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The Gear Hub Garage and Bike School are closed tod
The Gear Hub Garage and Bike School are closed today and tomorrow so that our amazing staff and volunteers can take the long weekend off. We’re grateful to work with such an incredible crew and community everyday to recycle, refurbish, and redistribute outdoor gear here in Portland. We’ll be back open on Tuesday! Photo 1: recent skillshare among coworkers on XC ski binding installs ⛷️ Photo 2: painting project this week at the Bike School 🎨 Photo 3: video of Cristy rockin the rollers 🚲 #shopusedshoplocal #communitysupport

🚨 New beanie drop !💦‼️Keep your head coz
🚨 New beanie drop !💦‼️Keep your head cozy this winter while sporting your local nonprofit bike and gear shop. Designs by @rachadilla (at it again) and @maielloo (wooden skis). /// 🥶 ✨ This is a limited run in which every hat is special in its own way. 4 beanies, 3 designs, come in and pick your favorite. 🙃❄️ Thanks to the embroidery genius @kamihira.us (and inspo from @vvildflovver) #gearhubwinter

Heads up: We’re closed next Saturday for “Smal
Heads up: We’re closed next Saturday for “Small Business Saturday” so our staff can enjoy a long holiday weekend. But if you’re eager to support us or ready to start holiday shopping, we’re open today and Tuesday + Wednesday next week. ✨ As a nonprofit, shopping at our retail store means you can support our programs, support a culture of recycling and repair, and support the mission to increase access to the outdoors — and get some awesome gear. ♻️ 😄 Y’all continue to show up to support us and this community so THANK YOU! #shopusedshoplocal #portlandbuylocal #reducereuserecycle

Antique of the Week presented by a true fan @jesse
Antique of the Week presented by a true fan @jessebillypilgrim Univega is my favorite bicycle brand. It started like a lot of other bike brands in the 70's during "The Bicycle Boom" by bicycle designer Ben Lawee. It started out as "Italivega" which had all of their bikes produced in Italy, but soon moved production to Japan and changed their name to a much more universal Univega. They had their bikes produced by Miyata which was known for having some of the finest quality bikes of the time. I have a few Univegas in my collection, and my wife and I even rode 20miles on our wedding day in our wedding clothes to our reception on our Univega "Viva Touring" and "Alpina Sports." This is a "Gran Turismo" that was recently refurbished by us here at the Gear Hub is a size 64cm which is WAY too big for me, so it takes off the pressure for me to buy it to add to the collection. It is in beautiful shape and we dressed it up with some of our favorite Japanese made Panaracer Pasela tires, a new brown saddle and fresh Salsa bar tape. While this bike may be tough to compare to a modern heavy duty touring bike it is equipped with a triple crank for long days in the hills, Suntour "bar-con" shifters and will be a very smooth ride with its lugged chromoly frame. If you have a tall friend that thinks that no bike is big enough for them, show them a picture of this tall ride. #gearhubantiqueoftheweek #antiqueoftheweek #univega

Filling up every corner of the shop with new, used
Filling up every corner of the shop with new, used, and repaired winter goods. Time to start planning for snow! We just repaired a pile of snowshoes using @voilestraps, bike tires, a riveter, and some gear hub ingenuity. Also received a couple new @msr_gear snowshoes. See you this Saturday ?! #shopusedshoplocal #xcski #gearhubwinter

Antique of the Week with waxing wizard @jessebilly
Antique of the Week with waxing wizard @jessebillypilgrim In mid October we made the switch to “winter mode” and have been processing, tuning and installing new NNN bindings on a large batch of cool vintage skis that were donated over the summer months. I keep finding pairs of skis that I want to feature as an Antique of the Week, but I can never decide which one was the best so this week I will keep it short and sweet and show off some of the coolest looking skis we have run into so far. While most vintage cross country skis might not be as stiff and performance oriented as a new fancy pair of touring skis, they usually look way cooler and can give you years of fun especially when they are paired with comfy modern NNN boots and bindings. We tend to blast through our stock of XC skis pretty early in the season, so be sure to stop in or give us a call and we might have a cool pair of skis that fit you, your budget, and your color scheme. #antiqueoftheweek #xcskiing #vintageski

It’s cozy inside here at the Gear Hub. Start pla
It’s cozy inside here at the Gear Hub. Start planning and gearing up for your winter adventures! #getoutthere #xcskiing

A double Vector situation /// color-matched teal-b
A double Vector situation /// color-matched teal-blue-teal backcountry Voile UltraVector BC Skis and a rebuilt Haro Vector. Both nimble, playful, and woodsy. Come by if you’re thinking of trying more backcountry XC skiing this year. We’ve got new Voile (made in the US) and lots of refurb’d bc and tele options. This Haro Vector was rebuilt to be a let-loose kind of ride. As we know this fall continues to be glorious for dirt riding, so soak it up before the snow flies! #voileskis #harovector #26inchlifestyle #gearhubbike #getoutthere #tealisreal #voilevectorbc

Antique of the Week buffed and shined by @jessebil
Antique of the Week buffed and shined by @jessebillypilgrim The 1950's was an era full of overbuilt American made steel vehicles and appliances. Schwinn was the undisputed leader of the bicycle world at the time and their bikes were particularly "robust." Today's Antique weighs in at just under 50 lbs is a 1953 Schwinn Panther. This bike unfortunately is not in original condition and had been repainted at some point though I really dig the color scheme that they chose. It is also missing some of the original accessoriesa including the fender mounted "Rocket Ray" headlight and "Gas Tank." I looked up the serial number on bikehistory.org to find out the model because all of the original graphics were gone and found a picture of it in the 1953 Schwinn Catalog. The good news is the bike is in great mechanical shape and it has the original Schwinn Patented Knee Suspension Fork which is surprisingly more functional than many of the suspension forks put on modern bikes. One of my favorite parts of this bike is the "Sweetheart" skip tooth sprocket which you may recognise as the logo for one of our favorite bike shops, the Old Spokes Home in Burlington, Vermont. (@oldspokeshome ) It is crazy to think that this bike is coming up on its 70th birthday and all it really needed to get it running after years of sitting in a garage was a couple of inner tubes and a good bath. While this bike may not go fast, or stop fast it is going to last the test of time and look good while doing it. #schwinnjaguar #schwinnpanther #sweetheartskiptooth #antiqueoftheweek


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