Legend has it if you rub Einstein's nose you get smarter… hmmm, that's one shiny nose!
The National Bike Summit this year was extremely exciting on a few different fronts. First, record numbers: 725 advocates from around the country along with a record number of bicycle retailers (over 120 bike dealers joined the group).
I wanted to [...]
October 6, 2009 – 4:40 pm
Bike Gallery owner Jay Graves recently attended the annual bike show Interbike in Las Vegas. The following is his report of the event, with a focus on Bike Advocacy.
I caught this priceless picture on the way back from my first day at Interbike. Watching two bike cops ticketing a Lamborghini on Las Vegas Boulevard during [...]
On April 13th, Bike Gallery turned 35 years old!
It was 10:00 on a Saturday morning in 1974 when Bike Gallery opened its doors to the public for the first time. Our first sale was an Atami 1000 ten-speed bicycle for $109.95, sold to one of my sister’s friends who had been waiting patiently for us to [...]
March 25, 2009 – 11:46 pm
Having attended the last eight National Bike Summits in Washington DC, I have to say there is a tremendous amount of enthusiasm for bicycling in the new administration, especially through the Livable Communities agenda. This was the largest National Bike Summit since its inception in 2000, with 550 attendees representing 45 states. Oregon had one [...]
October 16, 2008 – 3:23 pm
This post is the last of a series of travel journal entries, sent to us by Bike Gallery owner and CEO Jay Graves, who visited Amsterdam and Copenhagen as part of a study tour in partnership with the Portland Metro Council’s Connecting Green Alliance (Jay is a member of Metro’s Blue Ribbon Committee for Trails). [...]
October 9, 2008 – 10:35 pm
Thursday already…
Our first meeting of the day was with the Andreas Rohl who is the Bicycle Program Manager for the City of Copenhagen.
I have to give Andreas top marks for the most informative session yet. He gave us a great presentation on the history of the bike culture in Copenhagen with lots [...]
