“Beer, bikes, and legal representation....
what more could a bike racing team ask for?”
BicycleAttorney.com team Presto Velo is one of Oregon's oldest, continuously operating cycling teams.
BicycleAttorney.com Cycling Team Sisters, Oregon at the Sisters Stampede 2023 FrizzStudio.com
Michael A. Colbach is the main cash sponsor of the Bicycleattorney.com/racing Cycling Team, and the Oregon Bicycle Attorney of BicycleAttorney.com
Hopworks Urban Brewery is a long-time team sponsor and Exclusive Brewery Sponsor of the BicycleAttorney.com Cycling Team.
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They are the a wonderful group of people who support each other and racers at all levels in all disciplines.
The BicycleAttorney.com team Presto Velo is always up to raising money or supporting some good cause which are also featured in the yearly archived images.
You can see in the Team's Image Archives that there are several team members who have stood on the Podium at U.S. Cycling Nationals, and even UCI CX Masters World Championships.
Pictured Above: Rich Cramer on the Podium, Bend, Oregon U.S. Cycling Cyclocross Nationals 2010
Pictured Above: With my first team, NW Velo. Note the guy on the right is wearing a Bike N Hike - Presto Velo kit. The guy on the left is another Presto Velo member from the early 1990's. 30 years later and I am still watching every stage of the tour.
Bicycleattorney.com Mike Colbach Supports Oregon Cycling
- Bicycleattorney.com Mike Colbach proud to be a continued Partner for Race Monday Nights @ Portland International Raceway, also supporting juniors racing for the low $5/night all summer for both Monday and Tuesday night racing at Portland International Raceway PIR.
- Bicycleattorney.com Mike Colbach proud to be a continued contributing sponsor of the Oregon Bicycle Racing Assocation (OBRA) OBRA.org
- Learn more about Mike's, "Causes I Support"
- Peru Gravel Camp - one of our collective favorite causes and bicycle adventures - time is running out to reserve your spot for Gravel Camp 2026: "A full slate of adventure rides will take advantage of the hundreds of kilometers of quiet gravel roads in and around the incredible Sacred Valley of Cusco. After each day of cycling and a well-deserved lunch, our group will lead the boys through bike maintenance workshops, training sessions, race tactics discussions, and other activities to engage them and help them develop practical skills."
A Little Mike / Team History
The owner and operator of Bike n' Hike was Kevin Chudy who actually sponsored Mike's cycling team when he used to race bikes on the Presto Velo Cycling Team which is now the BicycleAttorney.com cycling team and Mike is the main cash sponsor. Mike and Kevin Chudy sponsored together Team Presto Velo BicycleAttorney.com/racing through 2015 in conjunction with HUB - Hopworks Urban Brewery.
In the Fall of 2015 after closing the Portland store, Kevin Chudy, owner of Bike N Hike, announced his retirement and closing of the Beaverton, Milwaukie, and Hillsboro stores. The team partnered with a new Portland bike store with a deep apprecition for our local bike shops, bike mechanics, bike fitting experts, the people that keep us all rolling.
Pictured: The banner over the start /finish line at Portland International Raceway of the U.S. gran prix of cyclocross The Stanley Portland Cup, with bike n hike Hopworks and bicycleattorney.com on the banner as contributing sponsors. The US Cycling Cyclocross Nationals were held in Bend that year the next weekend so the turn out and crowds were huge.
Portland Cycling History
The Portland Cup, U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclocross was the final races of the national Gran Prix series for 2007. We had The USGP Portland Cup in 2008, 2009 and 2010 also, and wow did it ever draw huge crowds to watch and some amazing cycling talent.
Mike Colbach BicycleAttorney.com and the team's co-sponsors were all contributing sponsors - the start / finish of the U.S. gran prix of cyclocross pictured below.
Portland almost always draws big crowds for bicycle events, and there was a respectable showing at the racetrack for the U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclocross.
About 800 racers competed Saturday and 800 are expected today. Winners of the Juniors (17- and 18-year olds), Elite Men and Elite Women classes will receive an automatic USA Cycling world championship berth.
Pictured: Flying Lap Alpenrose Velodrome Challenge
Our beloved Alpenrose Velodrome also had a ton of Portland cycling history.
The Alpenrose Velodrome was built for the U. S. Nationals.
Sports illustrated 1967 RACING THROUGH DAIRYLAND
A private company startled promoters and competitors with a brand-new high-banked track, making the National Bicycle Championships the most pleasant on record.
Frans Pauwels, the Portland organizer of the championships, and a big wheel in Oregon cycling, is still somewhat stunned by Alpenrose Dairy's outpouring of largesse. "I just came to Carl to ask for some trophies, and so...," he says, waving sort of helplessly at the track, stands and tents.
Pictured: Tres Amigoss, Bicycle Attorney Winter Training
Kevin Chudy, Michael Colbach, and Danny Knudsen
Presto Velo BicycleAttorney.com Portland lore cycling legends:
David Auker is a living legend in local and national bike racing circles. You might not know his name, but Auker was once one of the most feared racers on the west coast. He never signed a pro contract because he was too much of an independent spirit to go that route; but friends who were there back in the 1970s and '80s say he won plenty of races against much more famous opponents like Alexi Grewal, Bob Roll, and others. "In the old days," former teammate Danny Knudsen recalled at a birthday party for Auker in Hillsdale last night, "the pros would not like to see Dave when they showed up. He'd ruin their plans."
Knudsen, a fit 42-year old with thick white hair who currently coaches the BicycleAttorney.com Cycling Team, calls Auker his mentor. "He really took me under his wing," recalled Knudsen as Auker looked on, "He's had a huge impact on my life." From how to pack his race-day gear bag, to using mind games as a way to vanquish stronger riders, to using mint-flavored dental floss to sew up flattened tubulars (the mint was for good luck), Knudsen said, "I couldn't run my team without everything he's taught me."
Oregon is a world class cycling destination.
In the summer of 2021, I donated my lightly used Colnago Prestige Carbon Cyclocross bike to PDX Cycling Worlds to help support their effort to bring the Road Cycling World Championships to Oregon, while delivering a near mint-condition bike in time for Cross season to the lucky winner.
The Oregon bike races highlight the variety, diversity and beauty of all the great places Oregon offers for riding bicycles. And Oregon bike races have a history of drawing elite cyclists from all around the world.
Oregon has plenty of relaxed fun big cycling rides too, organized group rides, fully supported with great food, sometimes camping, and great routes, like the Crater Lake car free loop, a yearly event which draws regular cyclists and elite teams to Crater Lake; or the fun bike ride for a great cause, the Portland Bridge Pedal.
Pictured: Evan Elken on the Podium after his exiting sprint to the finish beating out pros in Stage #1 Cascade Classic July 7, 2004
In 2004 when I first starting out opening my own personal injury law practice, I was proud to be affiliated with Pro Cycling Racer Evan Elken, from Portland, Oregon.
For every bicycle accident case I represented, I made a donation to Evan Elken's racing fund. I continued to support Evan until he retired from pro cycling, concurrently with the early years of being the title sponsor for the BicycleAttorney.com/racing team.
"Hot Oregonian amateur Evan Elken will be joining the Jittery Joe's Pro Cycling Team for the remainder of the season. The former Broadmark Capital rider has had some strong finishes this year, including eighth place at the U.S. Olympic Trials, third place at the elite national road championships and a stage win at the Cascade Classic, where he finished seventh overall."
1st place Stage #1 Cascade Classic July 7, 2004 Read about Evan's sprint for the finish and the exciting big win for amateur Evan Elken edging out seasoned pros from the Bend Bulletin web archives.
Cascade Cycling Classic Bend, Oregon, 6 races over 5 days. The 2004 opening stage alone was 93 miles. Velo News Web Archive Evan Elken won the opening stage in 2004 with a sprint for the finish. It was an exciting big win for amateur Evan Elken edging out seasoned pros.
93 miles the first day of 6 races, over 5 days. These races were: Pacific Power Road Race: Started in Bend, crossed Mt. Bachelor, looped Crane Prairie Reservoir, and finished in Bend. Deschutes Brewery Road Race: A McKenzie Pass summit finish, ascending through lava fields something like 112.7 km - 70 miles. Circuit and Time Trial Stages which included a Tumalo-area time trial and other road racing circuits ( July 10, July 11 stages). July 11 had the Awbrey Butte Circuit Race 82-mile course that included six laps of 13.6 miles.
Evan won The Elkhorn Classic Stage Race in Baker, Oregon in June 2004 . Elkhorn Classic is now known as the Baker City Cycling Classic, which is a 3 day stage race with 4 races. Evan is pictured below on the podium. Evan received the Stars and Stripes Jersey for winning Elkhorn. Elkhorn was the stage race National Championship for the Federation of Independent Associations for Cycling (FICA).
One person in Oregon Bicycle Racing Association OBRA.org that I remember fondly for everything she did, Candi Murray who was inducted to the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 2008.
Recognized as the Mother of Oregon bike racing. Among her many accomplishments, "Keeping bike racing local and fun has been her focus, resulting in Oregon ranking # 2 in number of cycling events in the US (second only to California); 3 in number of amateurs (behind only California and Colorado); and ranking #1 in terms riders per capita."
Much to be grateful for and inspired by in Oregon's cycling past as well as future!
United States Bicycling Hall of Fame - the actual physical location is Davis, California, where you might bump into Eric Heiden, and his see sister Beth's bicycle, where they celebrate some of the USA old school greats like Jack Disney.
And Classic Cycles in Bainbridge where you can see Doris Kopsky's bike she won the first women's national title at the age of 15, trained by her father Joseph Kopsky, who had competed in the 1912 Stockholm Olympics on the cycling team that won a bronze medal in the team time trial and later went on to pro racing, 6 day races and made bicycle frames.
