Portland is the largest city in Oregon, located on the northwest side of the USA. It’s known for its beautiful surroundings, eco-friendliness, music scene, microbreweries and coffeehouses. But most of all - Portland is known for its strong bicycle culture and the city is slowly growing into becoming the bicycle capital of the USA.

 

The first thing that struck me about Portland is the warm community feeling. The medium sized city is a mix of many small, cozy neighborhoods, where you immediately feel at home. And so we did. In our rented house on the well-known Alberta Street, we spent 10 days making this issue.

 

The total ended up being a great mix of stories, a lot of amazing new friends and we even got the time to celebrate Thanksgiving in the traditional way with the great people of The Athletic Community. On the plane home, exhausted and happy, I remember thinking that Portland was the perfect choice for this issue.

 

Hope you enjoy it!
This is Bikevibe Portland.

 

Mari Oshaug
Editor-in-chief