Win Tickets: PDX Bicycle Show @ Oregon Convention Center | Handmade Bikes, Hopworks Beer, Pro Riders
April 4, 2011 — PDXPIPELINEPipeline has a pair of tickets to attend the PDX Bicycle Show Saturday, April 9 through Sunday April 10. To win, comment on post below why you would like to attend. Winner will be drawn and emailed on Friday, April 8.
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From our sponsors at PDX Bicycle Show:
PDX Bicycle Show
Saturday, April 9, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Sunday, April 10, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
$10 Adults | Kids Under 12, FREE
www.pdxbicycleshow.com
Oregon Convention Center
777 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Bicycles are taking over the Oregon Convention Center April 9-10 for the PDX Bicycle Show presented by Drive Less/Save More. There will be plenty of fun activities for everyone and Portland’s largest display of bicycles, gear and apparel at this annual expo.
Highlights include great deals on gear, apparel, accessories and equipment; the Hopworks Bike Bar serving beer all day long, a huge Oregon handmade bicycle show, the Pimp’d Bike showcase and seminars and workshops by local experts. Kids can test ride bikes and practice their beginner skills in the Little Nutty Kids Zone by Nutcase Helmets. There is also a test ride demo area for adults.
Hang out, browse the booths or check out the special features like the Urban Riders Fashion Show, Gold Sprints Roller Races, bike fitting Demo by Sunset Cycles and demos by professional free-riders, BMX flatlanders and professional trials riders.
April 4, 2011 at 14:19
I would like attend because I am the only person in my office or living on Alberta Street without a bike. Summer is coming and Summer without a bike is like skiing without skies, just doesn’t work!
April 4, 2011 at 14:33
I would love to take my son to the show to show him the passion and commitment that Portland has made to the Bicycling Community. My son has taken a great interest in Biking and I would love to accompany him to the show
April 4, 2011 at 16:08
My wife has signed up to be in a triathlon and we need to find her a good bike!
April 4, 2011 at 19:48
I pledged to be car-free and moved to Portland recently to part of the AWESOME bike community. Seeing all the handmade Oregon bikes would make my YEAR…pick me!
April 4, 2011 at 20:02
I would like to win tickets so my family can go and get excitex about biking. Summer is coming!
April 4, 2011 at 22:53
Because it’s gonna be AWESOME!
April 5, 2011 at 04:57
I ride bikes.
April 5, 2011 at 07:25
Dudes! I’m a 50something, hair-challenged, tie-wearing, saddle-soothing wannabe willing to put my butt mini-largesse in tight, padded shorts and do it with dignity. I once did a metric century with a fractured ankle, yet I’m a cycling sophomore in many ways. I’d brag big time about getting swag to attend the show — and break out the cash while I’m there.
April 5, 2011 at 08:27
I’d love to go to the show.
April 5, 2011 at 09:18
I have been a dedicated bike commuter for 11 years now, and I love bikes. I love riding them, and I love fixing them. One of the main factors that made us decide to move to Portland was the bike culture here. I would love to go to the show to get to know my new bike community even better.
April 5, 2011 at 20:01
I am looking for a regular bike with electric assist for a trip to the San Juan Islands in September. The show will provide the information I need in order to make a good selection. I love to bike!!
April 6, 2011 at 23:27
My sons and I began riding this past summer and enjoy venturing throughout the year. I would love for us to attend the PDX Bicycle Show this weekend and learn all about bikes, plus more! What better way to go, “Win Tickets!”
April 7, 2011 at 11:04
I like bikes. A lot.
April 7, 2011 at 14:29
With tax time, I can’t really afford tickets, but would love to go check it out!
April 7, 2011 at 14:59
I would love to go to the show! I’m new to city bikeriding. Ive never biked with the traffic and I would love to know the right way to! Also, I just won a bike so I’m going to need some gear to help me ride safely!
April 7, 2011 at 15:14
I love riding my bike so much, i sometimes do it NAKED! WOOHOO!! So i should probably go to the bicycle show to get some sweet bike clothes : )
April 7, 2011 at 15:29
We’re a mixed house (one bike commuter, one car commuter) that is probably going to be transitioning to all bike soon… this would get us motivated and feel more confident about making the switch!
April 7, 2011 at 15:29
I’d like to win because I love my bicycle more than anything else and it’d be awesome to see pro riders!
April 7, 2011 at 15:32
Just bought my first bike in over a decade and am trying to figure out what gear I need to possibly commute to work with my wife by bike. I prefer local gear and would love to check out what’s new since I last hopped on a bike.
April 7, 2011 at 15:32
I recently sold my car and relocated to Portland, because I can be car free! Bought a bike within the first 2 weeks of living here and have been able to explore and see many rad places. Even saw a guy riding a unicycle along the waterfront. I’d love to go to the convention to check out all the handmade bikes that make Portland so unique and pick up some sweet accessories.
April 7, 2011 at 15:33
Would like to take my boys to the bike show!
April 7, 2011 at 15:34
My wife is starting working for Chinook Book this weekend at the show. I want to go see her and make sure she’s doing alright. Glad to tweet/FB my thanks to PDXPipeline too :)
April 7, 2011 at 15:37
My baby’s just moved back from Brooklyn and boy does she need a bike and a big glass of the best beer there be!
April 7, 2011 at 15:44
Send Billy! I don’t know him, and yet, I know Billys all around the USA. Get this guy on a bike and there will be one less red sports car in PDX…
April 7, 2011 at 15:47
Send Billy!
April 7, 2011 at 16:00
I would love to win tickets because one word: BIKES!!
April 7, 2011 at 16:21
I’m a struggling blogger who wants to win tickets. Can’t hurt to have some (more) queer representation in the bike community cuz we sure do ride ‘em!
April 7, 2011 at 16:27
With these tickets, I will be able to convert my girlfriend, who is cyclo-phobe, into a cyclo-philiac. Once she gets the fun between her legs, nothing can ever be the same!
April 7, 2011 at 16:31
I love bikes and mine needs some new stuff. I want to go check out my options :)
April 7, 2011 at 16:46
I love bikes! And I am in the market for a bike! And I would love to buy a handmade, homegrown, local bike! And this is the perfect venue for pursuing that dream!
April 7, 2011 at 17:56
Send Billy!
April 7, 2011 at 19:09
This is right up our alley!! We live and breath bikes.
April 7, 2011 at 21:02
I am half man, half bike, and want visit my brothers and sisters at the Oregon convention center.
April 7, 2011 at 21:45
Moved to Portland yesterday, that’s right yesterday. Now I have my priorities straight and know that the first thing to do in Portland is pedal into the cycle scene…job and apartment can wait. Make me a winner, please.
April 7, 2011 at 22:24
i’ve never rode a bike before. enough said.
April 7, 2011 at 22:45
I would love to get some gear and MAYBE even “bump” into Billy.
April 8, 2011 at 00:14
I love bikes building fixing and riding I am a broke student and if I don’t win these tickets I cant go.
April 8, 2011 at 07:35
I am visiting Portland with my boyfriend who is an avid cyclist. I’d love to surprise him with tickets. This event looks awesome!
April 8, 2011 at 09:37
I want to go to cycilst convention. I will walk slownly and aimlessly thru aisles. I will show courtesy to no one.
Let’s give the cyclists what they deserve.
April 8, 2011 at 10:12
NEED BIKE CONVENTION!
April 8, 2011 at 19:45
I biked to work for the first time today!
Attending the PDX Bicycle Show would bring me one step closer to becoming a well-informed and responsibly-equipped cyclist…rather than the clueless, wobbly traffic hazard that I currently am.
Please…for my sake, the safety of other commuters, and my mother’s mental health…give me a ticket!
April 8, 2011 at 21:53
Had such a lovely day biking with my daughter can’t wait to take her to the bike show and get some new gear
April 9, 2011 at 00:19
I will solicit advice on the removal of my decades-old training wheels from my aerodynamic man-machine. Experts will not be able to stop themselves from advising me on nearly all topics as I absorb the wisenesses.
May 1, 2011 at 11:30
I need to test ride some bikes to learn whether I want a recumbent or to replace my 1980′s Raleigh (current bike). I have plantar fasciitis (over a year now…in spite of drugs, ice and stretching) and have had to give up dance, Zumba, step and walking so biking has become my aerobic exercise. But my seat is dang hard and though I had the bike tuned the shifting and brakes aren’t too safe feeling.
Forty decades ago I used to bike 20 miles to swim then ride back home, up a mountain. A friend and I made that ride almost daily in the summers. I am far from the ability to do that now but I miss that “person†and have improved my strength and stamina over the past 3 months.
I’m looking into bike groups, trails and my own “hands-on” maintenance.
I’m in the ambitious but learning stages and desire to gain knowledge.
I’ve only done two group rides: Providence Bridge Pedal and The Worst Day Ride. The roads are almost all bikers so we didn’t use the bike lanes. I need to better learn those “rulesâ€Â.
I had a biker upset with me for not knowing the rules of the road and having them swerve out of the bike lane, cut through my right turn lane and I scared both of us.
Security kindly kicked me off Nike campus yesterday, Saturday. (I was riding around the perimeter where cars belong, not the jogging trail. Bikes aren’t allowed either place.) So, I joined the traffic on Jenkins Road and found the bike lane to be a surprisingly nice place to be.
I also loaded fourteen bikes into the back of my truck to take a group of 12 year olds on a ride. The experience was enjoyed by all. (Some kids didn’t own bikes so we gathered bikes for them.) Later I returned, enthusiastically, to the same area, with a friend only for her to discover the sign that bikes weren’t allowed! Oops. Glad we only saw a couple of people on the trail the day of the group ride and that they were all pleasant, kind Oregonians. The kids loved the experience.
I thirst for the knowledge to be found at the convention and will spread word of all I gain with others.
May 1, 2011 at 11:39
I MUST go and have awaken the past four Saturday’s knowing what’s to come to the convention center. I went online wanting to believe this was happening May…next weekend and that I HADN’T MISSED the event. I eagerly wrote my aforementioned essay and then saw the date more sanely…
MAN I MISSED THIS!! Where can I turn to begin my test rides now?
I did join a riding group and will pay better attention to their “dates”.