While not track related, the guys over at Portland Design Works are big FGF supporters with sime nice products to help you ride in style! Check them out. We with them well in their new venture.
Industry veterans Erik Olson and Dan Powell have launched Portland
Design Works (PDW), a new brand of urban bicycle accessories with a
focus on simple, beautiful design. The first two categories of product,
grips and inflation, will begin shipping in mid-February and can be
viewed on the new PDW website, www.ridepdw.com. Cargo racks, tools, mini-pumps and fenders will be available by late spring.
PDW is still finalizing their national distribution lineup, but
hopes to have their goods available nationwide by summer. Products will
be available direct to bicycle shops in the city of Portland, and
Powell and Olson will deliver the orders by bicycle.
“We want to be a part of the community, to have a connection,” says
Olson, “plus making deliveries by bike is a great excuse to get out and
ride.”
Olson and Powell last collaborated as the general manager and
sales/marketing guy, respectively, for Planet Bike. The new venture is
a dream come true for the native Midwesterners, who are excited to be
living in Portland.
“You’d start a surf company near great waves, or a wind farm on an
enormous plain. Likewise, we moved to Portland because its
bike-friendly culture allows so many folks to get around easily by
bike,” says Powell. “We wanted to design and test our gear in that
great urban cycling atmosphere.”
PDW is a member of 1% For the Planet, an alliance of businesses that
donate at least 1% of their annual revenues to environmental
organizations worldwide.
