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Christina Cooke How the Handmade Bike Scene Is Changing
“There are always going to be collectors,” says bike-component maker Kyle Von Hoetzendorff, “but a lot of the builders want to build bikes that people can buy and go ride. The industry has grown up.”
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Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg America's Rebel Band of Custom-Bike Builders
Nearly all of the bikes sold in the U.S. are manufactured abroad, but these guys are welding and tinkering in shops and garages across the country.
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The Glorious Feeling of Fixing Something Yourself
When I mended my lamp at one of Portland's repair cafes, it was no longer "just" a lamp to me; I felt a fierce sense of attachment to it.
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What It's Like to Join Portland's 'World Naked Bike Ride'
"To whoever it is behind me that just said he wants to pee from his bike, DO IT!"
