🚨 Please note that BikePortland slows down during this time of year as I have family in town and just need a break! Please don't expect typical volume of news stories and content. I'll be back in regular form after the new year. Thanks. - Jonathan 🙏
In the year that I’ve been living and biking in Portland, my understanding of what a person can do with a bike has grown exponentially. I’ve taken my bike on big grocery runs, changed my perspective on how to accomplish scenic day trips and I never, ever want for a car. I know now bikes … Read more
(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) The north Portland non-profit Rebuilding Center is planning a bike move this weekend. The Rebuilding Center deconstructs old homes around the Portland area and then resells the old wood, fixtures and other architectural elements at a retail warehouse in the Mississippi district. BikePortland reader and neighborhood activist Ted Buehler is helping … Read more
The record-setting bike movers.(Photo by Jo Routh)
At a bike move from Southeast to North Portland.-Watch video below-(Photo: Russ Roca) Like many bike-loving visitors of Portland, Russ Roca and his partner Laura Crawford are finding that it doesn’t take long to become wrapped up in our local bike scene. From Long Beach, California, Roca and Crawford chose Portland as the first stop … Read more
I’ll be helping a friend with a rainy bike move today.(Photo © J. Maus) What are your plans for this rainy weekend? I’m planning on some quality time at home, catching up on laundry and other projects. But this morning I’m going to venture out in the rain with my trailer and panniers for a … Read more
[Overloaded? No such thing!] What do I love most about Portland’s bike community? That’s impossible to answer, but very high on the list would have to be bike moves. Last night, amid dark and drizzly skies, a cheery group of people showed up to help Ernie Wisner move from his place near SE Belmont and … Read more
May sound like a crazy idea to some people…but not to the bikey folks here in Portland. There have been several “bike moves” in the past few weeks and I’m more and more impressed each time I see one. I really wanted to check the latest one but I couldn’t make it…luckily for you (and … Read more