About us
Clever Cycles is Portland’s first and largest bicycle shop devoted exclusively to bicycling as primary transportation, serving families and businesses seeking to avoid dependence on cars with stylish, practical bikes and accessories for everyday use. We opened in June 2007, after our families, Dean & Rachel Mullin, and Todd & Martina Fahrner became partners to help make Portland an even better place to live and work, breathe, slow down in, ride every day.
We are not motivated by the rising costs of motoring, ecological guilt, or a body-sculpting regimen. Bicycling is not a sacrifice or a statement. We ride instead of drive because it is pleasurable and convenient, simply the best way to get around Portland.
We sell products that our families, with five children in all, have found invaluable in running our households by bike year round; not just “commuting” bikes but family transport, cargo, and folding bikes, all equipped for comfort, safety, and reliability. We also sell clothing and accessories that support a practical biking lifestyle. We do not sell sporting goods or fitness equipment: fitness is a natural by-product of riding your bike right past the gym in the course of your normal errands. The more you carry and the heavier your bike, the better the workout!
