Portland Pedicabs Celebrates Bacardi Gras Fat Tuesday!

Portland Pedicab Bacardi Gras

Portland Pedicabs pedaled steady on Fat Tuesday, providing complimentary pedicab rides for Bacardi Gras!

We pedaled revelers between Dirty, Splash, and the Barrel Room. It was a great night with many passengers. 
Our Portland Pedicab crew had shirts, lights, and most importantly Bacardi Gras beads to pass out to all the nightlife partiers.

Portland Pedicab Bacardi Gras

Portland Pedicabs had some great experiences on Fat Tuesday working with Bacardi. We pedaled the Lead Dancer at Dirty, many young couples, and some ladies who earned some more beads as we pedaled them to Splash!

Dirty, Splash, and Barrel Room all had drink specials that our passengers were raving about. One crowd favorite was the Bacardi Oakheart, a new all natural spiced rum.

Our Pedicabs were decorated with custom Bacardi Gras 2012 flags. We displayed them on the back of our pedicab carriages and wrapped around the seat. Tons of great compliments on the Mardi Gras masked faces!

We pedaled folks all over downtown with our Portland Pedicabs for Fat Tuesday and Bacardi Gras. Thanks for the  great night!

Portland Pedicab Bacardi Gras

Portland Pedicabs pedal U of O Ducks as the Grand Marshall of the Rose Parade!

U of O Ducks Pedicab, a set on Flickr.

Wow! Portland Pedicabs pedaled “Puddles” & the U of O Ducks in the Portland Rose Parade! It was one of our highest honors ever to pedal the 2011 Grand Marshall of the Rose parade, the U of O Ducks Football Program in our Portland Pedicab!

The U of O Ducks had a great run for their football season, making it to the National Championship. The Royal Rosarians recognized this great talent and named U of O Ducks Football as the Grand Marshall for Portland’s most important parade.

Portland Pedicabs was honored to be asked to pedal Puddles, the U of O football team, and cheerleaders in our Portland Pedicab! We custom decorated the pedicab to be U of O colors, with custom signage and flowers to celebrate the occasion! We even installed a Pedicab stereo system to play the U of O fight song throughout the Rose Parade!

We had our veteran Eugene and Portland Pedicab rockstar, Phil Wood do the honors of pedaling Puddles in our pedalcab. Phil is the quackiest, duckiest pedicab driver ever to have graced the Portland Pedicab shop!

It was such an honor to pedal Puddles and the U of O football program on their big day as the Grand Marshall!

You can watch the official video of the parade, where Puddles, Portland Pedicabs, and Phil Wood make a special appearance at “3:40”

http://www.kgw.com/video?id=123686454&sec=547977

Portland Pedicabs pedals Holiday Sleigh Rides for great Alberta St. Businesses

Portland Pedicab Sleigh Rides at Salt & Straw Gourmet Ice Cream!

Portland Pedicab Sleigh Rides

Portland Pedicabs Sleigh Rides

Salt & Straw Gourmet Ice Cream, Tumbleweed Boutique, and Grasshopper Store teamed up with Portland Pedicabs to provide a recent night of fun filled Portland Pedicab Sleigh rides, holiday flavored ice cream cones, and beautifully decorated shops! The event, just like Salt & Straw’s Fall Festival Pedicab Hay Rides was a smash hit.

As couples and families poured in to the cute ice cream shop and lovely boutiques they were greeted by live music and even livelier employees.

Portland Pedicabs was on hand to whisk folks from these great stores in our Holiday Pedicab Sleigh Rides!

What better way to end the evening, than with a pleasant Portland Pedicab stroll down Alberta st to admire the shops and boutiques.

Post written by Portland Pedicab Rockstar, Raine Frederickson & edited by Ryan Hashagen

Portland Pedicabs helps film Bike Racing at Alpenrose Velodrome.

Filming Bike Racers at Alpenrose from a Portland Pedicab

Pedaling Laps at Alpenrose with a Portland Pedicab

Photographing Bike Racers by Portland Pedicab

Videotaping Youth Bicycle Racers by Portland Pedicab

Videotaping Youth Bicycle Racers by Portland Pedicab

Pedaling Family & Friends in a Portland Pedicab at Alpenrose

Pedaling Family & Friends in a Portland Pedicab at Alpenrose

Portland Pedicabs make a perfect platform for photographers and videographers!  Our Pedicab was hired by the great non-profit, Bikes and Ideas for Kids Empowerment. This local group is also known as B.I.K.E.  They are dedicated to helping at risk youth find purpose and focus through bicycle racing.

There were two jobs for our Portland Pedicab around the lower track of Alpenrose.  The first mission was to provide family, friends, and supporters with rides around the track, while cheering their favorite racers!

Our second purpose was to pedal the great Alpenrose photo and videographers around the inside track, giving them better shots and exposures of the youthful racers.  Our cab was especially able get footage with less “whiplash” as the racers passed, because we could roll with them!

Here are some of the photos of our great pedaler, Troy Hashagen, pedaling around Alpenrose, making smiles and helping record them, too!

Best wishes to B.I.K.E. and all of their great kids!  Portland Pedicabs is happy to help you promote your mission!

Portland Pedicabs pedals Portland Cocktail Week with Rum Club and Bacardi

Portland Pedicab pedals Portland Cocktail Week

Portland Pedicab Pedaling Portland Cocktail Week

Portland Pedicab Pedaling Portland Cocktail Week

Portland Pedicabs worked hard this weekend pedaling folks to Rum Club for Portland Cocktail Week.

We partnered with Rum Club and Bacardi and provided shuttle Portland Pedicab service to Rum Club for all the Portland Cocktail dignitaries!

Our gregarious Pedicab Pedalers handed out shirts, hats, and beanies for Bacardi and 42 below brand drinks.  One of our guys favorite lines was: “um, excuse me, I think you forgot your free Bacardi t-shirt!”

Especially late in the evening, our Portland Pedicabs were busy!  We pedaled many trips to and from Rum Club.  All of the Portland Cocktail Week folks kept us pedaling laps! Rum Club was definitely the place to be during Portland Cocktail Week.

Thanks,
Portland Pedicabs

Portland Pedicab After Dinner City and Waterfront Tour

Portland Pedicab City Tour

We had such a wonderful time touring two locals around Portland, after their dinner at Pazzo Ristorante.

It was beautiful evening. They enjoyed seeing how the Pearl had changed since years past.  It was nice to travel through downtown, the Pearl District, the Portland Waterfront, and Chinatown via Portland Pedicab and at a leisurely pace.

Thanks for enjoying our Portland Pedicab waterfront tour! It was a pleasure to give you two a new view on your hometown!

Portland Pedicab Hay Rides at Salt and Straw’s Fall Festival

Salt & Straw Gourmet Ice Cream Fall Festival Portland Pedicab Hay Rides

Portland Pedicab Hay Rides at Salt & Straw Gourmet Ice Cream

Portland Pedicab Hay Rides at Salt & Straw Gourmet Ice Cream

Portland Pedicab Hay Rides encounter Goats on the Neighborhood Greenway!

Portland Pedicab Hay Rides at Salt & Straw Gourmet Ice Cream

Portland Pedicab Hay Rides

Lale enjoys her sweet tip on her Portland Pedicab

What a great afternoon! Portland Pedicabs had a wonderful time providing pedicab hay rides for Salt and Straw, NE Alberta street’s farm-fresh, handmade gourmet ice cream shop.  Salt and Straw was hosting an amazing Fall Festival, with a live band and Portlandia Pedicab Hay Rides!

The Fall Festival was held to celebrate harvest and the new seasonal flavors of Salt and Straw.  They had a line out the door all afternoon! It was a beautiful October afternoon in Portland to enjoy some Lemon Basil Sorbet or Pear Blue Cheese.
Kim Malek, the founder of Salt and Straw, had brought fresh hay from her backyard farm. We worked together to fashion some mini haybales for our pedicab seats.

Everyone enjoyed their Salt and Straw ice cream as we pedaled them in our Pedicab Hay Rides.  We pedaled around 30 pedicab trips around the neighborhood from the Salt and Straw Scoop shop at 2035 NE Alberta St.  The favorite Pedicab Hay Ride was to pedal down Alberta and then tour back on NE Going, the nearby Neighborhood Greenway.

Our Portland Pedicab Hay Ride passengers were young and old and included folks from many neighborhoods in Portland and even a gal who had ventured from Salem to make her afternoon adventure be Salt and Straw’s Fall Festival! As I rode her in our pedicab, she told me that, “The Fall Festival was great! I loved the band and this pedicab hay ride! Salt and Straw has such unique fresh flavors with spirit.”

Portland is a small town and we ran into many people we know.
I was also excited to pedal a couple who we had pedaled their wedding earlier this summer!

Pedicabbing in the neighborhoods of Portland is always different than being downtown.  The best was when we pedicabed some folks along NE Going, Nd we came across people walking their goats. It was an “only in Portland” moment, until we realized we were all in a Pedicab eating Ice Cream in October!

Thanks to Salt and Straw for such a wonderful Fall Festival! Portland Pedicabs loved pedaling all your guests and friends for Pedicab Hay Rides around the neighborhood.

Portland Pedicabs rocks and rolls at the Rose City Rollers Bridgetown Brawl

Roller Derby Ladies Rock & Roll in our Portland Pedicab

Portland Pedicabs loves roller derby! Our dorky founder has coached roller derby for the last 5 years in Bellingham, Portland, and Chile as Saul T. Scrapper.

So when the Rose City Rollers asked for some help transporting their visiting derby guests at the Western Regional tournament, we jumped and spun an aerial 180 with a shoot the moon!

We worked with Schemestress and Draggin Lady to figure out the details.  Our pedalers would represent the RCR home league by proudly wearing the RCR fist logo.

We pedaled derby gals and guests all over the Lloyd.  Up to the bout hotel, the afterparties, sushi restaraunts and Red Robins.  I personally pedaled gals from Tuscon, Austin, Sacramento, Denver, Portland!, Bellingham! (nice to see Chaos Fury and Walker!) Salem, Corvallis, Los Angeles, Eugene, and even some Canadian derby dames!

Portland Pedicabs was proud to help share Portland with Rose City Roller’s visiting derby leagues via pedicab transportainment!

Portland Business Alliance Retirement Pedicab Cruise!

Portland Pedicab Retirement Tour

Portland Pedicabs was called to pedal Trish, the Portland Business Alliance’s “Queen of Chamber” for 32 years!

All of the PBA’s staff lined up outside their office building in SW Portland and stood in front of our Portland Pedicab, obscuring Trish’s getaway chariot.  As she walked down the front stairs with her partner, the sea of colleagues parted and revealed our waiting Portland Pedicab!

We pedaled her and her partner away from the office Andre along the waterfront and then up to Mandarin Cove, where all of the PBA staff cheered her arrival!

Thank you, Trish and Portland Business Alliance for using our Portland Pedicabs for your big day!

Portland Pedicabs at Sole Support to raise Parkinsons disease awareness

Lale pedals Sole Support guests by Portland Pedicab

Portland pedicabs at Sole Support

Lovely Ladies enjoy their Portland Pedicab Tour

Portland Pedicab pedals Families

Portland Pedicabs at Sole Support

Portland Pedicabs delivers Smiles & Sole Support Guests

Portland Pedicabs was invited to help provide transportation and fun waterfront cruises in Willamette Park for Sole Support, the 7th annual Parkinson’s Disease awareness walk.

Our Pedicabs were very helpful shuttling folks from parking to the event and providing the kids and young at heart enjoyable chariot rides in our rickshaws!

A steady stream of participants and supporters kept us pedaling in one of Portland’s great riverfront parks.  We were so happy to help provide useful transportainment for such a good cause!

Hope to see you all again!
Thanks for having Portland Pedicabs help out at such an enjoyable event!