Oregon Bicycle Constructors Association

“Meet the Maker” video from Bespoked

Oregon Bicycle Constructors Association — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:25:45 +0000

Bespoked Bristol, the UK handmade bicycle show, is producing a series of videos featuring builders from their show.

Introducing our new monthly feature – Meet the Maker -A series of short films and some photographs profiling the exhibitors showing in March 2012.

The videos, and more information about their event, can be found on their web site.

http://www.bespokedbristol.co.uk

Winter Bicycles Q&A with Peleton Magazine

Oregon Bicycle Constructors Association — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 21:33:52 +0000

Oregon builder and OBCA VP Eric Estlund discusses Winter Bicycles, frame building and the OBCA with Patrick Brady.

Peloton “Artisans” Q&A- Winter Bicycles, Winter Bicycles, Part 1

Peloton “Artisans” Q&A- Winter Bicycles, Winter Bicycles, Part 2

Capricorn Bicycles

Oregon Bicycle Constructors Association — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 04:38:42 +0000

Capricorns reflect what I think is great about bicycles, bicycling, building frames, and the classic media of steel, brass, and silver.
Each frame, fork, and rack is a hand-built piece from me to you, made to the best of my abilities. My goal is to build a bicycle
that you’ll want to ride everyday: the frame providing the armature of that machine, a construction in which no detail goes
unnoticed.

I began building bicycles in the 90′s with Waterford Precision Cycles where I learned the trade from some of the most practiced
builders in the business. From there I moved to Minneapolis for school, and after a 2000-mile ride to Seattle decided to take
up frame building again. Capricorn Bicycles became the culmination of my experience with bicycles and my desire to do work
and be creative by hand.

I now live in Eugene, Oregon to find new roads and trails to explore, and to live someplace for a change with a somewhat mellow
climate.

2011 OR Handmade Bicycle Show rolls into Bend

Oregon Bicycle Constructors Association — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:18:55 +0000

In just a few days, the OR Handmade Bicycle Show rolls into Bend, Oregon as part of the Day of the Dead Cyclocross Festival. What is the Day of the Dead Cyclocross Festival? A weekend of: Cross Crusade Races (including a Cross Super-D race on Friday), Bike Art Culture, Great Local Beer, and Handmade Bikes. View the entire weekend schedule here: Day of the Dead Cyclocross Festival.

About the Show:

The O.B.C.A. is excited to welcome over 30 builders from Oregon, Washington, California, and Utah to the show hall at GoodLife Brewing. Veterans and new talent will display their work side by side in a celebration of the handmade bicycle. Click here to Preview the Frame Builders on display this year.

Show Info & Tickets:

Saturday, 10/29: 10:00 am to 6:00 pm

Sunday, 10/30: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm

Tickets are $10 at the door. Children 12 & under are free. Advanced tickets can be purchased at a discount thru 10/26: Purchase Advanced Tickets. Event proceeds benefit the Oregon Bicycle Constructors Association – non-profit 501(c)(6).

All attendees can enter to win a Rolf Prima ECX Wheel Set!

Special thanks to the Sponsors of the 2011 OR Handmande Bicycle Show:

Visit Bend, Point West Credit Union, Rolf Prima, Dirt Rag & Bicycling Times, GoodLife Brewing Co.

Oregon Constructors excel at OR Manifest Design Challenge

Oregon Bicycle Constructors Association — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 19:49:10 +0000

Congratulations to the framebuilders who participated in the 2011 Oregon Manifest Constructors Design Challenge this weekend. The event challenged builders to design the “Ultimate Utility Bike.” In addition to building the “Ultimate Utility Bike” the bikes were sent out on a 50-mile field test that began in Buxton, Oregon and finished at Chris King Headquarters in NW Portland.

The honor of top design goes to three Portland, Oregon based and O.B.C.A. members.

1. Tony Pereira, Pereira Cycles of Portland, OR

2. Rob Tsunehiro, Tsunehiro Cycles of Portland, OR

3. Chris King, Cielo Cycles of Portland, OR

In addition to the top builder submissions, the University of Oregon won the best “Student Design” category. This team was mentored by OBCA Board President, Dave Levy of Ti Cycles in Portland, OR.

An excellent write up and slideshow of the event can be viewed at BikePortland.org - Click Here

More info on the builder challenge can be found at www.OregonManifest.com

Special Thanks to KingCycleGroup for sharing the images of the 2011 Oregon Manifest.

Eric Estlund Discusses the OBCA on The Outspoken Cyclist with Diane Lees

Oregon Bicycle Constructors Association — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:40:46 +0000

Last week I received a note from Diane Lees, host of the Outspoken Cyclist radio program inviting me to be a guest for her program. The Outspoken Cyclist is a community radio show on WJCU 88.7, a noncommercial FM broadcast station owned and operated by John Carroll University in University Heights, Ohio. The show covers a wide range of topics including fitness, advocacy and industry developments, as well as many stories about and for the average cyclist and casual rider. Diane has been running the show for about a year and has had a great string of guests so far.

On the show we discussed a fairly wide range of topics, most specifically the OBCA and how we work to promote the Oregon frame builder, this years Oregon Handmade Bicycle Show and how Oregon is becoming a hot bed for cycling and bicycle building. We also discussed Winter Bicycles and the work I do to provide my customers with bikes specifically tailored to their bodies and their riding needs.

You can download the full podcast at this link- I’m on starting at 38:30.

Thanks for listening, and we’ll see you at the show in October!

Eric Estlund

Win a Pereira, help a friend!

Oregon Bicycle Constructors Association — Mon, 09 May 2011 16:16:42 +0000

My very close friend Jeff Bates has a terrible case of skin cancer. Some friends and I put together a drawing for a custom Pereira SS 29er. The bike is complete with top-shelf components donated by our friends at Chris King, Enve, Shimano, Continental and SRAM. Winner also gets round trip airfare to Portland (from anywhere in the conti US) to meet with me for design consult, two dinners at great local restaurants (including Screen Door) and hotel accommodations. I’m wondering if you all can help me get the word out. Maybe on your blog? On your twitter or facebook page? Money raised will go to Jeff and his family to help take care of medical costs and reduce stress so that he can heal. More info here:

jeffbatesmf.org/?q=node/45

I met Jeff working at Wild Rose bike shop in Salt Lake City. We have been riding buddies for years–he absolutely rips on a mountain bike. Jeff helped me get my business started, riding and racing the 2nd (and 23rd and 83rd) bikes that I built, encouraging me to pursue my passion and live my dream. He also introduced me to the woman who is now my wife. Jeff is the best kind of people you would ever want to know and deserves our help. Please do whatever you can to spread the word.

Terra Nova Cycles, LLC (Strawberry Cycles Engineering & Fabrication)

Oregon Bicycle Constructors Association — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 23:27:46 +0000

WELCOME EVERYBODY
Terra Nova Cycles, LLC (Strawberry Cycles Engineering & Fabrication)
Year Founded: 1971
Owner: Andy Newlands
Shop visits possible: Yes
Retail sales at shop: Yes

Shop description:
Goose Hollow, an 1845 neighborhood in southwest Portland is the location of the Strawberry bicycle frame fabrication facility since 2002. The company founded in Portland in 1971, has the goal of producing handcrafted bicycle frames and tube processing tooling and equipment. The unique frame designs and an absolute personal (one man – two dog) working method assure a style steeped in elegance, if you will, that found its sublime “promised land” in Goose Hollow.

Dedicated, passionate design work, but low-keyed and always sensitive to the human side of every equation in the bicycle framebuilding craft, Strawberry incarnated a distinctive way of thinking and working in the very concrete terms of bicycle frame fabrication. Trained in engineering with over forty years of machining and oxy/propane brazing experience, Strawberry has a conception of bicycle framebuilding which springs from skills learned over time but is neither artificial nor intellectualistic, rather one that is striking for the depth of consideration behind it as well as for the simplicity of its operation.

Strawberry trademarked frames are completely hand built in the Goose Hollow shop from Reynolds steel tubing and investment cast lugs and are designed for road sport/racing, track racing and city/commuting. The oxy/propane brass brazed lugged steel framesets feature hand-cut lug work, Strawberry designed investment cast wishbone and integrated topstay/seatpost binder. The company is also the US sales agent for Marchetti SRL, Bergamo, Italy which engineers and manufactures testing equipment, wheelbuilding machines, tube processing machinery, welding fixtures/robots, frame and fork alignment tools as well as turnkey engineering.

http://www.strawberrybicycle.com/

2011 Oregon Handmade Bicycle Show Announcement

Oregon Bicycle Constructors Association — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 18:21:58 +0000

(Bend, OR): Handmade bicycles and bicycle related crafts, the artisans that build them and professionals representing the craft and culture of bicycling will converge at the 4th Annual Oregon Handmade Bicycle Show October 29-30, 2011 at Noble Brewing in Bend, Oregon. Bicycle frame building companies throughout the United States & abroad are all invited and welcome to showcase their wares alongside the best frame builders in Oregon.

In 2010, the Oregon Handmade Bicycle Show included 40 builders and welcomed over 2,500 attendees for the two day event. The 2011 show promises to again feature the country’s finest bicycles and related artisanal bicycle products. This year, the show is excited to be accepting the invitation to be a part of the 2011 Day of the Dead Cyclocross Festival in Bend, Oregon. Halloween Cross Crusade is a huge weekend of festivities including cyclocross races on Saturday & Sunday which welcome over 1,000 racers from throughout the Pacific Northwest.

“OBCA is very excited about the opportunity to bring the Oregon Handmade Bike Show to Bend,” said David Levy, President of the OBCA. “This is a great opportunity to showcase the talents of Oregon’s bicycle builders in a new region of the state and we’re confident our partnership with Visit Bend and the Cyclocross Crusade will increase the attendance of our biggest fundraiser of the year.”

“Visit Bend is honored and thrilled to host the Oregon Handmade Bike Show,” said Doug La Placa, President of Visit Bend. “In conjunction with the Halloween Cross Crusades, Bend will be hosting two of the largest and most prestigious cycling events in the Pacific Northwest over the Halloween weekend. The events will provide a timely boost to Bend’s tourism industry and will be a ton of fun for the local community.”

The 2011 OR Handmade Bicycle Show will include the two-day frame builder exhibition, plus seminars, local entertainment and socializing.

Full details for this year’s show are available at www.OregonHandmadeBicycleShow.com. Exhibitor applications, sponsorship opportunities and ticket information will be available in Spring 2011. For immediate inquiries, contact Aaron McBride at show@oregonframebuilders.org

The Oregon Bicycle Constructors Association, is a non-profit 501(c)(6) mutual benefit organization that promotes the Oregon handmade bicycle through support of Oregon-based bicycle frame builders.

O.B.C.A., 1535 SW 17th Ave., Portland, OR, 97201

OBCA at The Pedal Nation Show!

Oregon Bicycle Constructors Association — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:56:07 +0000

The PedalNation bicycle show was good fun and great exposure for our members. For the second year in a row the OBCA was fortunate enough to showcase examples of Oregon frame craft to an enthusiastic Portland audience. Ahearne Cycles was showing his popular cycle truck, Ceilo Cycles had a couple of TIG welded offerings, English Cycles displayed his take on a feathery looking 29′er, Millholland Cycles was represented by Greg Morris and classic styled road and mountain designs, Metrofiets and Joe Bike had examples of their individual takes on cargo bikes with Phil giving rides to all takers on his demo Metrofiets. Rolf Prima was present with their line of amazing wheels, Wade from Vulture Cycles showed his elegant city bike(and tall bike …as always!), Ti Cycles rounded out the group with a number of titanium bikes, fresh from the NAHBS show in Austin. A few beers we shared, stories swapped and in the end, a Gold Sprints showdown, hard fought between Millholland, Vulture, Rolf Prima and Ti Cycles. As sometimes happens, youth triumphed and young Greg Morris took the honors for Millholland Cycles, Brooke from Rolf Prima has already started training to crush all comers next year!

Thanks to Aaron for the great show and support, keep cycling and see you next year!