On this episode (YouTube model beneath), I sat down within the Shed with veteran Portland bike enjoyable purveyor and artist Shawn Granton. Shawn has been concerned with the native bike seen since 2002 and has created artwork for a lot of rides and occasions through the years. A comic book illustrator revealed in Momentum and Bicycle Instances magazines (relaxation in peace) and creator of quite a few native occasion flyers, Shawn is the writer of the City Journey League weblog, a collaborator on in style Zinester’s Information to Portland, and chief of a number of well-known native rides such because the Useless Freeways Trip and the Palm Tree Trip.
We talked about:
What it was like shifting to Portland in 2001 and the way Shawn bought into the bike scene
Shawn’s first Portland bike that he purchased at Citybikes in 2001
How a sticker Shawn made in 2002 led to creation of the Midnight Thriller Trip, which continues to be held month-to-month to this present day
Why Shawn doesn’t like rain jackets
His favourite native bike tenting overnighter spots
Going again to highschool for a geography diploma
The twentieth anniversary of Shawn’s Palm Tree Trip and why he likes to stay up for “bizarre” palm bushes
How on-line algorithms rob folks of the serendipity of discovering issues on bike rides
and extra!
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