The other day on my ride home from the grocery store, a man pulled alongside me towing an interesting trailer. Upon closer inspection I realized it was made completely out of used bike parts. I was ...
One of the installations by Johnnie Olivan at The 2012 Bicycle Experience show currently going on at the Gallery at Port City on N. Williams and Thompson. North Portland based artist and bike maker ...
Remember the bike boom, and subsequent bike shortage, produced by the COVID-19 pandemic? While empty shelves and low inventory may be a distant memory now, for a while there, finding a bike to ride ...
The used-bike market has exploded over the last few years. Some of it is thanks to economics, some of it is product scarcity, and some of it is the simple math of wanting more bike for less money.
The pandemic has led to acute shortages of certain bike parts, with lead times from months to years in some cases. Here are some tips to help you avoid the worst. When you purchase through links on ...
Who works: Twenty-two staff and dozens of volunteers operate community bike shops in the three cities we zeroed in on: Nanaimo, Vancouver and Anchorage, Alaska. What works: Community bike shops ...