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Shop Local for the holidays and for your winter ad

Shop Local for the holidays and for your winter adventures! 🌳 Our gear is donated with generosity from community members and is carefully repaired and restored by our staff and volunteers. In addition to supporting ♻️gear repair and reuse, every dollar stays right here and supports our free educational programming to increase equitable access to the outdoors 🍃 🚲 ⛷️

Come on in!

#shopusedshoplocal #communitysupport #thankyouforyourdonations

Antique of the Week presented by the bicycle match

Antique of the Week presented by the bicycle match-maker 💜 @jessebillypilgrim

Check out this really cool early 80's vintage Soma Prestige road bike. It's Japanese, it's steel, and it has a cool smokey purple paint job. When this bike came in as a donation we all looked at it and said "Wow, I had no idea Soma made bikes back in the 80's."

Recently we have been building some really fun custom Soma bikes for customers and the sales floor and after a quick google search we found out that Soma is in fact a relatively new company that was founded in San Francisco in 2001. Apparently this vintage Soma is from a completely different company that was based in Japan.

On the modern Soma's blog they talk about how after they started their company they heard from a customer about the old Japanese company, but they had never seen one "in the wild." In 2008 a grainy photo of a vintage Soma Cosmopolitan made it onto the internet and when modern Soma found it. They said,

"It feels kind of like hearing about Bigfoot for years and then finally catching a glimpse of one."

Since then many other vintage Soma's have made it onto the web and it turns out that they were a small spinoff company of Kuwahara which was primarily known for making the BMX bicycles that were used in the blockbuster movie ET. Kuwahara produced very good quality steel bikes that were not too expensive, kind of like the modern Soma company.

It just so happens that we have a beautiful purple Soma Double Cross that we built up with some new and used parts and I thought that our vintage Soma should meet our modern Soma. I think they look pretty cute together and they are both my size, so please come take one (or both) home with you, so I am not tempted to.

#somabikes #somadoublecross #gearhubbutter #gearhubbike #antiqueoftheweek

Commute by bike year round? Ride the trails throug

Commute by bike year round? Ride the trails through snow and ice? Studded tire season is right around the corner!! 🥶
Stop in for studded fat tires, mtb tires, and studded commuter tires.
We’ve got new and used options available for 26” wheels, 700c, 29r, 27.5, 650b, and even 20” wheels !!!

#winterbiking #gearhubwinter #studdedtires #commutebybike

Today is Giving Tuesday!
Make a donation to the P

Today is Giving Tuesday!
Make a donation to the Portland Gear Hub today to help increase equitable access to the outdoors.
Together with community support and volunteers we helped redistribute bikes, helmets, safety accessories and lights to 212 youth and adults in 2022. Our classes are taught by former program participants, translated into multiple languages, and provide opportunities for new leaders from within the community to join our team as staff, volunteers, and advisors.

You can support this work today via the link in our bio or at portlandgearhub.org/donate 🥳

THANK YOU!! 🚲
#communitysupport #thankyouforyourdonations #bikesforallmainers #kidsbikeparties

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

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

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