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• Jonathan Nicholas, bike scene pundit and the spirit of Cycle Oregon, leaves The Oregonian

  Jonathan Nicholas, seen here in Heppner, Oregon during the 2006Cycle Oregon.(Photos © J. Maus) Jonathan Nicholas, the author and journalist who is considered the soul of Cycle Oregon and who has shared his insider observations on Portland’s bike... Posted Oct 27 2008, 03:20 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: People, Front Page, News, The Scene, oregonian

• Manifest preview: Neal Fegan of Montana Transit Authority

  Neal Fegan and “Blue” outside his shop in St. Johns.View slideshow below(Photos © J. Maus) Neal Fegan will exhibit his distinctive art bikes at the Oregon Manifest Handmade Bike Show (October 10-12 in Portland). I visited his shop in St. Johns... Posted Oct 02 2008, 05:07 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: People, Front Page, Business, Advocacy, Framebuilders, The Scene, st johns, montana transit authority, Bike Builders, neal fagan

• Entrepreneur finds niche with temporary bike parking

  BikeRackers in action.(Photos © J. Maus) If you think it’s hard to find a bike parking spot around town, try finding one at an event (especially if it’s bike-related). Last March, a local entrepreneur set out to solve that problem and so far... Posted Sep 23 2008, 04:28 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: People, Front Page, News, Business, Infrastructure, The Scene, Bike Parking, bikeracker

• Bike of the Month: Robert Stapleton’s Seuss-like tall-bike

  Robert Stapleton and his tall-bike.(Photos © J. Maus) Yesterday morning on the way to my office, I made a slight detour to check out an amazing bike parked on SE Hawthorne Blvd. Turns out it belongs to a man named Robert Stapleton (he had stopped to do... Posted Sep 19 2008, 05:36 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: People, Front Page, Art/Culture, The Scene

• A new bike for Leo

  13 year-old Leo Westwind, just minutes after getting his new bike.(Photos © J. Maus) A very tough year for 13 year-old Leo Westwind was made a bit brighter on Friday. Leo suffers from a genetic liver ailment known as Alagille Syndrome and last winter... Posted Aug 25 2008, 02:43 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: People, Front Page

• Meet Tom Miller; the next mayor’s Chief of Staff

  Tom Miller will be the Mayor’s chief of staff.(Photos © J. Maus) In what is probably not too surprising of a move for City Hall watchers, City Commissioner and Mayor-elect Sam Adams has named Tom Miller to be his chief of staff once he becomes Portland’s... Posted Aug 12 2008, 01:18 AM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: People, Front Page, News, Politics, The Scene

• Trail Blazers star: Biking is “My funnest time of the day”

  OregonLive.com has published a video and several stories about the biking exploits of the Portland Trail Blazers’ NBA superstar Brandon Roy. Roy, who earned Rookie of the Year honors in 2007 and is considered one of the NBA’s best players... Posted Jul 28 2008, 05:38 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: People, Front Page, The Scene

• Portland teen will represent USA at World Championships

  Jacob Rathe in his Team USA gear.(Photos © J. Maus) 17 year-old Jacob Rathe will have a lot to tell his Lincoln High School classmates when he returns to school for his Senior year this fall. On Monday, he’ll board a plane to Cape Town, South Africa... Posted Jul 11 2008, 04:11 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: People, Front Page, News, Racing

• Boogie while you bike: Meet the Disco Trike

  Dan Kaufman and his Disco Trike.Video below(Photos © J. Maus) One of the fringe benefits of pedaling around Portland this time of year are all interesting bikes and people you come across. One such person is Dan Kaufman. Dan lives just off the Springwater... Posted Jun 26 2008, 03:09 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: People, Front Page, The Scene

• Two lives changed forever by Marine Drive collision

  Jan Verrinder at the bike safety press conference in City Hall a week after her husband Bob was nearly killed in a collision with a car on Marine Drive.(Photo © J. Maus) During last year’s Sad October, our community endured several tragedies. The... Posted Jun 26 2008, 01:41 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: People, Front Page, A Sad October

• Want sustainable transportation? How about a bamboo bike trailer?

  A bamboo trailer built in North Portland by Elden Clarke (notice the bottle-capped screw heads).(Photos © J. Maus unless otherwise noted) North Portland resident Elden Clarke hopes to turn his love for building bamboo bicycle trailers into a business... Posted Jun 11 2008, 05:10 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: People, Front Page, Business, Products, The Scene

• Slideshow: Voodoo Doughnut Parade

  Something (or someone) catches Carl Fahrner’s eye.(Photos © J. Maus)Slideshow below On Friday, a massive parade of Portlanders helped Voodoo Doughnut celebrate their new store opening. And, not surprisingly, many of them showed up on bikes. Among... Posted Jun 02 2008, 12:34 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: People, Front Page, News, The Scene

• Meet Mark Allyn; clothing artist and master of light

  Mark Allyn made his jacket and wired his bike with vivid LEDs.(Photos © J. Maus) Often, the most memorable part of bike events in Portland is not just the event itself, but the people who come to take part. Such was the case at Filmed by Bike —... Posted Apr 14 2008, 12:18 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: People, Front Page, The Scene

• Local pro among world’s best in Tour of California

  Northwest Portland resident DougOllerenshaw competing in the Tour of California.(Photo: Stefan Heymanns/Flickr) The Amgen Tour of California — a seven stage, 650-mile race that featured the world’s top teams and riders — wrapped up in... Posted Feb 25 2008, 11:46 AM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: People, Front Page, News, Racing

• Slideshow: The faces of Mini Bike Winter

  Slideshow below(Photos © J. Maus) For some reason, I just can’t get last weekend’s Mini Bike Winter event out of my mind. By all accounts, it was just a massively fun and amazing weekend. I took somewhere in the realm of 2,000+ images in two... Posted Feb 21 2008, 05:44 PM by BikePortland.org » Front Page Filed under: People, Front Page, Zoobomb, The Scene