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3 Top Bike Tour Stops In Portland, Oregon

Portland is consistently ranked as one of the top five (if not the number one) cycling cities in the United States. Boasting over four hundred miles of bike lanes, bike-specific traffic signals, and a community that champions alternative transportation choices, Portland’s natural beauty and iconic landmarks make it an ideal destination for bikers.

The city boasts a stunning natural landscape with lush forests, scenic waterfronts, and numerous parks. A bike tour in Portland is an excellent way to experience the city’s many unique neighborhoods, from the trendy Pearl District to the eclectic Alberta Arts District. Portland has an impressive network of bike paths that allow riders to explore the city at their own pace and experience the local culture.

Join a memorable bike tour and experience the best that Portland offers while enjoying the freedom and convenience of cycling. 

At Cycle Portland, We Offer 3 of Portland’s Best Bike Tours: 

  • THE ESSENTIAL PORTLAND TOUR: If you’re looking for a fantastic way to discover Portland, Look no further than this signature bike tour! Accompanied by experienced guides, you’ll visit historic Old Town, cycle along the waterfront esplanade, cruise the green park block corridors, and explore the vibrant Pearl District. The tour is available on both multispeed and e-bikes, ensuring a smooth and enjoyable experience for riders of all levels. 

The ride level is easy, lasting 6-8 miles at a comfortable pace. This tour is offered daily at 10 am & 1 pm, lasting 2.5 hours.

  • BREWS CRUISE: Exploring the breweries of Portland is a must-do for any visitor to the city. Join us on a fun-filled bike ride through historic East Side neighborhoods, where you’ll have the opportunity to taste the city’s finest beers from local breweries. 

During the ride, you’ll have the freedom to purchase beer from two different breweries. The beer tour is available on multi-speed and e-bikes, making it accessible to riders of all skill levels. As you pedal through the city, you’ll delve into the history of how Portland became a renowned international craft beer destination. Discover the stories behind Portland’s impressive beer scene while indulging in some of the city’s finest brews. 

Come pedal with us and discover the flavorful beer scene that Portland is known for!

Departures are at 2 pm Daily, the ride level is easy, and the distance of the tour is 6-8 miles.

  • FOODIE FIELD TRIP: If you’re a foodie looking to indulge your taste buds in Portland, Oregon, we have the perfect bike tour for you. Arrive hungry, and embark on a culinary journey through the city’s local hotspots. This tour offers a unique insight into Portland’s bustling culinary scene and the “locavore” philosophy that drives it. With a mix of flavors to satisfy any palate, this classic Portland experience includes both food and drink. 

The tour is available on multi-speed and e-bikes, making it accessible to riders of all levels. Ride and discover the delicious tastes that Portland has to offer! Departure times are at 1 PM daily, the ride level is easy, food and drinks are included in the cost, and the distance is 7-9 Miles.

Ready to Book a Tour?

Reserve your spot on any of these fantastic rides in Portland! Questions? We’ve got answers! For more information or to make reservations, click here! We look forward to enjoying Portland with you!

Top 4 Underrated Tools

For this week’s post, we are bringing you our Top 4 most underrated, and undervalued tools. These are the tools that you’ve always seen as overpriced or superfluous, but we explain their true benefit and why they pay off in the end. You may notice, we don’t recommend one brand for every tool. This is for two reasons: one, as a small business, we are not tied to any tool company or brand; and two, there really is no brand that wins out in durability, usability, and price for every tool they make. But you don’t have to believe us, come down and check out the different options yourself at Cycle Portland.

Picking Your Tire Lever

Pedro’s vs Park Tool

Tire Lever
Pedro’s Tire Lever

Quality makes a big difference, even for some of some of the smallest tools. Design and plastic composition in tire levers become apparent after changing even one or two and become amplified after a few hundred tire changes. The Pedro Lever slots in the groove much better with a wider and better designed profile. The stiffer cross section mean less flexing and breakage when taking off a stiff tire.

 

 

 

Choosing Your Multitool

Crank Bros vs budget 6 toolCrank Brothers Multi-tool

You’ll notice a couple things you’ll notice when you finally need to pull that multitool out of its deep, dark corner of your saddlebag. First, you’ll notice the length and design of the handle. Getting the leverage to really tighten down that offending nut often takes more than a one-inch handle. Second, you’ll notice the construction of the whole contraption when it starts to loosen up and fall apart. For whatever reason, the bolt fastening method of those cheap-o tools will rattle apart after about five uses. The Crank Brothers set is a lifetime tool. Spend the money and you won’t regret it.

 

Start Your Toolkit Right with a Proper Long-handle SetPark Tools Wrench Set

When picking a good set of hex tools to start your toolset, what are the important things to look at? Long handle for leverage and hard to reach places, connected with metal vs plastic, having a ball-style on one end. Between tightening crankarms, removing stuck pedals, and accessing hard to reach brake bolts, long handle hex wrenches are indispensable. Combine that long handle with a ball-style end and you’ll able to tighten any bolt on your bike stress-free.

Note: Know what to use the ball-style hex for and what not to! Its perfect for adjusting a tough-to-access brake calliper or bottle cage. Just don’t try to lossen a rusted bolt as your more likely to round out the bolt head.

Why You Can’t Do Without Cable Cutters

Why should you invest in a genuine cable cutter rather than using snips to cut your cable housing? Trust us, you will regret every minute of your experience trying to cut shifting cable with snips. Shift housing is made up of long metal wires that run the length of the tubing. Attempting to cut these with snips leads to terrible cuts, poked fingers and a lot of frustration. Take it from us, it’s a $20-$35 tool that is worth its weight in gold!prod-tools-pedros-cable-cutter-2-wr

Your Bachelor & Bachelorette Party in Portland – On Bikes!

Cycle Portland is getting MORE media love! Be still our bikey hearts!

We’ve happily hosted many a bachelor & bachelorette party in portland over the years, and now Martha Stewart Weddings has recommended touring with Cycle Portland as an essential addition to your big day. Though many choose our Breweries By Bike tour for their day of fun festivities, all of our offerings provide a great way to explore the city with those you want to surprise.

Whether with family members, wedding parties, friends, and/or out-of-town visitors, our tours bring people together through reveling in all our lovely city has to offer! Love and bikes – a match made in Martha Stewart (and Portland) heaven.

Thanks for the love, Martha!

Portland Bike Tours explores what Spring has to offer

 

Active Transportation Summit Ride

Great rides this week in Oregon, both at the Active Transportation Summit in Salem and here in the city. Last night was the annual Bike to Blazers event and large groups of neighborhood riders cruised on two wheels to the “green game”. We helped organize an indoor roller races event with some Cyclocross friends Team Beer. Gold Sprints is the name of the game and riders race on stationary bikes while their progress towards a distance goal is projected on the wall in real time. Great crowd participation ( especially near the beer garden ) and we even got to witness a fantastic display of sportsmascotship in a race between the Portland Farmers Market Tomato and the Kaiser Permenente Dalmatian. Awesome video here. Thanks again to Team Beer!

 

 

Team Beer Gold Sprints

The Japanese cherries are blooming on the waterfront and our neighborhood green-ways are filling with cyclists once again. visiting Portland? consider a afternoon city tour or state wide route . Friends visiting? We have affordable rentals and you can show them your favorite path.

 

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