Posts Tagged ‘manifesto’
Bicycle shops in the county are closing for business
Local bicycle shops are dying off in the East Bay. In the last two months, five of them have closed their doors in Alameda County. One of them is Oakland’s Manifesto Bicycles. Owners Sam Cunningham and Mackay Gibbs explain how a decline in bicycle commuting and competition from online retailers affected their business and led…
Read MoreSunday social hour for bikers
For those who can’t decide between a Sunday morning bike ride and dutifully going to church, Manifesto Bicycles has been helping Oakland cyclists have it both ways. Since 2008, the locally owned bike shop on 40th Street has been hosting “Bike Church,” an irregular Sunday morning gathering at Manifesto, where attendees can listen to music, enjoy street food and catch up with one another.
Read MoreOuttakes from Manifesto Bicycles
In honor of Manifesto Bicycles celebrating it’s official one-year birthday today, I’m posting these outtake photos from the article I wrote last month. Happy anniversary!
Read MoreManifesto: Not your everyday bike shop
The bike store Manifesto has a Flickr photo account, “Our customers rock,” which is full of photos of people posing with their bicycles. People smiling standing next to their bikes, slowly riding by, triumphantly raising the bike over their heads — all photos of Manifesto’s customers with their new bikes. Each photo is captioned with…
Read MoreArt show at Manifesto Bicycles
Tonight, from 6pm to 9pm, four shops around 40th Street and Broadway are hosting art shows and receptions, calling it the “40th Street Corridor Art Quest.” Manifesto Bicycles along with Rowan Morrison Gallery, Premium Tattoo and Vintage, and Issues will be displaying local artwork in their shops. People can get “treasure maps” (the stores will…
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