Bikes

To find this week’s hot ride, I spent the morning staking out Stumptown Coffee on SE 34th and Belmont, where a line of beautiful bicycles always stretches down the block. Admittedly, Roberto’s bike wasn’t the sexiest of the bunch, but his outsider thoughts on Portland bike fashion (he’s fresh from Santa Cruz) and the jaw […]

My goal for the last week has been to get fellow cyclists to adopt that headline, and use it whenever people ask how they’re doing. As in, “busy, what with the war going on…” I mean, there are just so many motorists to flip off, and windshields to smash, and red lights to run. It’s […]

Every week, the Mercury scours the city for the SEXIEST tricycle we can find, take photos of it, and then interview the rider. Today I caught 4-year-old Morgan Marie tooling around her driveway and asked her what makes for a sexy, sexy trike. This Week: Nothing’s Sexier than the Classics.Rider: Morgan Marie JeffriesTrike: Classic fire […]

“Stopping the Bikenazi cold in their track. They want to win the fight for safe Portland streets by making everyone else pay for their roads, yield to their needs, and look out for their stupid stupid stupid driving. It’s time to put these idiots back in their place.” (Spotted via BikePortland.org.)

Every week, the Mercury scours the streets to bring you photos of a sexy bike and a mini-interview with its bound-to-be-a-baller rider. I caught Luke doing donuts in a basement art gallery and on his rusty vintage low-rider, Luke proves sexy is all about attitude. This week: Scraper Bikes are Sexy Rider: Luke ForsythBike:: Vintage […]

I was in Seattle this weekend wandering my old stomping grounds in Capitol HIll, when I stumbled across this very not sexy bike. See, it is almost deceptively sexy. The color of the fenders and the frame complement each other nicely and it looks like it would be easy to ride in skirt (an often […]

Each week the Mercury cruises Portland’s streets, leering at bicyclists to find an acceptably sexy PDX bike and bring you a mini-interview with its hot-to-trot rider. This Week: The Friendly Fixie Rider: Andrea PhillipsBike: Sky blue C.ITOH frame with cutoff drop handlebars, pricey aluminum rims and pink toe straps. Spotted at: Outside The Know, heading […]

Every week The Mercury wanders the streets to bring you hot photos of a PDXXX bike and a mini-interview with its scintillating rider. This Week: The White Bike Never have I met a bike so like its rider. My interview with the dapper-dressed Richard was as minimalist, frank and monotone as a straight white line. […]

Each Wednesday The Mercury brings you one hot Portland bicycle and a mini-interview with its equally salacious rider. This all-organic, locally-grown beauty showed up in my garden a few days ago. This Week: The Watermelon Bike Rider: Angela Previdelli Bike: Fixed gear with chlorophyll green Miata frame, Masi saddle, clipless peddles and Deep V bubblegum […]