Schedule
6 Bike-tastic Weekends!
From October 2nd, starting with the Oregon Manifest Constructor’s Design Challenge and Race, through November 8th, with the spectacle and theatrics of the Single Speed Cyclocross World Championships, we’re taking over the Pearl District with a non-stop series of bike events occurring at our pop-up Bike Union.
THE OREGON MANIFEST BIKE UNION
539 NW 10th at Hoyt, in the Pear District
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FIRST THURSDAY, OCT 1ST
Artcrank: A Poster Party for Bike People
Pedal to the metal! Oregon Manifest officially kicks off with Artcrank, a one-night show of affordable bike-inspired posters displayed at The Cleaners at The Ace Hotel. Original designs from your favorite local artists will be available for perusal and purchase. All posters are $30 and available in limited quantities – get there early to score your favorites!
The Cleaners at The Ace Hotel : 403 SW 10th Ave : 5PM to 11PM
www.artcrankpostershow.com
www.theacehotel.com
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SATURDAY, OCT 3RD to SUNDAY, NOV 8TH
Dreams on Wheels, Danish Cycling Culture Exhibit
Presented by The City of Portland and the Scan Design Foundation by Inger & Jens Bruun
In collaboration with the Embassy of Denmark in Washington DC and the City of Portland, Oregon Manifest is excited to present the US debut of Dreams On Wheels‚ a showcase of Danish cycling culture and Denmark’s commitment to sustainability via urban design.
Developed by curator Thomas Ermacora, in collaboration with Danish architect and urban design consultant Jan Gehl, Dreams On Wheels has shown in Paris, Edinburgh, Moscow, and London. The COP15 prelude exhibit merges urban cycling culture, design intelligence, and environmental consciousness through case studies and photography. During our 6 weekend run, Portlanders will be able to see in detail how cycling has transformed the transportation mix in Denmark.
Oregon Manifest Bike Union : 539 NW 10th at Hoyt
6PM to 10PM on October 2nd, then 2PM to 7PM, Thur – Fri : 11AM to 5PM Sat – Sun
Suggested $5 donation
http://dreamsonwheels.dk
See the October 29th Event for details on the Dreams on Wheels Reception
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FRIDAY, OCT 2ND
Oregon Manifest Constructor’s Design Challenge Party
Oregon Manifest has put out the call for the ultimate modern Transportation Bike! We’ve challenged custom frame builders from around the country to create an innovative, purpose-built rig for the everyday rider.
Inspired by 1930’s French technical trials, this challenge of design dexterity and fabrication mettle features over 30 frame builders from far and wide throwing their best efforts in the ring.
Join us on Friday, October 2, for a bike-tastic gala at the Oregon Manifest Bike Union. Here’s your chance to oogle each of these incredibly crafted machines up close, meet the craftsmen who built them, and witness the revealing of the secret Constructor’s Race route on the following day.
Oregon Manifest Bike Union : 539 NW 10th at Hoyt : 7PM to 10PM
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SATURDAY, OCT 3RD
Oregon Manifest Constructor’s Race : by Rapha
Start your (pedal-powered) engines! The Oregon Manifest Constructor’s Race serves up 77 miles of epic on-and-off road challenges inspired by classic European day races. Design Challenge builders (or their designated riders) will brave dirt, gravel, elevation climbs, and urban technical trials on the hardman route to Bike Victory!
Three categories of riders depart from a location revealed only the evening before and then ride like hell to the finish line inside the OM event space. Along the way they’ll pick up cargo, accommodate a security stop, and further test their Design Challenge solutions on and off the road.
When the last rider crosses the line, the real action starts: Design Challenge winners are announced and winning bikes will be ceremoniously installed in their designated spots inside the gallery space of the Bike Union.
Come cheer these rugged riders as they roll into the finish wearing some road grime and their best party attire. We open the event space up at 3PM with movies, revelry, and other fun distractions provided by our friends at Wend Magazine (these people know how to throw a party).
Oregon Manifest Bike Union : 539 NW 10th at Hoyt : 3PM to 9PM
3PM Finish Line Festivities by Wend Magazine & Lizard Lounge : 7PM Award Ceremony
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SUNDAY, OCT 4TH
Cross Crusade Series Opener at Alpenrose
Ladies and gentlemen, grab your cowbells! The largest cyclocross scene in the nation kicks off at Alpenrose Diary. For 8 weeks of Sundays, the legendary Cross Crusade race series heats up the Fall chill as over 1000 racers descend upon fields throughout the region tackling mud, dirt, and barriers as they compete for an amazing array of prizes and bragging rights. Come see why cyclocrossers pray for rain!
Alpenrose Dairy : 6149 SW Shattuck Road : 8:30AM to 5PM
www.crosscrusade.com
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SATURDAY, OCT 10TH
Ready to Roll
Cycling Lifestyle Fashion Show : By Momentum Magazine
Featuring Team Beer and Tina!
Cycle chic is two-wheeling it to Portland Fashion Week! Momentum Magazine – ground zero for transportation cycling – brings some Fabulous to the Functional, with Ready to Roll, a cycling lifestyle fashion show. Ready to Roll showcases bike style that performs on both the morning commute and at the evening’s big event. Bringing some extra action to the runway are special guests (and style icons) Team Beer and Tina Brubaker!
5555 N Channel Ave/Vigor Industrial Shipyards (Swan Island) : Doors at 3PM, show at 4PM
www.momentumplanet.com/portland-fashion-show
www.portlandfashionweek.net
Advanced tickets are $15 or $18.75 at the door with the special promo code: manifest.
Tickets can be purchased online
or directly from the Lizard Lounge located at 1323 NW Irving St Portland, OR 97209
or day of the show at Portland Fashion Week. Be sure to turn in your ticket stub for a complimentary beer from Hopworks at the Concours D’Elegance after party.
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SATURDAY, OCT 10TH
Concours D’Elegance : by River City Bicycles
All dressed up and nowhere to go? Not anymore. Join Momentum Magazine in a ride directly after the fashion show or head directly to the west end of the Steel bridge where River City Bicycles will be kicking off a special Concours d’Elegance through downtown. Polish up that bike, dress to impress, then promenade with your fellow fashionistas to the most stylish of soirees at the Oregon Manifest Bike Union. Registered Concours participants are invited to be the subjects and judges of 6 fashion categories (participants cannot vote for themselves) Winners of each category will be announced by River City Bicycles.
Departs from Ready to Roll location : 6PM to 9PM
5PM Ride from Vigor Industrial Shipyards to the west end of the Steel bridge
5:45PM : Meet up for the River City Bicycles Concours D’Elegance
6PM : Concours D’Elegance starts
7PM - 10PM : Concours D’Elegance ends at the Oregon Manifest bike union for celebration and people’s choice awards
Turn in your Ready to Roll fashion show ticket stub for a complimentary Hopworks ale.
Oregon Manifest Bike Union, 539 NW 10th at Hoyt
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THURSDAY, OCT 15TH
We Just Work Here Movie Night Social
A film screening, fundraiser, and social gathering with the people of Portland Design Works, Ruckus Components, Showers Pass, and Tonic Fabrication.
Local cycling-industry neighbors invite the community to this screening of Brian Vernor’s We Just Work Here, a vibrant film about a community of individualists working at the bicycle manufacturer Santa Cruz Bicycles. Capturing the spirit and passion for sport, culture, and cycling lifestyle, We Just Work Here chronicles the culture of riding and disparate talents of the employees of SCB.
Green Dragon, 928 SE 9th Street : Doors open at 6:30PM, 8PM Film
Donations of non-perishable food donations for a local food bank are requested.
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FRIDAY, OCT 16TH
Wafels en Wielrennen (Waffles and Bike Racing)
A Night With Joe Parkin : by Castelli US
PRO-mance time! Experience the rough and tumble world of European PRO bike racing as chronicled by author Joe Parkin, who spent nearly a decade racing professionally in Belgium. Parkin’s memoir, A Dog in a Hat: An American Bike Racer’s Story of Mud, Drugs, Blood, Betrayal, and Beauty in Belgium occupies a primary spot on every bike racers bookshelf and this evening promises some mesmerizing stories, astonishing anecdotes, and Radical Flemish.
Books will be available for purchase (and perhaps some signing). Come early to view Castelli’s special heritage display in our event space (including the world’s first pair of bib shorts).
Oregon Manifest Bike Union : 539 NW 10th at Hoyt : 7PM to 10PM
www.6yearsinaraincape.com
http://twitter.com/joeparkin
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FRIDAY, OCT 23RD
Tour De Builders : by Pedal Bike Tours
Ever wonder where the hand built bike magic happens? Bring your two wheels and roll out with Pedal Bike Tours for a tour of Portland framebuilder’s workshops. Meet the names behind the bikes, see the inner workings of their shops, and get a chance to watch them in action. Included on the tour are Pereira Cycles, Vanilla Bicycles, Hufnagel Cycles, Ahearne Cycles, M.A.P. Cycles, Metrofiets, and United Bicycle Institute.
Depart from Oregon Manifest Bike Union : 539 NW 10th at Hoyt : 2PM to 5:30PM
$15. Benefitting the Community Cycling Center’s Holiday Bike Drive
Reservation required. SOLD OUT
www.pedalbiketours.com
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SATURDAY, OCT 24TH
United Bicycle Institute Open House + Custom Frame Raffle
United Bicycle Institute has come to Portland! UBI has served as a major incubator for the renaissance of custom frame building. Scores of successful frame builders first learned their craft at this unique teaching facility, with over 12,000 students from 50 states and over 40 countries having attended classes there.
UBI is celebrating the opening of their North Portland satellite campus with an Open House, a warehouse sale, and facility tours.
That’s not all — they’re also raffling off two UBI-built bike frames to raise money for the Community Cycling Center’s holiday bike drive. Each purchased $10 ticket will get you one chance to win an expertly crafted bike frame built by the pros at UBI! Tickets will be available at both the UBI open house and at the Oregon Manifest Bike Union for our entire 6 weekend run. The first raffle will be held at the Open House. The winner will receive the demo frame being built that day. The second (custom) frame with components from Shimano, a Chris King headset and paint donated by Coat, will be raffled off at our final evening event: the celebration party for the Single Speed Cyclocross World Championships on November 7th.
UBI : 3961 N Williams Ave, Suite 100 : 10AM to 5PM
Raffle tickets can be purchased at UBI, CCC and the OM Bike Union
www.bikeschool.com
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SUNDAY, OCT 25TH
Family Bicycle Transportation Day : by Metro/Drive Less. Save More.
Want to learn more about riding with kids + hauling cargo? This is the event for you!
DEMO THE BEST OF FAMILY TRANSPORT OPTIONS
Come demo a huge selection of family biking products in a fun atmosphere at a single convenient location. We’ll have many easy and flexible options on hand, including bakfiet and cargo bikes, trail-a-bikes, front-loading child seat options, bike trailers, tandems, electric-pedal assist electric-assisted bikes, helpful accessories and more.
Raffle prizes from MetroVino, WholeFoods Market and more. Proceeds will benefit the Community Cycling Center Holiday Bike Drive.
There will also be information and resources covering safe routes to school and work, tips on riding with children, and bicycle maintenance.
Exhibitors:
Bike Gallery
Blue Moon Bakery
Clever Cycles
Co-Motion Cycles
Community Cycling Center
Company Tonight Catering
Joe Bike
Metro - Drive Less Save More
Metrofiets Custom Cargo Bikes
Northwest Federal Credit Union
OHSU Think First - Nutcase Helmet Fittings
Pedal Bike Tours
Portland Bureau of Transportation
RAD Innovations, LLC - Kid’s tandem
Taco Del Mar
Wells Fargo
Oregon Manifest Bike Union : 539 NW 10th at Hoyt
Product Demo: 11AM to 4PM
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SIGN UP FOR OUR SOLUTIONS WORKSHOP
Our Solutions Workshop takes place directly after the Demo. Participate in lively discussions to share ideas for product innovation and improved bicycle riding conditions with bicycle manufacturers, organizations and community members. Ultimately our workshop will create a manifest that reflects the needs & ideas of Oregon’s cycling families. The workshop will be open until full. Please note: due to capacity constraints there will not be children’s activities at this workshop. Babies in arms welcome. Sign up at: rsvp [at] oregonmanifest [dot] com
Oregon Manifest Bike Union : 539 NW 10th at Hoyt
Solutions Workshop: 4PM to 7PM
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THURSDAY, OCT 29TH
Bicycle Culture from Copenhagen to Portland with Mikael Colville-Andersen, Mayor Adams, and Jeff Mapes
An Evening honoring the Danish Embassy and the City of Portland
Danish photographer of the “Dreams on Wheels” exhibit and film maker, Mikael Colville-Andersen, will be joined by Portland City Mayor Sam Adams and Jeff Mapes (author of Pedaling Revolution and Senior political reporter for the Oregonian) for a panel discussion on progressing the bicycle movement.
Mikael Colville-Andersen is Copenhagen’s leading bike culture ambassador. For over three years he has been documenting Copenhagen’s unique bicycle culture in photographs and films. He lectures around the world about Marketing Bicycle Culture and is the author of two popular blogs: www.copenhagencyclechic.com and www.copenhagenize.com.
Colville-Andersen’s talk will explore Copenhagen’s journey toward establishing the bicycle as a feasible, acceptable form of transport, as well as touch on the importance of marketing bicycle culture to the average citizen.
He explains how the 500,000 people on bicycles each day in Copenhagen are not “cyclists,” nor are they “environmentalists;” they merely choose to ride because of an existing safe, quick infrastructure. 30 years of traffic and urban planning have transitioned the bicycle from an instrument of sporting equipment to a democratic tool that has liberated the people of Copenhagen from cars, and created the foundation for one of the world’s most liveable cities.
Portland Mayor Adams will share the City’s initiative toward the adoption of a new and expanded Bicycle Master Plan. For more than three decades Portland has received international recognition for promoting cycling. The City of Portland’s ambitious Bicycle Master Plan aims to see 30 percent of residents using active transportation by the 2030.
Jeff Mapes, the author of Pedaling Revolution: How Cyclists are Changing American Cities, will talk about how a small band of bike advocates – against all odds – persuaded officials in several cities to start treating bikes as a legitimate form of transportation. In just the last few years, the movement has started to reach new heights, with cities from Portland to New York City building extensive bikeway networks that have boosted ridership and made biking a mainstream form of transportation. The U.S. still remains far behind the best European cities, but Mapes sees several positive signs that America is indeed beginning its own Pedaling Revolution.
Mapes is also the senior political reporter for The Oregonian and writes the “Mapes on Politics” blog. He lives in Portland and has been enjoying his latest transportation purchase: a cargo bike rated to carry up to 400 pounds. http://blog.oregonlive.com/mapesonpolitics
Complimentary Hopworks ale and and an hors d’oeuvre-athon from some of the Pearl’s tastiest restaurants including Gilt Club, MetroVino, Wilf’s Restaurant and Bar, Taco Del Mar, Ten-01, Candy Ultra Lounge and Bistro, and Cupcake Jones. No-host bar provided by Company Tonight Catering.
Hopworks
Gilt Club
MetroVino
Wilfs Restaurant and Bar
Taco Del Mar
Ten 01
Candy Ultra Lounge & Bistro
Cupcake Jones
Company Tonight Catering
Oregon Manifest Bike Union : 539 NW 10th at Hoyt : 6:30PM to 10PM
$10. PURCHASE ADVANCED TICKETS ONLINE or at the Oregon Manifest Bike Union during daytime and event hours.
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FRIDAY, OCT 30TH
Oregon Bicycle Constructors Association Frame Builder + Media Meet/Greet
Happy Hour reception for custom framebuilders and the people who love them.
Staver Locomotive : 2537 NW 29th Ave : 6PM to 9PM
www.oregonframebuilders.org
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SATURDAY + SUNDAY, OCT 31 + NOV 1
Oregon Bicycle Constructors Association 2009 Oregon Handmade Bicycle Show
Get your custom bike on! This show will feature up to 40 exhibitions of the bicycle craftsmen and women from throughout Oregon and invitees from across the nation. Masters of the craft and new talent will display their craft in a celebration of the hand built bicycle. Seminars and speakers will offer relevant programming for attendees interested in manufacturing, design, industry and general bicycle culture. $8.00 entry fee includes either free pint glass or water bottle.
Staver Locomotive : 2537 NW 29th Ave : 9AM to 6PM Sunday, 10AM to 4PM Sunday
www.oregonframebuilders.org
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SATURDAY OCT 31
Oregon Handmade Bicycle Show Halloween Party
Costumes and live music. $5 cover charge.
Staver Locomotive : 2537 NW 29th Ave : 8PM to Midnight
www.oregonframebuilders.org
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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST
Portland by Bike : Tour + Panel Discussion
In keeping with the utilitarian theme of this year’s Oregon Manifest, join Bike Gallery and some of Portland’s bicycle planners and engineers to explore first-hand the city’s bicycle lanes, bicycle boulevards, green boxes and some of the many features that have contributed to make Portland the country’s most bicycle friendly city. The bicycle tour will be lead by the City of Portland’s bicycle coordinator, Roger Geller. This will be a an informative, slow-paced urban cruise under 12 miles so please leave the lycra at home! Bike Gallery mechanics will be on hand at all times to help with tour and bicycle support. If you’ve ever been curious about what Portland’s bicycle planners and engineers are thinking, then this is your opportunity to both experience first-hand some of the designs that continue to attract Portlanders to using a bicycle for transportation, as well as to discuss their thinking and future plans.
Following the tour there will be refreshments and a short panel discussion about the history and future of bicycles in Portland with Jay Graves, Bike Gallery; Mia Birk, Alta Planning & Design; and Jonathan Nicholas, founder, Cycle Oregon.
Oregon Manifest Bike Union : 539 NW 10th at Hoyt
10:30AM to 12:30PM Tour
12:30PM to 1:00PM Panel Discussion
Light food and refreshments will be served.
Please rsvp to rsvp@oregonmanifest.com with OM Ride in the subject field.
Don’t have a bicycle? No problem. Bicycle rentals are available through Pedal Bike Tours. Reserve your bicycle rental in advance and it will be waiting for you at the start of the tour.
http://www.pedalbiketours.com
For more information about Bike Gallery, Portland’s family owned bike store since 1974, please go to: http://www.bikegallery.com
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SATURDAY, NOV 7
Single Speed Cyclocross World Championship qualifiers and party at the OM Bike Union
Cyclocross. Bikinis. Revolution. SSXWC pioneers two days of knobby-tired spectacle that only the strong and gold lamé clad can survive. Come celebrate the cyclocross crescendo of the season and plot your costume for the next day’s course.
Oregon Manifest Bike Union : 539 NW 10th at Hoyt : 7PM to 10PM
http://sscxwc09.com
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SUNDAY, NOV 8
Single Speed Cyclocross World Championship at the Cross Crusade
This is it. If you don’t know, we’re not gonna tell you. SSCXWC…Yeah!
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