The Buy Local Cycling team is happy to report that we've partnered with Showers Pass, a Portland, OR based technical outdoor clothing company. Showers Pass is best known for their incredibly functional and durable rain weather gear. Although their products are made outside of the US, Shower Pass has a pretty cool philosophy and business model:
We believe that bicycles are environmentally
responsible transportation. Bicycles are fun to ride and provide
exercise that helps keep you healthy. Having good bike clothing can
make riding year-round more practical and enjoyable. We believe that we
are helping more folks ride comfortably and often by providing
functional, lightweight, high quality clothing.We design our products in the Pacific Northwest, and
source production world-wide. Our contractors ensure good working
conditions and pay the prevailing wage. We are more concerned about
quality than low price, and we convey this to our factories, so they do
not take short-cuts when sewing for us. We try to minimize resource
consumption (such as paper catalogues) and recycle or reuse shipping
materials as much as possible. We support local bike coalitions through
product and cash donations. We support national bike access
organizations, such as the International Mountain Bike Association,
through volunteer work and cash donations.
Buy Local Cycling is proud to partner with Showers Pass and our members are looking forward to some dry and warm rides!