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Monthly Archives: June 2009

Bike Gallery customer delivers meals on two wheels

Ted Forgeron is a longtime customer of Bike Gallery who recently retired from Intel after 27 years. His new passion is delivering food to seniors through the Meals on Wheels program — and he does it all by bike!
I have always been interested in the Loaves and Fishes program called Meals on Wheels. The problem was [...]

A look at the new Workhorse bike

I got a chance to assemble and ride one of the new Workhorse bikes that are being sold exclusively at Bike Gallery. The Workhorse is a single speed bike that is meant to be an affordable, low maintenance option for people seeking low-cost transportation. Bike Gallery bike buyer Joel Grover saw need that wasn’t being [...]

The 2009 Trek 7.6 FX: a bike for beginners

Carol DeLancey is a Bike Gallery customer who grew up in Oregon, but moved two years ago to Loulé, a small city in the Algarve region of Portugal. She is a Cycle Oregon regular and is helping her partner train for this year’s event in Portugal’s incredible sunny weather.
Much has been said and written about [...]

Lose the Training Wheels returns to Portland

The post was contributed by Rebecca Miller, Development Director for Community Vision.
A special fleet of bikes arrived in Portland last week. You won’t find one in a store and you’ve probably never seen anything like it. Imagine a rolling pin for a back wheel that weighs about 50 pounds. Try and push the bike over [...]

Bike Gallery makes an appearance at the Pride Parade

This post was contributed by Bike Gallery employee Carrie Blowers.
On June 14th, a handful of Bike Gallery employees and our significant others gathered at the sidelines of the Portland Pride Parade 2009 to show support and have a blast while doing it. We passed out bike pins and coupons to every biker that passed by, [...]

Summer reading and a chance to win a bike

Barely second to my passion for bikes is my passion for books. I’m equal parts bibliophile and cyclist, have been for as long as I can remember. And when an opportunity presents itself to combine the two, I’m one happy little clam. The opportunity in this case is the Multnomah County Summer Reading Program. Ah, [...]