A MONTH OR SO BACK I FINALLY MADE IT TO THE BICYCLE FILM FEST, HELD IN PORTLAND. HAVING WANTED TO GO FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS AND NOT MAKING IT... THIS YEAR I WAS EXCITED TO MAKE A POINT AND SCHEDULE IT IN!
ONCE WE ARRIVED AT THE EVENT, I WAS STOKED TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE OUT TO SUPPORT THE FILM AND BIKE CULTURE. AN ENTIRE TWO BLOCKS WERE CLOSED OFF TO ACCOMODATE THE INFLUX OF CYCLING MOVIE-GOERS... AND IT WAS PACKED!
OUR POSSE DECIDED TO ROLL INTO DOTS AND EAT WHILE WE TOOK IT ALL IN... OF THE TWO SCREENINGS SHOWN THAT NIGHT, WE DECIDED TO ATTEND NEITHER. SKIPPING THE $10 COVER, WE MASHED ON FRENCH FRIES AND COFFEE... DID SOME PEOPLE WATCHING (THERE WAS A FULL ON RAVE HAPPENING IN THE STREET, COMPLETE WITH DUDES IN UNDERWEAR AND GOLD BODY-SUITS, GLOWSTICKS AND ALL!), WE OPTED TO PEDAL OUT AND TOOK A NIGHT-RIDE AROUND THE WATERFRONT AND DOWNTOWN AREA.
THERE WAS AN INSANE AMOUNT OF BIKES OUT... MORE THAN WE SAW AT THE CONVENTION CENTER'S RECENT INDUSTRY BIKE SHOW. PDX DEFINITELY ROLLS DEEP... ALL IN ALL, I'M SURE IT WAS A COOL SET OF BIKE-RELATED FILMS, BET YOU I CAN SEE THEM ALL ONLINE BY NOW... HAHA, MAYBE I'LL ACTUALLY MAKE IT IN THE THEATER DOOR NEXT YEAR!!!
DIG THE VELOSHIP V'S IN THE ABOVE PIC... YEAH, ART NERD.
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