Don’t skip these underrated rides.
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Pedalpalooza Secret Picks
Don’t Skip These Underrated Rides
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My Ass Has Touched the Future
The Futuristic Bicycles of Maker Faire
Secret bicycles of the future glimpsed at Maker Faire.
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Bike Myths Revealed!
Fact or Fiction—We Find Out!
The secrets behind bike myths… revealed!
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Unlikely Advocate
Portland’s Secret Bike Champion Rises from the East
Meet Portland’s next “bike champion.”
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Bike Issue Out!
The bike issue hits the streets this afternoon, packed with bike secrets from around the city (including Reverend Phil‘s tips on how to get arrested and Patrick Alan Coleman’s revelation of his trademarked “Peloton Pincer”). That can only mean one thing: the nation’s largest free bike festival is upon us! PedalPalooza is here, with 199 […]
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I Am In Love.
So far this spring I have personally killed two basil plants and four tomato plants and, as Weather.com informs me “deadly lightning” is brewing, the rest of my garden might not have a fighting chance. But that does not stop me from lusting after this great home-garden-bike project. Garden! Bike! A Dirty Ride! Brilliant! Hat […]
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Byrne Baby Byrne!
Jesus Christ, not only does Jeff Mapes spend years traveling the world to write a book about bike culture, but then his book Pedaling Revolution gets showcased in the New York Times with a review by David Byrne. GAAHHH he could do nothing to make me more jealous. Byrne writes that, like Mapes, he’s been […]
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Secret Sculpture Officially Cements Once-Fringe Zoobombers Into City
Brian Borello skidded up to the curb outside American Apparel on East Burnside last night and parked illegally. The thin, frenetic artist with black-rimmed glasses, well-worn work gloves and messy gray hair did not waste a moment — he was racing the sun. After two and a half years of process, Borello and fellow artist […]
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Portland: The Harbinger of Our Communist Future
Somehow I didn’t see this bigoted anti-car, anti-“liberal” rant from Newsweek‘s George F. Will until today. Mr. George F. Will is a syndicated conservative columnist who has become infamous for ranting against normal American things like blue jeans (which he honestly refers to as “demon denim.”) This week he takes on…. Portland! Read the whole […]
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Police With Short Shorts Homo Watergate Ride!
This weekend I got sunburned. While drinking a beer and eating Cheez-Its. And (arguably) came in third place in a cupcake decorating contest. It is definitely almost summer. More important than solstice or school breaks, impending summer means we are now officially counting down the days to the best bike festival in the entire world: […]
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We Have a Winner!
For the Approaching End Times Photo Scavenger Hunt! Yesterday I challenged people to win pairs of tickets to the Urban Assault Ride by photoshopping together four items which are contributing to the rapid downfall of society (deadly polar bears, Bristol Palin, The Gays and Bluetooth phones) with at least one bike. The winner is obviously […]
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Three More Hours to Win Bike Scavenger Hunt Tickets!
Hey there’s only three more hours left in the photo scavenger hunt challenge! We’ve got four pairs of tickets to Urban Assault Ride, the crazy bike scavenger hunt New Belgium is hosting on May 31st – you bike around town in the sunshine, completing challenges and getting tipsy, it’s a really good time. Tickets are […]