Nearly one in four Portlanders counted was on an e-bike! (Photo: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland)
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The Portland Bureau of Transportation just released their latest Bicycle Count Report and the numbers could be read as a case of “no news is good news.” Overall, PBOT counted 1% more bicycle riders on streets citywide compared to one year ago. While it’s good we’re holding steady and have pedaled out of the decline that happened between 2016 and 2022, keep in mind we’re still down about 40% from our mid-2010s peak.
PBOT’s bike counts are widely respected for their consistency over time as they’ve fanned out along bikeways with clipboards in hand for over three decades. The counts were tallied by 150 trained volunteers who posted up at 342 locations (the most ever) between June and September of last year. PBOT splits the city up into eight geographic sectors (see map below).
In 2025, none of those sectors posted double-digit growth. The largest increases came from East (all areas east of I-205) and Southwest (excluding areas in the City Center) where counts showed 6.6% and 6.0% growth compared to 2024. Three sectors showed negative growth. North (west of Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd) was down 4.2% and Northwest (excluding areas in the City Center) and South showed significant declines with a 12.9% and 16.8% decrease respectively.
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Interestingly, PBOT mentioned in the report that the nearly 17% decrease in South might be due in part to it being home to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office, which was the site of numerous protests.
The one group that really has something to celebrate with the 2025 counts are electric bike retailers. PBOT reports that nearly one in four people on bikes in Portland are riding an e-bike. That’s the highest number counted since they began counting e-bikes in 2023 (note that this number should be taken with a grain of salt given inherent difficulties of identifying e-bikes versus acoustic bikes). Another fun e-bike fact in the report is that one-third of women counted were using them, compared to 22% of men.
When it comes to shared micromobility, the report revealed large growth in e-scooter use and the second straight year of decline in Biketown riders.
Amid the relatively “meh” news about bike ridership, the PBOT report included a section about how our city — once the undisputed “Bicycle Capital of America!” — remains full of “enthusiasm” for all things bicycle. Specifically, PBOT mentioned the bike bus movement. Here’s a snip from the report:
“The energy and enthusiasm around bike buses—as well as their leaders’ demands for network improvements—provide an insight to the desire parents and children have for an environment that fosters safe and comfortable conditions for biking for people of all ages and abilities. Portland has the policies, plans and understanding of how to create conditions that make bicycling more attractive than driving for most short trips. Lacking are the resources to make it happen.”
From the 2024 Ladds 500. (Photo: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland)
It’s Ladds 500 weekend! This wonderful event has become the unofficial start of bike season for all who celebrate. Have fun out there!
Check out all my recommendations for the weekend below, and remember to check ride listings for meet-up times before you head out!
All Weekend Long
Poetry Along the Columbia River Gorge As shared on BikePortland earlier this week, this is an event organized by a local Gorge and cycling advocate as a way to honor National Poetry Month and the beauty of the Gorge. Enjoy inspirational poetry and art placed along carfree sections of the Historic Columbia River Hwy path. More info here.
Saturday, April 11th
Ladds 500 – 10:00 am at Ladd Circle Park (SE) A quintessential Portland event that combines free fun and lots and lots of people on bikes for no good reason other than because, why not? 500 laps around the park. Team or solo, you decide. More info here.
Inner Southeast Community Care Ride – 10:00 am at Abernethy Elementary School (SE) If the mob scene at Ladds isn’t your style, or if you want to be fashionably late, you could start your bike day rolling with Amit Zinman as he leads you to free fridges and other places where you can help others in need. More info here.
Portland Bicycle Showcase – 12:00 pm at Baerlic Brewing (SE) Wow, Ladds will be packed with cyclist on Saturday! This event promises handmade bicycles from local makers and the chance to talk with builders and other fans of the craft. Over a dozen builders will attend. More info here.
Earth Day Community Bike Ride – 1:00 pm at Parkrose Middle School (NE) An excellent choice for families or folks who are looking for a very short (two miles) ride in the Parkrose neighborhood. City staff will be on hand and free Biketown bikes available to those without wheels of their own. More info here.
Sunday, April 12th
Bike & Bird Vanport – 9:00 am at Vanport Historical Marker (N) Grab a pair of binoculars and join staff from the Columbia Slough Watershed Council and fellow birders for a free, educational ride along the Columbia Slough path while you ponder the history of Vanport and the wildlife that flies above it. More info here.
Hagedorn for Judge Bike Ride – 9:30 am at Lazy Days Brewing (N) Arbor Lodge resident Joe Hagedorn is running for Multnomah County Judge. I’ve known Joe and his family for many years and can say without hesitation that is a quality guy who’s ready for the job. Oh, and he’s also a very legit cyclist who raised his kids by bike and loves to race and ride around town. Join Joe and his friends for a ride that will support his campaign. More info here.
A Sunday in Helles – 11:00 am at Sellwood Cycles (SE) It’s Holy Week for the spring classics (a series of one day, pro bike races known for epic conditions) and the CX Pistols riding club are hosting their annual celebrations. Start with a spirited group road ride and then gather to watch the Paris-Roubaix at Gigantic Brewing. Ride at 11:00, viewing starts at 12:30. More info here.
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Brandon Mullen has spent 12 years working in city and regional government: Now he wants to enter the political ring. Mullen is running for Portland City Council District 3 (SE). His expansive platform reflects his urban planning and transportation experience, as well as stints managing projects for City of Portland and Metro.
Mullen grew up in Corvallis and is an Oregon State University grad with a Masters Degree in leadership and organizational development. His past work experience includes being part of the Regional Solutions team in the Governor’s Office and managing the City of Portland’s cannabis program. He’s also a daily bike rider who can be found riding on the SE Clinton Street neighborhood greenway and to the Moda Center to watch a Blazers game.
When I asked Mullen why he’s made transportation and safe streets such a major part of his platform, he said, “I want my daughter to be able to walk to school when she’s old enough and not get killed by a car.” Here’s more from his answer:
“My wife and I navigate Portland almost exclusively not in an automobile. And so I can see when I’m biking around, people when they’re walking and they don’t feel comfortable crossing the street, or when they have to hustle across. I can see people when they’re getting on the bus and that bus stop is not covered or people who’ve been waiting a long time. I’ve made trips to go to the store and come back — and someone’s been waiting at the bus stop the whole time. That’s not acceptable.”
Brandon rolled over to The Shed yesterday and we had an expansive conversation that touched on everything from basketball (we’re both big fans) to budgets. If you live in D3 and want help figuring out how best to rank the 10 (so far) candidates, you need to listen to this episode.
Available now on YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts.
Pressure is building once again for the City of Portland to repair and re-open the Bob Stacey Crossing elevators. A story in Willamette Week published April 2nd detailed the latest vandalism and maintenance problems, a Southeast Portland mom who bikes with her kids to school is actively lobbying Mayor Keith Wilson’s office and advocates are coming together to make their voices heard at neighborhood meetings.
In response the City says they’ll install security cameras and focus on more patrols of the area, but other than that they cite a lack of funding to take more decisive actions.
The bridge is a vital link in the network because it provides a way for non-drivers to cross five railroad tracks and detour around the infamously long and disruptive freight trains that block nearby intersections.
The overcrossing (named after a former Metro councilor and land use advocate Bob Stacey, who died in 2022) opened in 2020 and has likely been closed more often than it’s been open. It’s so bad that less than one year after it was renamed in his honor, Bob Stacey himself told BikePortland that the broken elevators were, “a mark against us as a community.” In 2022 BikePortland reported that at least one elevator had been closed for eight months. At that time, the Portland Bureau of Transportation blamed a bad motor and supply-chain issues for the untimely fix. They also said they didn’t expect further issues.
Unfortunately, they were wrong.
Julie Mumford’s daughters carrying bikes up the stairs. (Still from video)
Julie Mumford is a Southeast Portland resident and neighborhood advocate who bikes to Winterhaven Elementary School with her two daughters. She recently shared a video with BikePortland that shows her girls hoisting their bikes up two flights of stairs while a boarded-up and closed elevator can be seen in the background. After helping them awkwardly carry their bikes, Mumford has to get her own, 80+ pound bike up and then down the stairs. In an email sent yesterday to Mayor Wilson, Mumford wrote, “I understand this is only one elevator in one neighborhood, but it represents this City’s broken priorities: we are underinvesting in the public health of our community. If we can’t help kids get to school on safe infrastructure on safe routes, then we are failing.”
Another nearby resident and frequent user of the crossing, Xavier Salazar, has shared a steady drip of complaints on social media about the broken elevators. You might recall Salazar as the person behind the AreTheElevatorsBroken.com website, which he created in 2025 to help himself and others plan their trips around the frequent closures.
Salazar says the north elevator (at SE 14th and Taggart) has been closed for over two months now and the south elevator (on SE Gideon near 13th Place) was “on the fritz” for nearly a month and was closed entirely a few weeks ago after its glass doors were shattered. Salazar says he’s frustrated not just because of the inconvenience, but because there hasn’t been adequate signage about a detour or a number to call for help.
Left: The crossing shortly after it opened. View is looking south from north entrance on SE 14th. Right: The narrow wheel gutter doesn’t work well. PBOT says they’d like to widen it. (Photos: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland)
“I’ve had to give out verbal directions multiple times to people,” Salazar shared with BikePortland yesterday. “I’ve seen a wheelchair user with one leg stuck at the north side with a load of stuff and they couldn’t get down — while a train was parked in the intersection… It really is unbelievable that it’s been unusable for this long.”
Mumford wants to the city find a long-term solution to the problem and believes the answer might lie in how the city coordinates with a nearby homeless shelter. At the suggestion of a representative from the Mayor’s Office, she participates in the Clinton Triangle Oversight Committee, a group formed as part of the Good Neighbor Agreement between the City of Portland and the firm that runs the Clinton Triangle Shelter Site. But Mumford has been unimpressed with the meetings so far and feels there’s a lack of accountability when it comes to preventing the vandalism, camping, and other human activities that result in the closure of the elevators.
Mumford believes Urban Alchemy’s permit to operate the shelter should include a requirement for minimum elevator up-time. Other solutions she’s floated are to make the elevator doors metal instead of glass. At a recent meeting Mumford attended, she learned from a TriMet rep that their agency has spent $100,000 in recent years repairing vandalized glass and has since moved to a metal door for their nearby Rhine-Lafayette Overcrossing. Since that change, Salazar says TriMet’s elevators, “have largely been operational, clean, and reliable for a year or more now.”
Reached this morning for comment, PBOT said they share the community’s frustration about the elevators. Citing two-plus years of ongoing vandalism, PBOT Communications Director Hannah Schafer acknowledged that the closures have, “been disruptive to people’s mobility and safety, as well as extremely costly to the bureau at a time when resources are increasingly finite.”
Schafer said security patrols are a priority going forward. The city already has three daily patrols and one happens around 5:00 am in order to intentionally roust campers prior to the morning community. Schafer added that the city pays for daily janitorial service by a third party (Relay Resources) and that Urban Alchemy pays for their own clean-ups when they come across issues.
When it comes to actions to remedy this situation going forward, Schafer said procurement of security cameras on both sides of the crossing are underway and are expected to take two weeks. Other than that, PBOT is not making commitments due to budget constraints. Here’s more from Schafer:
PBOT will proceed with replacing the shattered glass to restore elevator service. Please note these components are not off-the-shelf and must be specially ordered.
PBOT agreed to explore long-term solutions to address ongoing vandalism of the glass doors. One option discussed was replacing the glass doors with stainless steel doors similar to those used in office buildings. This would be a costly, currently unbudgeted option, and some community members raised concerns about reduced visibility when entering or exiting the elevators.
PBOT will explore the feasibility of adding security presence during peak times, particularly when students are traveling to and from school. This would also be a significant, currently unbudgeted cost.
PBOT will explore options to widen the wheel rail along the stairs to better accommodate bikes with larger tires, as the current configuration presents challenges for some users.
Urban Alchemy will continue to provide periodic cleaning support in the area, although this work is outside their formal scope.
To be clear, there were no firm commitments from partners to fund or provide additional security resources. There was, however, some informal discussion about the possibility of adult chaperones being present in the elevators during peak school travel times.
Whether or not these actions will be enough to restore the crossing to reliable, safe, and convenient public use remains to be seen.
Mayor Wilson’s Office tells BikePortland they are aware of the elevator concerns and will consider a more detailed response. I’ll share that when/if I hear back.
New LimeGlider seen on Naito Parkway this morning. (Photos: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland)
Move over e-bikes and e-scooters, there’s something new in Portland’s bike lanes. Last week Lime added a new type of shared electric vehicle to their local offerings with the launch of 250 LimeGliders. These new mobility devices are billed as “the next generation of seated e-scooter” by Lime and the local media, but upon closer inspection they aren’t scooters. And they definitely aren’t bikes.
The Glider does have a big, cushy seat, which makes its riding position similar to a bike. But it doesn’t have pedals, so it’s not a bike. And its 20-inch wheels are twice the size of Lime’s e-scooter wheels and are the same size as their e-bikes. Lime had deployed a limited number of seated e-scooters since 2019, but these new vehicles are much different.
Here’s what Lime said about them in a press release:
“The Glider is designed as an inclusive and accessible option for all riders, as well as those looking to replace car trips with a more comfortable, two-wheeled option combining seated comfort with the effortlessness of a scooter. The innovative design includes foot rests instead of pedals, allowing riders to simply get on and go. The larger padded seat is unique in Lime’s fleet and is positioned closer to the ground to provide a lower center of gravity for riders.
Lime repositioned the battery and updated wheels on the new vehicles to achieve a lower center of gravity, improving stability and maneuverability, especially for smaller-statured riders. This is particularly useful when riders move the vehicle off the curb to start a ride or when walking them onto the curb to a parking spot when ending a ride. These features cater to feedback from groups traditionally underrepresented in Lime’s active riders, including women and older riders.”
The Gliders utilize a hub motor and have a top speed of about 15 mph. According to Oregon law, the vehicle would be considered a “motor assisted scooter.”
Lime already holds a permit with Portland Bureau of Transportation for e-scooters and they’ve worked closely with PBOT on the Glider rollout. The currently have about 2,000 e-scooters on the streets, compared to just 250 LimeGliders. PBOT endorsed these new vehicles as a way to make the system even more accessible to a wider variety of users.
Lime has operated in Portland since 2018 when the launched their dockless LimeBikes. In 2024, Lime was one of two companies (along with Biketown operator Lyft) authorized to take part in Portland’s micromobility program.
I’ll hop on one of these soon. In the meantime, I’d love to hear from someone who’s ridden one. How did it work for you?
Oregon cycling and Columbia River Gorge advocate Armando “AJ” Zelada has a special treat in store for folks cycling on the Historic Highway paths this weekend. He calls it a “pop-up celebration of words and vision,” that will bring poetry and art to two miles of carfree sections of the Historic Columbia River Highway.
Zelada will share work of Claudia Luna Castro, Kara Briggs, Kelly Lenox, and Speakthunder Berry. Their art and poetry will be visible to all path users along the Wyeth to Starvation Creek section of the path and the Hatfield Twin Tunnels trails.
I’ve known Zelada for years and he’s a fixture in regional and statewide advocacy circles.
Asked about his motivation behind this event, he said in addition to honoring National Poetry Month, he wants more people to experience the wonder and beauty of the Gorge, especially during these anxious times. Here’s more from Zelada:
Zelada at a Gorge history event in 2016. (Photo: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland)
“Once you enter the Gorge on these trails, you get underneath the canopy of trees, hear the wind swaying the trees from the Columbia or the waters coming down the mountain sides, you realize how your feet or tires are following the footsteps of thousands of people who came before oneself, realize you are missing the hidden unseen Celilo Falls, or imagine historical photographs of salmon six-feet long. All these things are the real river of history bringing us here and now.
My invite still remains simple: come meet these artists along the path of an incredible, sacred place where we hope and expect the earth to abide. Your guidebook is your internal compass. The trail is carfree and paved… It is a big Venn diagram of many interests sharing a place of physical beauty. It is the antithesis of polarization.”
Both trail sections have an ADA appropriate 5% maximum grade and are easy for parents with strollers and people using assistive devices. Zelada says the event is a welcome for “All bodies, all ages, all bikes, and all abilities.” Maps, I-84 exit directions, FAQs and more information is available at the event website.
Detail of Image from 1971 City of Portland Parks Annual Report. (Portland City Archives, AP/10671)
Portland has a long and interesting bicycling history — from the ‘1896 Cyclists Road Map‘ printed long before cars were sold, to elected officials who biked to City Hall long before the term “bike friendly city” existed and the modern, massive group rides that grab global attention. I’ve shared that history on BikePortland over the years. And now, a recent photo shared by City of Portland archivists on the Vintage Portland blog, have spurred yet another foray into our pedaling past.
Titled, “Neighborhood Bike Ride, 1971,” the black and white image is encircled in the front wheel of an illustration of a penny farthing bicycle. We know from the blog post that the image came from the 1971 Parks Annual Report. The image shows dozens of people on bicycles in a clearly happy mood, rolling down a wet street and wearing heavy jackets. Despite the clearly cold and wet weather, smiles permeate the scene.
What was going on 55 years ago that would get this many regular folks (as opposed to racers or an organized parade or political event) on bikes? It was the oldest photo of a large group bike ride I could ever recall seeing.
Thanks to online commenters, we know these folks are on Northeast Broadway between 6th and 7th and that it was part of a group bike ride that happened in early March, 1971. After learning that, all it took was a search of The Oregonian archives to find out more about the ride.
“Portland’s first crosstown bike ride, sponsored by the Bicycle Lobby and the Parks Bureau, attracted 1,262 bicycle enthusiasts,” reads the story, which was published on March 8th, 1971. The group rode in a loop from the Portland Art Museum to the Lloyd Center and back. According to the report, the riders showed up in “heavy rain showers” and “gusty winds” to advocate for, “increased use of bicycles in place of cars.”
Left: “Traffic Free Areas” mapped in the City of Portland 1972 Downtown Plan. Right: Detail from The Oregonian, March 8, 1971.
The ‘Bicycle Lobby’ was a group of volunteers led by Sam Oakland, a Portland State University professor who organized bike advocates and played a key role in the landmark “Bike Bill” passed by the Oregon Legislature in 1971. That law is widely considered the first “complete streets” law in the country because it mandated that a minimum of 1% of all state transportation funding be spent on bicycling and walking facilities. Oakland received a lifetime achievement award from The Street Trust (then called the Bicycle Transportation Alliance) in 2011 and died in 2014.
On that wet Sunday in 1971, Oakland had Portland City Commissioner Neil Goldschmidt riding along with him. Oakland and his fellow advocates were working with Goldschmidt to build support for an event that following April that would close a portion of downtown to car use. This campaign for carfree space by the Bicycle Lobby likely had a big impact on the City’s 1972 Downtown Plan. As BikePortland shared a few years ago, that plan, proposed 13 carfree sites across downtown where people could ‘talk, play, look, think and enjoy’ the city without the noise, dirty air, and other dangers associated with cars.
Oakland not only had a champion on City Council, according to The Oregonian, the carfree downtown event also had the support of Chamber of Commerce and the Retail Merchants Association.
As we fight against the scourge of cars today and for more space to safely exist in our city, I find it extremely inspiring and comforting that folks like Sam Oakland and these 1,262 people also fought for these same things.
On April 16th at the Hollywood Theater, a film shot entirely in Portland and with a bicycle as a central character, will have its Oregon premiere. A Simple Machine is more than just a film, it’s a deeply Portland project that brings our beautiful city and the humble bicycle to the big screen while presenting important and relevant themes that many of us can relate to.
On Tuesday, I had the pleasure of sitting down in The Shed with Evan P. Schneider, who wrote the book, A Simple Machine, Like the Lever, (Propeller Books) that inspired the film; and Mark Alan Hoffman, the film’s creator and director. We talked about the creative process, the film’s deeper meanings, how Evan’s story from 2011 still resonates in 2026, and much more. Evan even read a few passages from the book!
Pull up a chair or turn up the volume and join us for a chat in the Shed.
Portland has long been a leader in encouraging more density and better land use through repealing parking minimums, allowing plexes on most single-family zoned lots, and adopting single-stair reforms. All of these reforms allow for more units on the same land, which allows Portland to welcome more neighbors at all wages, ages, and stages of life.
The proposed Transportation Utility Fee (TUF) of $12 per month for single-family lots, and $8.50 per month for apartment dwellers means apartment dwellers will pay 600% more on a per-acre basis than homeowners on R10-zoned lots (93% of the parcels in Northwest Heights and 81% of the parcels in Arnold Creek), and 300% compared to those on R5-zoned lots (99% of the parcels in Sabin and 97% of the parcels in Alameda), which becomes apparent when examining the fee on a per-acre basis (see chart below).
Considering apartment dwellers are also more likely to ride transit, walk, and ride a bike to meet their daily needs, leading to even less road maintenance costs, the current TUF proposal is even more regressive than has been acknowledged.
(Chart: Strong Towns PDX)
The Quick Fix
We propose scaling the Residential component (70%) of the $46 million in TUF funds based on acreage of the parcel that the dwelling occupies (see orange bars). This “Use-Based Fee” incentivizes living in an apartment or plex. This is supported by Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), as street maintenance also scales based on the size of parcels (see: Transportation Utility Fees).
We estimate to obtain a revenue-neutral $32.2 million, the City could charge:
$2/month per-door fee, regardless of parcel size
$0.20/month per 100 square-feet of parcel size
For example:
An apartment dweller in a 20 unit building on a 5,000 sqft lot would pay $2.50/mo ($2 base fee + ($0.20 * (5000 / 100)) / 20 units), rather than $8.50/mo.
A household on a 5,000 sqft lot would pay $12/mo, the same as under the proposed TUF.
A household on a 10,000 sqft lot would pay $22/mo ($2 base fee + ($0.20 * (10,000 / 100))), which better approximates the additional cost of serving larger lots.
A Use-Based TUF is much less regressive on a per-acre basis, costing both apartment dwellers and homeowners on smaller lots less than the proposed fee schedule . Larger lots, while paying somewhat more, still pay less on a per-acre basis.
Below are the most notable stories that came across my inbox in the past seven days…
It’s spreading: The urge by lawmakers to paint with a far too broad of a brush when it comes to young people and electric-assisted bicycles and e-motorcycles has spread to Australia, where families say harsh new laws will make school trips harder and advocates say their input was not heeded. (Australian Broadcasting Company)
The real war on cars: I am in love with the framing of this piece that explains how the infamously anti-bike, pro-car policies of Ontario Premier Doug Ford have made life so much worse for people who rely on cars. (TVO Today)
Seattle’s big weekend: I learned with envy about the opening of a major new light rail line in Seattle over the weekend. If you want to understand the policy and politics behind how they were able to make it happen, read this. (Seattle Times)
Novick and the Blazers: Councilor Steve Novick is taking a very strong stand against using taxpayer dollars to fund the business of the billionaire who owns the Portland Trail Blazers, and he’s making it clear that Clean Energy Fund dollars would be much better spent on bicycling than basketball. (Willamette Week)
Speaking of the Blazers: Maybe I was the last to know, but new Blazers owner Tom Dundon not only made his billions by pushing sketchy car loans on people who couldn’t afford them, but he was actually sued by the State of Oregon for doing it! (ProPublica)
Third spaces rule: This article argues that excellent public spaces, sometimes called “third spaces” because they give people a place to connect that isn’t home or work, are an effective way to combat extremism. (Guardian)
Choosing the carfree life: This powerful and inspirational essay comes from a woman who has learned to fully embrace her life without driving, not because of what it has made her give up, but because of how it has added richness and beauty to her everday existence. (Irish Times)
Who’s the real criminal? A man who painted stop signs and crosswalks near a park in his neighborhood in southern Los Angeles was arrested for taking traffic planning into his own hands. (LA Times)
Made in the USA: A company making children’s bike in a factory in Indiana has found success, but to do even better they want the Trump Administration to enact tougher tariffs on companies that import bikes from overseas. (NPR)
Clever Cycles is Portland’s original shop devoted entirely to bicycles as primary transportation. We serve urban households seeking practical alternatives to car dependence, think electric cargo bikes, folding bikes like Bromptons, and front loaders.
We are seeking a skilled and thoughtful mechanic to join our service team. If you enjoy building and servicing e-cargo bikes, thrive in a high-volume environment, and don’t mind when someone gushes over their Brompton, you might be a perfect fit.
What You’ll Be Doing:
-Build and service e-bikes, especially cargo bikes
-Assemble new bikes efficiently and with pride
-Provide excellent customer service to everyone from daily commuters to growing families
Ideal Candidates Will:
-Work confidently with Bosch and Shimano systems
-Diagnose and repair hydraulic brakes
-Build wheels (or want to learn!)
What You Bring:
-Prior shop experience, ideally in a fast-paced setting
-A solid mechanical foundation: brakes, drivetrains, wheel truing, etc.
-Enthusiasm for e-bikes and urban transportation
-Comfort speaking with customers and solving problems with a smile
-A willingness to take Bromptons seriously (because our customers sure do)
Benefits:
-Competitive wages
-Paid sick leave
-Paid vacation
-Partially paid health insurance (company match)
-Retirement plan
-Employee discounts on bikes and gear
How to Apply
How to Apply
Email your resume and cover letter to hr@clevercycles.com
Scenes from Cycle Oregon Summer Kids Camp last year. They’ve expanded offerings for this summer and have scholarships available if you act fast. (Photos: Cycle Oregon)
Tis the season to consider summer camps for the little ones in your life. And since we live in a cycling-soaked region, bike summer camps are relatively commonplace. But you can’t sign up for something you don’t know about! That’s where this little roundup comes in. If you’re interested in finding a cycling summer camp, consider the options below…
Cycle Oregon
“At a time when childhood independence is declining and fewer children are biking to school, Cycle Oregon’s Summer Kids Camp aims to reverse the trend. Led by the experienced team behind the statewide Jump Start bicycle education program, the camp transforms young riders into confident bike commuters through a curriculum focused on safety, wayfinding, and real-world riding.”
Cycle Oregon did so well with their camps in their first year they’ve expanded offerings for 2026. They now offer full-day camps in Portland, Hillsboro, and Bend for kids ages 8-12. They offer scholarships to qualified families if you register by March 29th. Price: $550. Website
Biking Buds
“Our approach blends the magic of traditional camp culture, the intention of experiential education, and the practical skill-building of a modern day camp. Campers learn biking fundamentals at their own pace, strengthen resilience through supported challenges, and develop social-emotional confidence, all while riding, laughing, exploring, and making new friends.”
Biking Buds has four different camps and serves kids ages 3-12. Full day and half day options are available. Their home base is in the Ladds Addition neighborhood in Southeast. Price: $350 – $650 per week. Website
Pedalheads
Pedalheads offers two types of bike camps: one that sticks to streets and the other that goes off-road onto trails. Website
Northwest Trail Alliance
This just in from NWTA:
“Northwest Trail Alliance is partnering with Portland Parks & Recreation and the Montavilla Community Center to offer a series of mountain biking day camps for elementary school students. Check out our website and/or the Portland Parks & Rec. summer programs registration soon or more information, or reach out to Eric Oliver, erico@nw-trail.org.”
Trackers
“Join the Rovers Wheelers and learn to ride in a calm, supportive setting surrounded by laughter and discovery. Practice balance, braking, and pedaling through playful games and short, supervised adventures. When you’re off the bike, enjoy creative crafts, storytelling, and songs with new friends.”
Based in the Sellwood/Brooklyn area, Trackers is a Portland institution when it comes to quality outdoor education. Their Rovers Wheelers class is a full day camp for kids kindergarten to second grade. Price: $445 (5% discount if you register by April 24th). Website
WashCo Bikes
If you live in Washington County, this could be a great option for you. WashCo Bikes offers eight weeks of camps in various locations (Hillsboro, Tigard, Forest Grove) for kids ages 8-12. Price: $350 (scholarships available). Website
Coach Robbie MTB
I haven’t vetted this person yet, but the website seems legit so it might be worth inquiring if you’ve got a kid interested in becoming a serious mountain biker — or who just wants to gain confidence on the jumps and trails. Camps are held at Gateway Green Bike Park and Sandy Ridge Trail Area. Price $385. Website
Washington Transportation Camp
“If you are a high school student passionate about pursuing a career in transportation or simply curious about this rapidly evolving industry, WATC promises an adventure-filled camp where you’ll explore, discover, and have a blast while learning!”
This is a very intriguing program sponsored in part by the State of Washington. It’s a way for high schoolers to get exposure to the transportation industry while staying in a college dorm and learning form professionals in the field. It’s a free, week-long program offered to Washington high school students entering 10th, 11th or 12th grade. Website
Have you heard of any other bike summer camps? If so, let me know and I’d be happy to add them to this post.
