In an outdoors community awash in a sea of bike shops, gear stores and big-box options, what compels readers to vote one particular place Best Bike Shop, year after year? This particular bike shop’s wins in Best of Central Oregon go back as long as the Source has been doing the contest, taking second just […]
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The Bike Guys’ Bikes
Riding in Bend is serious business: a quick Google search of “Bend bike shops” brings up 20 different locations. Even with so much competition, these shops thrive thanks to the efforts of their knowledgeable and passionate staff members. These gearheads keep the chains running smoothly for Bend’s cyclists, but what turns their wheels? We asked […]
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Could Redmond be the Next “It” Town?
Revamped infrastructure and quaint charm add up to an opportunity
Last Saturday, bathed in crisp springtime sunshine, Redmond hosted its first city-sanctioned St. Patrick’s Day party. The main grid that runs along Fifth and Sixth Street, and traces out a Norman Rockwell-quaint downtown, was bustling with residents young and less young. Several men in kilts wandered on the street, presumably members of the High Desert […]