BikeTiresDirect.com's new location.(Photo: Mark Blackwelder) After a fire back in August completely gutted the Northeast Portland headquarters of BikeTiresDirect.com, Velotech Inc. is getting back on its feet. Velotech (which also runs WesternBikeworks.com) has leased a new, 20,000 square foot warehouse, office and retail space and they've planned a grand opening party for October 30th. In a statement released [...]

The BikeTiresDirect crew.(Photo: Velotech Inc.) Linda Watts is the marketing manager for BikeTiresDirect.com, the company whose headquarters in Northeast Portland fell victim to a large fire late Saturday night. BikeTiresDirect is primarily an Internet mail-order business, but they also had a retail store that was frequented by local customers. Ms. Watts drove out to their warehouse at NE [...]

An early morning fire has completely gutted a bike shop in east Portland. Biketiresdirect.com is a mail-order shop and retailer based near the Portland Airport at NE 92nd and Colfax. Reader Chu...

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An early morning fire has completely gutted a bike shop in east Portland. Biketiresdirect.com is a mail-order shop and retailer based near the Portland Airport at NE 92nd and Colfax. Reader Chuck Bridge says he passed by this morning and said, "it looks like the whole warehouse has been gutted." "It sucks for me personally too," [...]