Portland looks like a rad city to ride a bike in

I've never been to Portland, anyone want to road trip?  Also, I was just hipped to Brenton Salo's photostream (pictured above) and it's worth checking out.

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Henri!'s picture

PDX is great for all things bike culture.

Hit up Bend on the way for some great mountain biking, some of the best I have found for fast rolling singletrack and beer at Dechutes.

troymccluresf's picture

PDX is great for all things.

Mattymatt's picture

Yes. For definite. I've been looking at Portland as a reasonably-priced SF alternative and I'm having trouble thinking of reasons not to move there.

Mattymatt's picture

Oh and I don't make a habit of reading the Guardian but did you see this? http://www.sfbg.com/pixel_vision/2010/08/30/portlands-macro-brewfest-che...

Waitwhatseriously?'s picture

I'll receive that air-catchin shipment.

friscolex's picture

Was there yesterday (thank you, amazingly delish Stumptown coffee, for keeping me awake all day!) on the tail end of a PNW vacay and loved the creative saddlebags/racks/pannier systems (felt a bit less dorky with my Jandd pannier) but wasn't impressed by the pretty low rates of helmet-wearing...

everydaydude's picture

Oregon didn't launch an anti-tourism campaign for nothing. They didn't want people coming there, discovering how rad it is.

http://www.platypuscomix.net/fpo/history/niceometer.html

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