I was in Portland for a class at UBI and I was was tooling around the North East side of Portland (or Southeast) Sunday and found myself in Hollywood area and just happened to stumble upon the party!
I walked around the shop and mingled, it's such a beautiful space! Just so happens I saw Chris King walk in just as I was leaving. So cool! On Mar 26, 7:35 pm, Michael_S <[email protected]> wrote: > I would agree that San Diego has a large cycling community, but my rough > estimate is that 80% are wearing team kits and ridding CF bikes, at least > in North County. I'm sure in the city there are more commuters/urban > riders. It's certainly many times greater than in the LA 'burbs where I > (and Velo Cult's owner Sky) came from. > > Where I live in north San Diego County the City of Carlsbad has done a > fabulous job with bike lanes and cyclist friendly traffic lights. There > also many multi-user dirt bike trails that cover the hills. With > the proximity to the ocean it's certainly an idealistic place for a cyclist > to live. > > ~mike > > > > > > > > On Sunday, March 25, 2012 9:15:47 AM UTC-7, velomann wrote: > > > I attended the grand opening of Velo Cult here in Portland last night. > > I have a feeling this is going to be my new favorite bike shop. Heavy > > emphasis on Riv-ish and classic bike lore, with nary a carbon racing > > bike in sight. In fact, when you walk in the door you have to look > > around a bit to find any merchandise - parts and bikes are all towards > > the back. Lots of Nitto, Brooks, Velo-Orange, and On One (who also > > just moved to Portland). New bikes appear to be Surly, Raleigh, and > > All City cycles. The main attraction, though, is the space. Appears > > designed more as a shrine to the classic mountain and road bikes owner > > Sky Boyer has on display, including an original Steve Potts, early > > Bontrager cross bike, a beautiful Follis tandem, and lots of stuff I'm > > forgetting. The place is seems designed more to hang out and talk > > bikes than to sell you something - though there's plenty to buy. > > Surprisingly, Portland doesn't really have a shop like this - most of > > our shops seem either race obsessed, fixie focused, or a hodge-podge > > of everything on 2 wheels. I think they will do well here. And there's > > microbrews on tap. Coffee and food coming soon, I hear. > > Pictures here: > >https://picasaweb.google.com/116897251123335733984/VeloCultGrandOpening -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
