When the time comes for you to get a bike, I cannot say enough good things about Clever Cycles on SE Hawthorne at 9th Avenue in Portland. They totally understand the kind of cycling you want to do, and your "own strange style" will be right up their alley. It's a wonderful bike shop, and my only regret is that I didn't go to them first: I could have saved myself a lot of angst in the first days of bike-riding if I had.
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When the time comes for you to get a bike, I cannot say enough good things about Clever Cycles on SE Hawthorne at 9th Avenue in Portland. They totally understand the kind of cycling you want to do, and your "own strange style" will be right up their alley. It's a wonderful bike shop, and my only regret is that I didn't go to them first: I could have saved myself a lot of angst in the first days of bike-riding if I had.
Good luck!