Kyrstin has been busy attending local bike events (at … Read more