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Author Archives: Matt Cardinal

Echo Red to Red Mountain bike race recap.

Darrin Joos works at our Hollywood store. He along with a few other BG employees headed out to the small town of Echo Oregon this weekend. I asked him to recap the event and here is what he had to say.
At Echo Red to Red
I would like to begin by thanking Lloyd and Lois Piercy [...]

Learn what makes your bike tick

We are excited to announce a new service now available at Bike Gallery. The Hands On Overhaul with Brett Flemming is a complete teardown and rebuild of your bike that you can participate in as much or as little as you want.
No matter what your mechanical level is, Brett will be able to teach you something new about [...]

Trek Demo Days

Andrew Fiore, our Downtown service manager, and a group of fellow Downtown staffers had the opportunity to test ride the newest mountain bike offerings from Trek and Gary Fisher on real trails instead of just around the block. We asked him to give us an idea of what the demo day was like and this [...]

Cyclocross Update

We’re in the middle of another great cyclocross season and it seems like a good time to check in and see how the races are progressing. The early season races were mostly dusty and dry, but beginning with the Hillsboro race on October 25th, the ground has slowly become more and more water-logged. Last weekend’s [...]

We’ve got a bike–or trike–for everyone

Hollywood service manager Pete Zlatnik passed this inspiring story along to us about his mother’s experience riding an adult tricycle. It’s affirming to know that no matter the personal challanges, there is a bike made for just about everyone.
My mom Judy is 68, her knees aren’t so good but she wanted to get some exercise. [...]

Downtown Bike Gallery wins Commuter Challenge 6 years running!

The Downtown Bike Gallery once again stole the show in the BTA’s annual Commuter Challenge. The Downtown store rode away with the prize with an astonishing 99.2% of trips to work by bike! I had a chance to talk to Joan, the Downtown store manager about how they have been able to make bike commuting [...]