ANDREW COE // SKULL GRAVEL HERO

Congratulations to REN Ambassador Andrew Coe on his 4th place finish in the 2022 Skull 120 race, part of the instantly-legendary 2022 Skull Gravel weekend!

Always a grueling affair, this year’s Skull was marked by very inclement weather, with only 38 riders from a field of 142 entries managing to finish races over the weekend. With a 74% DNF rate, @andrewpcoe was just a few minutes behind the Men’s 120 third place spot. Impressive!

A truly dedicated rider and friend of the extended REN Community, Andrew is one of the select few who have ridden multiple Skull Gravel weekends, going all the way back to the inaugural event.

And of course we would be remiss to not mention that Andrew is a multiple award-winning coffee roaster with an artisan’s knowledge of the bean. Check out @andrewcoecoffee for more.

REN 2020 Excite Bike phone app

Not available for Android or iOS devices. :)

This video is just for fun and was included in the 18th annual Filmed By Bike Quarantine Films program.

Filmed By Bike Virtual Festival - Sept 10-13 2020

At this point everyone on the planet has likely been impacted in some way by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. What most would consider “normal life” has largely been disrupted over the past 6 months, either cancelled outright, put on hold, scaled back, or reformatted for our new (hopefully temporary) realities.

The Portland-based bike/media institution Filmed By Bike is no exception, but rather than shelve the festival’s 18th edition our hometown heroes rallied to reinvent it. With theaters closed and indoor gatherings of more than a handful banned in the interests of public safety, what has traditionally been a physical community gathering is being moved online in the form of a 4-day virtual festival on YouTube. The show, after all, must go on!

We ❤︎ Filmed By Bike and look forward to it every year, so much so that we’ve participated in a couple of programs with videos of our own. The 2020 interwebs edition is no exception and we are excited to have a little video of ours, created by the exceptionally talented Kevin Alfoldy, included in this year’s special program, Quarantine Films!

Please join us in doing some of our favorite things — nerding out on bike culture, watching internet videos, eating popcorn, and supporting our creative community — all at the same time!

The festival runs 9/10-9/13 and the special edition Quarantine Films program will take place on Sunday, September 13th at 7:30pm (Pacific).