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Bike shop news roundup: New shop, new owners, and more break-ins
With shops, change is constant
Industry Roundup: New digs for Nomad, Stoic Wheels’ new product, retailer wins award, and more
From e-bikes to WTF, Portland’s inclusive bike scene keeps maturing.
Surly Bikes is hosting two events in Portland next week
This should make them even more popular around these parts.
Joe Biden water bottles to raise money for environmental group
Bike water bottles to resist Trump and help a non-profit that might become a target.
Thieves break into Gladys Bikes on Alberta, steal two bikes
Bike shop owner Leah Benson is Portland’s latest bike theft victim.
Gladys Bikes and Sweetpea Bicycles ink new sales partnership
Two women-focused Portland bike companies — custom builder Sweetpea Bicycles and Gladys Bikes bike shop — have formed a partnership to do more of what they do, only better. Check out the press release below for more details… Sweetpea Bicycles and Gladys Bikes Join Forces to Get More Women on Bikes
Bike shop spreads the cyclocross gospel with ‘CX Curious’ workshops
The CX Curious crowd at Saturday’s CrossCrusade opener at Alpenrose Dairy included Noel Mickelberry, Kyla Yeoman, Lindsay Walker, Katie Popoff, Kathy Lombardi, Claudia Martinez, Melia Tichenor, Nate Semm, Julia Himmelstein and Allan Rudwick.(Photos courtesy Gladys Bikes) Gladys Bikes, the woman-centric bike shop on Northeast Alberta Street, keeps coming up with interesting new projects that prove … Read more
Portlanders show off bikes, fashion at ‘Dress Like Your Bike’ party (photos)
Did you ever start to realize that you’ve begun to physically resemble your bicycle?
Instead of competing, local shops spread the love by promoting each other
Two north Portland bike shops have decided they’d be better off promoting each other than competing.
Local bike shop offers library card for saddles
Innovative idea from a local shop: Buy a saddle library card and check out as many saddles as you’d like before you buy.
New shop on Williams Ave, ‘Gladys Bikes’, caters to women
Leah Benson, owner of Gladys Bikes.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) Portland has a new bike shop. But before you react with, “Really? Another one!?”, keep in mind that unlike any other shop in Portland, Gladys Bikes (Facebook) at 3808 N Williams caters specifically to women. The shop is the work of 30-year old north Portland resident … Read more