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A 3-year-old Boxbike is selling at 0% depreciation

admin — Sat, 12 May 2012 16:52:12 +0000

Hey Portland: One of our earliest (2009) boxbike customers is selling her rig. The Portland-made rain canopy appears to be included in the deal, but you’ll have to verify that with the owner. This bike also includes a frame-mounted lock, skirt guard, rear rack, Shimano dyno hub and front dyno light, rear battery light with

Utility with grace: Say hello to the Civia Loring

admin — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:58:49 +0000

One of our prettiest bikes arrives at the shop around May 10: the Civia Loring, in glossy black or refreshing buttermilk. With a weather-sealed, internally geared Alfine 8-speed hub and disc brakes, the Loring ($1295, three sizes) fits right in with our approach to city bikes: it’s extremely low maintenance, a lot less greasy than

Our own @SpotBikes Ajax with n360 and Gates @CarbonDrive

admin — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:53:40 +0000

Now that the Nuvinci n360 continuously variable hub is Gates belt-compatible, we built up a Spot Ajax with this drivetrain for a customer. Sooooper smooooooth, maintenance free, oblivious to inclement weather. Ajax has an aluminum frame and a carbon fork, Avid BB5′s. $1999. This is also available on our other belt-drive bikes: the Norco Ceres

The search engine terms that got you here.

admin — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:33:55 +0000

Here’s a selection of search engine terms that led to our site in the last couple of days, along with occasional helpful responses. automotive paint color chips online bent nuvinci can i take a cargo bike on the trimet bus best looking city bikes car paint color chart cheap gates belt drive bike (DNE) color

Our 66-year-old customer got this Schwinn when she was 6. Let the restoration begin.

admin — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 20:08:12 +0000

A 66-year-old customer got this bike when she was 6 years old. She brought it in today to have us restore it to as close to original condition as possible, even replicating the paint. We’ll “after” photos, um, after it’s done.

Our cargobike rain canopies have gone viral. A brief history. @transportland

admin — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:05:52 +0000

For the growing number of cargobike enthusiasts who geek out over these things, this post is for you. Our rain and sun canopy design was made first for our Boxbike in 2009 and then our ShuttleBug the next year. Now, directly through Blaq Design in Portland, it’s available for WorkCycles long-box Bakfiets and CETMA bikes,

Cargobike beer run! NoPo to Swan Island to inner SE tomorrow for @BikeWalkVote

admin — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 20:34:31 +0000

BikeWalkVote is doing a cargobike beer run tomorrow afternoon. They’ll embark from Metropolis Cycle Repair (2249 N. Williams) at 1 pm for Swan Island, pick up beer in cases and kegs donated by Ninkasi and New Belgium, and deliver the beer to Crank, a bike shop at SE Ash and 27th. The beer is fuel

Homeland Security Newswire covers the Mike Cobb/Ethan Jewett Disaster Relief Trial idea. @transportland

admin — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 19:34:28 +0000

The Homeland Security Newswire, which is not part of the US government’s Department of Homeland Security, has picked up on the cargobike-based Disaster Relief Trial event scheduled for June as part of Pedalpalooza. We broke the story last month. The DRT is the brainchild of cargobike framebuilder Mike Cobb, who is creating the course route

Velo-Saurus: A huge bas-relief public art project for the Powell Blvd lightrail overpass

admin — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 01:12:31 +0000

Say hello to the Velo-Saurus public art project that will adorn in bas relief the north and south walls of the under-Powell Overpass of the Portland-Milwaukie lightrail line that’s now under construction. To be made out of used bike parts. Designed by PNCA photography professor Horatio Hung-Yan Law, who could probably put your used bike

Now with pop quiz. Shop manager @TessVelo is Portland’s newest handmade bikesmith. @CarbonDrive

admin — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 23:43:20 +0000

Say hello to τέλοϛ, or Telos Cycles, Portland’s newest handmade bicycle brand. Tess Velo has been the store’s general manager since 2009. Last year she studied framebuilding under the legendary Joseph Ahearne, and the results of that effort are shown here in raw form, riding quite nicely before going in for paint. This is a