So when did you grow up here? I grew up here too and in my view, we have been a mecca/epicenter since at least the early 70's for me and I know bike business was strong well before that. Gov. Tom McCall was given a Paramount in the 60's I believe for some big bike-centric project or program.
We have a rich racing history as well, Alpenrose Veoldrome built for 1964 Olymipic trials and much more.
Also as I said earlier in this thread, Merz, Newlands and DiNucci set the frame building bar pretty high fairly early on as well.
Originally Posted by
ryansu
@
gugie thanks for sharing the cool photos. I grew up in PDX (long before it was a bike mecca) and visit my friends in the Hollywood district often so I go to Velocult every chance I get, if I lived in Portland I don't know if I would ever leave that place
all the stuff you mentioned and live music.
From a visit last month
Velocult by
Ryan Surface, on Flickr