Starmichael Bowman, Norther Cycles

Bike Frame Builder

StarMichael attended United Bicycle Institute in 2010, and has been making custom bicycle frames, forks, and racks ever since. At first working out of his home shop for several years, then out of the back of his first retail shop: Kenton Cycle Repair. He now contributes to making Norther Cycles handmade frames, and his full custom bikes out of Norther Cycles shop. Read more

3 recommendations

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    Google Verified

    Willing to do custom work to modify or repair old frames. Builds new frames too and takes pride in his work.

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    Jeffrey Carlson

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    Starmichael helped me get my Rodriguez up to speed with a decaleur and rack. Super friendly, down to earth service.

    Original recommendation
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    Clayton Stahnke

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    Came in at the end of the day, downtrodden from an unfortunate experience at a different bike shop involving installation of mismatched used parts and a huge lack of oversight. After sharing my story, Star-Michael (forgive me for misspelling!) met with me one-on-one and took a detailed tally of everything that needed to be fixed and replaced with my bike. Friendliest and most passionate service I have experienced in Portland--these guys LOVE what they do! Super fair pricing and willing to go the extra mile with recommendations and general advice. Thank cod this shop is the closest one to my house; I'll be coming here much more often.

    Original recommendation