Mielle Blomberg smiling through the muck.(Photo: Shane Young/Oregon Velo) Mielle Blomberg, blogger and team member of Les Femmes de S+M, and sent in this race report from yesterday’s Mudslinger cross-country mountain bike race. — Judd Eustice — As race promoter Mike Ripley blew the starting whistle for the rain-soaked racers, we sounded like a flock … Read more
This racer relied on his spidey-sense.(Photos: Judd Eustice) Portland’s racing season has gotten off to a great start. Yesterday, 160 riders put off their Easter festivities to test their fitness at the first event in the Crank Time Trial series at Portland International Raceway. The field doubled in size since its inception two years ago, … Read more
Judd.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) I’m excited to introduce new contributor Judd Eustice. Judd will cover Portland’s racing scene, which a booming, vibrant, and important part of our community. As a blue-collar, part-time racer more interested in having fun than standing on a podium (although he’d be thrilled to do that too!), Judd is a product … Read more
See the press release below about the big USA Cycling youth development camp coming back to Forest Grove this summer for the 4th time… USA Cycling’s Talent ID Camp comes back for its 4th year in the Northwest on July 28 – August 2, 2013. A unique opportunity for cyclists (ages 14-22) to learn from … Read more
Big crowd for Let’s Race Bikes! launch party.(Photos by Will Wall) Last month we shared a bit about Let’s Race Bikes!, a new coalition of local teams that want to encourage more women to suit up and race on the road. They had their big launch party on Saturday night and we heard from one … Read more
A member of Sorella Forte racing at PIR.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) A new initiative launched in Portland aims to get more women racing bikes on the road. Let’s Race Bikes! is a coalition led by local teams that want to see larger women’s fields at races throughout Oregon. “Basically, a group of women have joined … Read more
Whether you love to ride dirt or pavement, PIR has you covered on Monday nights.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) To understand how vibrant and healthy Portland’s bike racing scene is, you needn’t look any further than Portland International Raceway (PIR) on a Monday night. Nestled in former wetlands just north of Kenton and west of I-5, … Read more
“If you’ve ever been at a race where someone got mad and threw their bike, we’re the opposite of that.”— Team member Dylan Robbins (aka Admiral Longpour) [Publisher’s note: As part of our ongoing racing coverage (made even better by our embedded racer and journalist Josh Liberles) we’ll be featuring profiles of local teams. From … Read more
[Publisher’s note: As part of our ongoing racing coverage (made even better by our embedded racer and journalist Josh Liberles) we’ll be featuring profiles of local teams. From the super fast to the super silly, Portland is full of them! And, as the subject of our first profile proves, those attributes are not always mutually … Read more
Then and now on Mt. Tabor.(Photo L: James Mason/Photo R © J. Maus/BikePortland)
Castelli will donate $60 dollars to OBRA for every one of these jerseys they sell (price is $100). The Oregon Bicycle Racing Association (OBRA) is just about $5,000 short of meeting their goal for the first phase of a fundraising effort to replace the pock-marked and cracking concrete surfaces on the venerable Alpenrose Velodrome in … Read more
The action starts this week and it’s now open to men and women of all ages and abilities.(Words and photos by Pat Malach/Oregon Cycling Action)