Craftmaster Independent

Portland and Austin are sister cities and we felt very welcomed in their community when we screened The Bicyclists last December. Katie Jo Dixon helped set up the screening and we were interviewed by Scott Cannon of dropout, a zine for and about the bike culture there.

This issue of dropout also has an article about "Bikes Across Borders", a non-profit that facilitates the donation of bike tools, used bikes, and parts to support community organizations and bike co-ops in the Austin area and throughout Latin America. A group of about thirty volunteers, including Katie Jo, recently rode from Austin to Monterrey, Mexico to donate bikes to Pueblo Bicicetero.

You can find the online version of dropout here , the review of The Bicyclists is on page 50. See if you can make it past all the glossy bike pin up girls without stopping for awhile to stare.