At Sellwood Cycle Repair, we are deeply invested in both the immediate community that supports and keeps our shop going, as well as the larger Sellwood-Moreland community that surrounds the shop. From sponsoring cycling teams and individuals, to working within the Sellwood-Moreland neighborhood and larger Portland cycling community, the reverberations of Sellwood Cycle Repair are much grander than the confines of the shop.
Teams
- Team S & M: The official team of Sellwood Cycle Repair
- Les Femmes de S & M: The female division of Team S & M
- Young Guns: Sellwood Cycle’s factory team of sorts, sponsoring promising young riders at the highest levels of competition.
- Gentle Lovers: A perfect foil to Team S & M. The Gentle Lovers are fast, without taking themselves too seriously.
- Team Cthulhu: The call of Cthulhu beckons these cycling denizens of brutality.
- Lazy Tarantulas: A powerhouse of a team run by our friends Geoff & Gregg Rice.
- Sellwood Cycling Club: Less of a team, and more of a group made up of many neighborhood friends.
Individuals
- Steven Beardsley: A real speedy individual, who rides for Gentle Lovers.
- Ross Kenney: A friend who embarked on a cross country tour and back upon his Kona Jake this past summer.
- Alice Pennington: A top finisher in whatever discipline, both locally and nationally.
- Luke Pennington: Alice’s younger brother. A legend in his own right, and a masterful storyteller.
- Bobby Lemanski: Perhaps the biggest Green Bay Packers fan we know other than Tonkin himself.
- Sean Burles: A renaissance man of sorts, who races Super-D and cyclocross.
- Matt Picio: Another friend of the shop who embarked on a cross country tour aboard his Kona Sutra.
Community Efforts
We provide support and donations to various organizations, schools, and groups. Here are a few of them:
- Bike Train PDX - An organization started by our friend Kiel Johnson, ensuring kids a safe, pre-planned, chaperoned, route to school via bike.
- Public Interest Law Project - A division of the PILP, run through the Lewis & Clark Law School, assisting students and groups that provide legal help for the disadvantaged.
- Here are some of the Schools that we have supported: Llewelyn Elementary, St. Agatha Catholic School, Tucker-Maxon School, Cleveland High School, Richmond School PTA, Pacific Crest Community School, Duniway Elementary, Lee Owen Stone Preschool.
Race Sponsorship
- Cross Crusade - Our local cyclocross series, which just happens to feature some of the most attended bicycle races in the world.
- Oregon Junior Cyclocross Series - A cyclocross series for serious youngsters.
- Bear Springs Trap - One of the best and most challenging MTB races of the year.
- Six Hours of Mt. Hood - A wonderful six hour MTB race, where you can choose to race as a team or hammer for 6 hours solo.
Neighborhood Grub
Click here or the map above for a listing of our favorite spots surrounding the shop.