Take that, little ol' lady from Pasadena.

Who Makes the Coolest Stuff?

Hint: "Pretty and Strong"

Chris King Precision Components are located in NW Portland along the "dirty 30"hwy. Hard to find? kinda. Worth the hassle? oh yeah! Factory Tours? Sadly, no. Not Yet anyway.

Thanks to Cameron for giving a few minutes to chat with a hick Montanan. He told me that even after four years in there new location they are still working on getting the place sorted out. Obviously mfg. is up and running but they are still working on a lot of stuff around the place. For example, the building is still unsigned. Unless you count the outline of the former occupant's sign "River City Textiles". The previous occupant to the textile mfg. was a coffee roaster. Cameron told me the they were building a bistro in the old roaster area. Sounds cool. Hopefully in the near future, factory tours will be on the list.
Thanks Chris King for Making fantastically durable and beautiful stuff......

Next stop.....OREGON BREW FEST!!!

I'm not really posting this, well I mean I am, but this is our own Captain Entropy corresponding from Portland Or this week. You can check his twitter feed for updates in real time these internets are wonderful. --->

Truly Portland Oregon is the most cycling affluent city in the world. A city where one can find, in the same block, a bakfiets, a pizza joint, and a huffy clad in fur. From the looks of things this bike is the Portland equivalent of the Aspen fox fur boots. Unfortunately I was unable to see the owner of this animabike anywhere. Of course it was early in the morning, perhaps this bike had been left after a raucous night at the bar. It couldn't be that hard to find your fur bedazzled bike outside the bar at 2am, unless this really is a Portland trend and everyone who's anyone is sporting a furbike. Its a good thing I brought my passport cause I am definitely not in America anymore.