Downtown Trek store moving to Slabtown; Gladys closing; Golden Pliers moves to Alberta
The one constant in our local bike shop ecosystem, is change.
4/25: Hello readers and friends. I'm still recovering from a surgery I had on 4/11, so I'm unable to attend events and do typical coverage. See this post for the latest update. I'll work as I can and I'm improving every day! Thanks for all your support 🙏. - Jonathan Maus, BikePortland Publisher and Editor
The one constant in our local bike shop ecosystem, is change.
Trek Bicycle Corp has been a very welcome newcomer to Portland for three local nonprofit organizations. The bike industry behemoth purchased six Portland-area Bike Gallery stores back in January and re-opened them as Trek Bicycle Portland stores in mid-March. To help support the local scene — and perhaps grease the skids of acceptance in a … Read more
I knew it was going to happen, but it still felt like a shock.
The owner of six Bike Gallery retail store locations in the Portland region has decided to sell the business to Trek Bicycle Corp.