by William F. Larabell-Ross, age 18
Some people may call me a bike enthusiast or a bike freak but I prefer to refer to myself as a bike lover. Whether riding them, building them, fixing them or just cleaning them, I love my bikes. Most of my metal and rubber acquaintances are a little deformed or [...]
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by Beau Poling, age 15
It was an average day at Eugene Bicycle Works, the bike shop where I volunteer on Saturdays. I was working on bikes with my dad when Tom popped in. Tom is the ad rep for Oregon Cycling. We started to talk about BMX and I asked if he wanted to [...]
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Filed under: BMX, Racing, Youth Articles
by Ed Zacharek, age 16
Howdy there. I’m Ed Zacharek. I’ve been going to school at the Center for Appropriate Transport for around five years now, and I’m writing to tell you about my latest project, a bike I built from parts and tubes donated to CAT by Burley.
What happened was, Burley decided to stop making [...]
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Filed under: Framebuilding, Youth Articles
Or, how I built a recumbent bike in six months
by Nolan Chase, age 16
Building a bike, frame and all, is a long, difficult process, unless you are set up for production work. With two, three-hour classes a week in which I’ve been able to work on my bike, I’ve been working on it for 6 [...]
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Filed under: Framebuilding, Youth Articles
by Will Ross, age 17 and Eli Reid, age 16
Recently, we contacted a company called CETMA Racks about their front-mounted cargo racks for bicycles. We found out two things right away: CETMA was a company of one guy—Lane Kagay—and that he and his wife were in the process of packing their bags and moving to [...]
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Filed under: Cargo Bikes, Reviews, Youth Articles
by Nolan Chase, age 16
When we were in Portland for Filmed by Bike this spring, we had the opportunity to visit with framebuilder Joseph Ahearne, of Ahearne Cycles, in his Portland workshop. It’s a small shop, which he shares with a man who converts cars to biodiesel, and it’s where he builds his bicycles. Ahearne [...]
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Filed under: Framebuilding, Portland Area, Youth Articles
by Forrest Purkerson, age 16 and Sean Mulroy, age 17
Bicycle scenes from around the world will overtake the silver screen at Clinton Street Theater for three full days of Filmed by Bike, a festival of bike-themed movie shorts. Over 50 international movies were submitted, but only 19 made the final cut. The festival, now [...]
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Filed under: Art, Portland Area, Youth Articles
by Patrick Moran, age 17 and Nolan Chase, age 16
It seems like every day we hear about somebody’s bike getting stolen. We see the flyers that people bring around to all the bike shops, and we hear the wailing and the gnashing of teeth. We also have to bite our tongues when we hear that [...]
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Filed under: Advice, Bike Theft, Youth Articles
An interview with cross-country cyclist and food lover Justin Ellis
by CAT Students David Baker, Isaiah Fine and Ben Cox
A few months ago, we got an email from a guy named Justin Ellis who said he was on an epic adventure to discover where his food came from by visiting farms across the country on [...]
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Filed under: Interviews, Youth Articles
by Nolan Chase, age 16
The iRIDE is a bicycle stereo system from Active Tunes. It is a small set of speakers that mount on your handlebars or frame, to replace headphones. Riding your bike on the streets while wearing headphones can be a dangerous practice, as headphones can keep you from hearing things around you. [...]
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Filed under: Reviews, Youth Articles
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