Buy Local Cycling Welcomes Showers Pass
January 25, 2010
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!