Posts Tagged ‘bike portland’

Goldsprints at Velo Cult

Thursday, February 7th, 2013

Velo Cult GoldsprintsDo you have a need for speed? Do you crave competition? Do you love locally brewed beer?

If you answered “Yes!” to any of these questions, you should go to Velo Cult on Fridays at 7pm from February 8th through March 8th to take part in (or just sit back and enjoy watching) their First Annual Goldsprints!

Here’s your 15 second history lesson on Goldsprints: Starting as part of the 1999 Cycle Messenger World Championships, a Goldsprint is a racing competition between two riders on stationary bikes. The event was founded and named by Adrien Weber, a cyclist and brewery owner whose TurbinenBräu Brewery produces a beer called the Gold-Sprint.

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The Portland Bicycle Plan for 2030

Tuesday, January 29th, 2013

Portland Bike LaneHave you ever wondered why Portland is such a great cycling city? Well, take a look at the Portland Bicycle Plan for 2030 and wonder no more! Adopted in February of 2010, the plan suggests that bicycling will be more attractive than driving by the year 2030 if advances are made in six key areas:

• Attracting new riders.
• Forming a denser bikeway network.
• Increasing bicycle parking.
• Expanding programs to support bicycling.
• Increasing funding for bicycle facilities.
• Strengthening bicycle policies.

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Bike Portland : Looking forward to June!

Wednesday, May 30th, 2012

So May is coming to a close and the first day of summer is rapidly approaching.  Well… the first day of summer is officially June 20th for us northern hemisphererers. Anyway, as our favorite (or least favorite depending on varying degrees of skin pigmentation) season is here, as are our 2 to 3 months of liberation from the oppressive rains.  So to celebrate the beginning of this dry(er) season, we at Portland Pedal Power decided to prepare you for June with some funtastic events for you to bike portland to while enjoying dry(er) weather.

Portland Rose Festival (June 1st – 3rd and 7th – 10th)


Our favorite annual city fair celebrating that which Portland is most well known for has begun (if you hadn’t noticed the fireworks or giant ferris wheel on the waterfront) and will be ongoing through to June 10th.  You may have missed the fireworks on May 25th but there are still plenty of rides, games, events, and attractions to see down on the waterfront whether you bike to or bike through!  Click here for more information on upcoming events without having to decipher the Rose Festival’s website.

Dates and Hours being:

May 31 – June 1: 3:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.

June 2 – June 3: 11:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m.

June 7 – June 8: 3:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.

June 9 – June 10: 11:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m.

Portland Beer Week (June 7th – 17th)


Being some of the most profound beer drinkers of our day and age, local brewers: Apex, Deschutes, and Columbia Distributing present Portland Beer Week.  This week is not just a celebration of Portland’s amazing beer, but the amazing people and culture surrounding the city and our free spirited attitude that keeps alive the dreams of the 90s.  This festival isn’t just about drinking and enjoying beer, but educating people about the finer points of beer drinking such as: how to taste and evaluate beer, pairing the proper foods with beer, barrel aging beer, and much more.  Hey, France does wine, we do beer!  For more information and a schedule of events check out PDX Beer Week’s website.

North Portland Sunday Parkways (June 24th)



Sunday Parkways is held by the Portland Bureau of Transportation.  This event is an opportunity for locals to get out and experience Portland’s beautiful parks, physical healthy activity, games, sun, and fun all while promoting Portland’s ever so famous “Greenways.”  Greenways are our vast network of bicycle lanes running throughout the city making bicycling safer for everyone on the road.  The parks covered for June in North Portland are Peninsula, Arbor Lodge, Kenton, and McCoy Parks.  Don’t worry if you can’t make this one, they have a Sunday Parkways event every month through to September.

Portland Pedalpalooza (June 7 – June 30)

So essentially the entire month of June is Portland’s Pedalpalooza!  I’m sure you’ll be seeing more from us about this monumental event.  For a short version, Pedalpalooza is 3+weeks of over 251 (and counting) events revolving around “bikey fun.”  As we always do in Portland, this event is going to be kicked off with a ride on June 7th at 6pm followed by bikey party time nary an hour after.  Throughout the month of June, if you’re not on a bicycle then you’re 1) missing out, 2) totally uncool, 3) going to be very irritated at all the fun we’re having!  So if you don’t own a bicycle, I highly recommend Craig’s list!

Free Movies (All Month!)


So I know Portland loves an oldie but goodie in every sense of the phrase.  Well all around Portland you can find free movies for various nights!  For information on where to find what venues play free movies on which nights check out PDX Pipeline!  You can likely find anything from Ghostbusters to Encounters at the End of the World to Milk.  Whatever your taste, I’m sure there is something for you to kick back with a beer and enjoy.

So enjoy June all you weather crazed cyclomaniacs!  We’ll catch you on the streets!

For more on Portland Pedal Power check out our blog for events and information regarding this city’s hip vibrant radiant gnarly attitude and fun! Yay!

We want to hear from you! You could win stuff!

Saturday, May 26th, 2012

Hello all our Portland Pedal Power friends and fans out there!  As you well know, we love and appreciate each and every one of you!  We love seeing when you post on our Facebook, call us on the phone to order something, give us a high five when we deliver food to your door, send us postcards from your most recent vacations, etc.  We notice these things and it makes us feel loved and drives us to work harder to benefit you; the Portlander, the business person, the software developer, the hipster, the marketing genius, the  mother, and everybody we deliver to.  Which is why now we want to hear from you!

Give it to us Portland, we want your testimonials, your ideas, your photos, you!  We want to know how we can better serve you through our blog. What do you want to read more of?  What do you want to see less of?  Do you enjoy writing and have something you want to share with the world?  Send us your blog and be a featured “Guest Writer“. We would love to host your awesome ideas!

Have you had a great experience using Portland Pedal Power’s food delivery services or product delivery services?  We want you tell us about it and about what we did right so that we can keep doing it right.  Send us your testimonial and why we rocked your socks!

Did we do something wrong?  Probably not. But if we did, we encourage you to email us and let us know so we can stop doing it wrong and start doing it right.  We may not be able to please everyone but we’ll darn sure try!

Did you see a rider while riding/ walking/ driving/ scootering/ skating to work?  Take a picture with our riders and post it to our Facebook wall!  Or take a picture with your lunch (the goofier the better) that we just dropped off and get featured up on our Facebook page!  Who knows, one of these days there may just be a little something in it for ya! ;)

In all, we want to see more from you!  Let us get to know you, and help us to show you who we are!  Send your ideas and feedback to info@portlandpedalpower.com or find us on Facebook and leave us a message in our inbox or on our wall!  We’d love to hear from you!

Want to win a free jersey and lunch for 4?

We want YOU to name our PPP enclosures!  As much as we love to give ourselves credit for being some of the most creative mother earth loving cyclists on the planet, even this task is too great for our imagination.  So we’re turning to you, our mixture of creative and talented customers, for ideas on what to call our giant bicycle enclosures containing the happiness of Portland-verse.  The winner of this contest will win one of our NEW PPP bicycle jerseys and a free lunch for 4!  Submit your ideas to us via Facebook either on our wall or via comments on the appropriate FB posts.  You can also email us at info@portlandpedalpower.com!