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Pictures From the Final Prince vs. Bowie Pedalpalooza Ride

Team Prince and Team Bowie came together for a tenth and final ride

By Enid Spitz |

Published June 13, 2016

Updated October 3, 2016

For a decade, the Bowie vs. Prince ride has been an anchor of the month of bikey fun known as Pedalpalooza. Over the last year, both glammy rock legends passed away. And so yesterday's ride was the end of an era.

Team Prince launched from Sewallcrest Park and Team Bowie set out from Holladay Park for the last mobile dance party on Saturday.

After sparkling through the streets of Southeast Portland for a half hour, blasting anthems from bike boomboxes, the teams united to ride through Downtown and ended in Sellwood with karaoke and sips of Montucky's limited-edition Pride cans.

photo from Bowie Vs Prince Facebook, by Lillian Karabaic

Related: Portland PRIDE events.

(Photos by Henry Cromett)

(Henry Cromett)

About Enid Spitz

Former Stage & Screen editor Enid Spitz writes about theater, repertory film, fashion and dance scenes when she’s not doing doing yoga or exploring pop-up events around the city.

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