Portland personal injury attorney Michael A. Colbach.

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2025

Hugh Givens and Kevin Chudy have been working for years with an orphanage in Peru to teach kids about cycling and delivering the kids 25 plus brand new Specialized mountain bikes that Hugh had selected as race worthy.

This bore fruit in one of the boys winning (Edwin at only 15 years of age) a pro open MTB XC race yesterday (February 22, 2025) and another coming in 4th on bikes that I bought for them and Kevin and Hugh delivered in 2022!

The long term goal is to get one or more of the boys representing Peru at the 2027 Pan American Games in Lima and we think these boys can earn a Podium too.

Read from HBI about the Peru Casa Girasoles cycling team, Pedaling Toward a Brighter Future

I am sponsoring his racing efforts this year in the hopes that he can go pro full time.

Peru Casa Girasoles cycling team Edwin entered his first pro race and won on a bike that I bought him and won.

Gravel Camp

Hugh, Kevin, and Dr. Wayne Centrone at Health Bridges International (HBI) put together a gravel camp in Peru where people can ride with the kids and train at altitude with breathtaking views and hit Machu Picchu as a side trip.

A group of us went last year and it was a life changing experience (see pictures below). They are doing it again this year, as well as an adventure running camp. The camp is a great way to raise money while providing the experience the trip of a lifetime.

Proud to be a continued contributing partner of the Race Monday Night at Portland International Raceway.

 

Proud to be a continued contributing sponsor of Oregon Bicycle Racing Association (OBRA)

2025

Proud to be affiliated with Andy Dibrino since 2016 and supporting his professional motorcycle racing pursuits.

Michael Colbach Oregon personal injury attorney proud to be affiliated with professional motorcycle racer Andy Dibrino pictured with his Oregon Motorcycle Attorney van and new stock 1000 motorcycle for road racing.

Andy will be returning to racing in the National Super Hooligans championship series and seeking to win the title for his third time. Andy will continue to race in his other motorcycle racing series including AFT, MotoAmerica and AMA Super Moto and he will be sharing stories of his endeavors, motorcycle builds and stories on his blog which I host on my website OregonMotorcycleAttorney.com

2024

Proud to be a continued contributing partner of the Race Monday Night at Portland International Raceway.

This year's new program bringing back short track mountain bike racing this summer in addition to the road racing in Spring. Fun Monday Nights, no cars, lots of bicycles and friendly bike folks.

I am a proud supporter of the Casa Girasoles orphanage in Peru. For every case I represent, I make a donation to the orphanage.

I have sent $75,000 so far this year, which covers most of the operating costs for one of the orphanages in Peru for a year.

End of October through beginning of November, eleven of the BicycleAttorney.com team riders (including me) headed to Peru for cycling gravel camp I helped sponsor, connecting with the orphans at Casa Girasoles.


We brought 11 brave souls to participate in a gravel camp in the Sacred Valley. The camp went great. The daily rides were not only oxygen-deprived but also offered some of the most unique vantage points in the valley. The camp was a chance for HBI stakeholders to share their passion for cycling with the Girasoles and provide them with companionship and connections.
Gravel cycling camp in Peru with the orphans at Casa Girasoles and 11 members of the Bicycle Attorney cycling team from Portland pictured at city central on ride break Gravel cycling camp in Peru with the orphans at Casa Girasoles and 11 members of the Bicycle Attorney cycling team from Portland Gravel cycling camp in Peru group shot with the orphans from Casa Girasoles and Bicycle Attorney team and Mike from Portland

2023

Proud to support the orphanage bicycle team in Peru, The Casa Girasoles Bicycle Team.

Exciting Podium Results for Girasoles Sanos Cycling Team! He was riding one of the 25 bikes I gave the kids.

Gravel cycling camp this November in Peru was canceled, but I sent Kevin and Hugh down anyway as they love it and the kids love them. They taught the kids bike mechanic skills and did daily cycling rides teaching road racing skills.

Thanks to the generosity of Mike Colbach and BicycleAttorney.com from Portland and a group of committed volunteers (Hugh Givens, Kevin Chudy, and Laura Miller), the bike team has grown to support the boys at each Casa Girasoles home. The program is a lifeline for some of the boys.

Last week, Raul competed in his first bike race. A cross-country event that went from the city of Cusco to the town of Urubamba in the Sacred Valley. The race took a route that included technical descending, tight single track, and a mountain pass of over 15,000 FASL.

Raul was third overall. Competing against seasoned riders and elite competitors, he took a spot on the podium.

Health Bridges International

There was no gravel cycling camp this November (canceled), but I sent Kevin and Hugh down anyway as they love it and the kids love them.

Hugh and Kevin's pictures and stories from their daily bike mechanic lessons working on the kids fleet of older mountain bikes and youth size bicycles as well as their daily cycling rides and cycling tactics practice lessons are on their IG or on the team's 2023 bicycle highlights page.

Gravel cycling camp in Peru was canceled but Kevin and Hugh went for Bicycle Attorney and taught the kids daily bike mechanic skills and went on rides with the Girasoles cycling team daily. Kevin working with the Casa Girasoles kids repairing and tuning all the youth size bicycles they had. Kevin being the maestro bicycle repair whiz teaching the kids and salvaging parts for youth bicycles as well as their inventory of older mountain bikes. The bicycle attorney crew out with the Casa Girasoles bicycle team with Kevin Chudy behind the camera in a beautiful gravel road and valley. Bicycle attorney presto velo Kevin and Hugh taught the Girasoles Sonos cycling team some road racing bike race tactics and headed out for a long six hour hot ride.

2023

Proud to be a continued contributing partner of the Race Monday Nights Series at Portland International Raceway and series sponsor of ALL WOMENS RACERS FROM ALL TEAMS RIDE FOR HALF OFF. Racing starts April 24, 2023.

Proud to be a continued contributing sponsor of Oregon Bicycle Racing Asociation, OBRA

Bicycles Change Lives.

Proud to support the orphanage bicycle team in Peru, The Casa Girasoles Bicycle Team. And planning on a good year to help send more bicycles and BicycleAttorney.com cycling team people to their next Gravel Camp.

One of our recent partnerships has been around helping to bring more bicycles and support to the boys in the Casa Girasoles. Mike Colbach and BicycleAttorney.com have over a two-decade commitment to promoting cycling and healthy living. The BicyleAttorney.com team, started by a Portland based lawyer and social justice advocate – Mike Colbach – is a vehicle for bringing together people from different walks of life and experiences to share their love of exercise.

Proud to be affiliated with Andy DiBrino Pro Motorcycle Racing since 2016. Portland, Oregon pro motorcycle racer Andy DiBrino Oregon Motorcycle Accident Attorney branded van ready for MotoAmerica and Super Hooligans racing, plus some AFT and Super Moto. Portland, Oregon pro motorcycle racer Andy DiBrino Oregon Motorcycle Accident Attorney branded van rear view with great cartoon of Andy.

2022

Proud to support the orphanage bicycle team in Peru, The Casa Girasoles Bicycle Team. In 2022 I sent 18 brand new bicycles to the Peru Orphanage bicycle team and some members of the team to train and teach the boys some bicycle mechanic skills. KGW did a news story about this:

Avid cyclist Hugh Givens joined Centrone's team on a recent trip in November. Givens races with the Bicycleattorney.com cycling team. [...] A fiend and fellow cycling teammate, Kevin Chudy, joined Givens on the trip. For decades, Chudy ran his own bicycle shop and spent years assembling and repairing bicycles.[...] The team rode bikes with the kids for nearly a month, teaching them how to repair them, and Givens and Chudy said they know the boys gave more to them than they received.

2021

In the summer of 2021, I donated my lightly used Colnago Prestige Carbon Cyclocross bike to PDX Cycling Worlds to help support their effort to bring the Road Cycling World Championships to Oregon, while delivering a near mint-condition bike in time for Cross season to the lucky winner. I am looking forward to seeing the winner on this bike out in the wild at rides and racing.

Mike's 2015 Colnago Prestige cyclocross bike donated to fundraiser to bring world class road racing UCI event to Portland.

Working with Hugh who had built 3 bikes for the orphan bicycle team in Peru, The Casa Girasoles Cycling Team, I donated my old Hi-Fi rims which Hugh sold for cash which he used to buy more parts and was able to build 2 more bikes in addition to 3 he had already built. But Hugh wanted better bicycles for the team to really be able to compete at bicycle races with, that could also handle the rugged conditions in Peru. In October, I bought 5 more brand new bicycles which Hugh selected from Westend Bikes for the Peru orphanage bicycle team and had those shipped to Peru. The picture below is the team on some of the bikes Hugh built, on their first rides out after rough Pandemic lockdowns.

Mike Colbach main cash sponsor of Bicycle Attorney cycling team and team member Hugh worked to get bicycles for the Peru orphanage so that they could ride bicycles and be truly competitive in bike races sending more than 10 bicycles, five brand new to Peru.

2020

2020 and the beginning of the Pandemic. The Benson Bubblers were initially turned off because little was known about how the virus spread and the safety of drinking fountains. BikePortland.org amplified the need for clean water bottles that could be given so that all folks could have access to fresh drinking water. The BicycleAttorney.com cycling team being such wonderful folks heard the call and dropped off around 70 of their water bottles. Pandemic hit and the bicycle attorney cycling team and Mike Colbach answered the call for needed water bottles for homeless houseless while the Benson Bubblers were turned off but need for fresh drinking water

2019

Proud to be a continued contributing partner of the Race Monday Nights Series at Portland International Raceway and series sponsor of ALL WOMENS RACERS FROM ALL TEAMS RIDE FOR $10.

Proud to be a continued contributing sponsor of Oregon Bicycle Racing Association OBRA.

2018

Proud to be a continued contributing partner of the Race Monday Nights Series at Portland International Raceway - And Sponsor of August ALL Women Race for Free and prize purse of $250 for each category 3 deep.

Proud to Support the BicycleAttorney.com Cycling Team's efforts and successful ride for Reach The Beach Oregon - American Lung Association fundraiser bicycle ride 104 miles Portland to Pacific City. We wanted to be the top team but had to settle for 3rd. I got the team a rental house on the beach for the night, and the friendly BEASTS road back the 104 miles from Pacific City to Portland the next day! Reach the Beach Oregon fundraiser for the American Lung Association bicycle ride - the team did a great job raising funds and awareness

Reach the Beach Oregon fundraiser for the American Lung Association bicycle ride I wanted to win the fundraising competition but had to settle for 3rd place

2018

The short film Two Wheels One Love first debuted in 2018 at the Portland Motorcycle Film Festival. OregonMotorcycleAttorney.com Michael Colbach is proud to be a title sponsor.

TWO WHEELS ONE LOVE

Later in 2018, I also sponsored a documentary short of Andy's second consecutive RSD Super Hooligan National Championship finale and win in Huntington Beach, CA at the Moto Beach Classic / Surf City Blitz, rounds 10 and 11 of the 2018 Roland Sands Design Super Hooligan National Championship. Video by Spencer Owens. This year he was sponsored by and racing on a Latus Motors Harley Davidson who also title sponsored the short film.

2016 - 2017

Proud to be affiliated with Andy DiBrino Pro Motorcycle Racing 2016 - 2022.

Andy's racing reports are on his blog.

Mike Colbach proud to sponsor Portland's Andy DiBrino pro motorcycle racing on his EDR Performance R1, carrying the Oregon Motorcycle Attorney logo. Portland, Oregon pro motorcycle racer Andy DiBrino pictured with his super bike 1000 and Oregon Motorcycle Accident Attorney branded van. Mike Colbach proud to sponsor Portland's Andy DiBrino pro motorcycle racing on his EDR Performance R1, Mike is pictured with Andy and Erid Dorn the EDR in the motorcycles

2016

I sponsored a PSSR Invitational Track Day at Portland International Raceway July 18, 2016

The Oregon motorcycle riders PSSR invited to this track day I sponsored were some of the fastest on the West Coast!

PSSR closed up their doors after 2016. They were some of the best motorcycle instructors on the West Coast. I certainly learned a ton and enjoyed the track days I spent with PSSR.

One fun note is that some of the BicycleAttorney.com/racing cycling team have also held their motorcycle racing card with Oregon Motorcycle Road Racing Association, OMRRA, and I personally invited one fast team member who I knew had done some racing at PIR to this track day, fast on 2 wheels of all types.

Mike Colbach Bicycle Attorney in Portland, Oregon proud to be a supporter of the Alpenrose Velodrome and sponsor of the Alpenrose Velodrome Challenge

I hope to sponsor more events like this in the future.

2015

Proud to have been fishing and contributing to this for since pretty much the beginning, 10 years, and winners of 2014. Tuna Classic donates to Oregon Food Bank

     Since it began in 2005, the Oregon Tuna Classic has donated a portion of the catch every year. In 10 years, more than one million pounds of tuna has helped coastal residents struggling to make ends meet.

2014

Oregon Tuna Classic / Deep Canyon Challenge I've been supporting and usually fishing in the Oregon Tuna Classic since it started on my own boat, Shake N Bake Sport Fishing, or the Double Down. We actually won the tournament in 2014. The tournament has grown and branched out with the Deep Canyon Challenge (sometimes the Washington Tuna Classic as well) giving anglers more fishing tournaments to fish for a good cause benefitting Oregon and Washington food banks. In just the first ten years of the Oregon Tuna Classic, over a million pounds of tuna was donated to the Oregon Food Bank! Mike Colbach fished in the fundraiser tournament since it started with fish and money benefitting the Oregon and Washington food banks, and Mike's team won the tournament in 2014

2013

Z-man Foundation

I donated a couple of fishing trips and raised a few thousand dollars for the Z-Man foundation. Mark was an excellent guy who met a tragic death.

2012

Oregon Tuna Classic taps an exciting fishery to feed the needy
Aug. 04, 2012

       By day's end, more than three dozen albacore were on ice. Nine of them, including one of mine, would be donated to the Oregon Tuna Classic. We participated in the Classic's new charter division, sponsored by Portland lawyer Mike Colbach.

The Tuna Classic, a fund- and food-raiser for local food banks, is in its seventh year and well on the way to adding even more to the 50 tons of canned tuna and more than $128,000 given to aid the needy since 2005.

The Classic's 41 participating six-angler teams and the charter division combined with other anglers (some weren't even in the event but just wanted to help) for 10,640 pounds of tuna donated to food banks in Washington's Pacific County and Oregon's Clatsop County. Many winners of cash prizes (including Elliott) donated their winnings back to the food banks as well.

2011

Piece of Cake Road Race

Mike Colbach Bicycle Attorney in Portland, Oregon proud to be a title sponsor for the Piece of Cake Road Race in Oregon

2011 - 2017

I am proud to have been a contributing sponsor of the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) and a proud sponsor of the "BTA Alice Toeclips Awards." (The organization The Bicycle Transportation Alliance changed their name in 2017 to The Street Trust.)

The Bicycle Transportation Alliance has been around for years and years in Portland, and Kevin Chudy, owner of Bike N Hike and the sponsor of the Presto Velo team (which is now the Bicycle Attorney Cycling Team and the team I used to race for) was actually awarded the Alice Toeclips Award in 2007. Kevin says the Bicycle Transportation has been helping Urban cyclists since 1980 and their work has, among other things,"resulted in TriMet bus bike racks, helped implement Bicycle Boulevards in Portland." Kevin Chudy very deservedly wins the Alice Toeclips award for, "In 2007, the BTA presented Bike n Hike owner Kevin Chudy with an "Alice B. Toeclips" award for service to the cycling community through event sponsorship, direct assistance to the Safe Routes Program, and providing to cyclists through the Bike n Hike stores."

Mike Colbach Bicycle Crash Attorney in Portland, Oregon proud to be a supporter of the Portland Bicycle Transportation Alliance and the Alice Toeclips Awards

2010

In 2010, Bill Monroe of The Oregonian wrote an article about the event while riding along on my boat: Bill Monroe: Tuna Classic unleashes a frenzy on the ocean
The Oregonian August 6, 2010

       We were team No. 57 in Saturday's field and ended the day with 57 tuna, sixth in the event. The Classic weighs each boat's top five fish. Nearly 6,000 pounds of tuna and thousands of dollars were donated to local food banks from the Ilwaco tournament as the Oregon Tuna Classic heads for its third leg Saturday at Charleston. Track the summer's uniquely Northwest event online at oregontunaclassic.org. Colbach, circumspect about his team's results, has never been rabidly competitive, opting instead for simply participating and donating to the cause. "That's the beauty of this thing," he said. "You can catch five fish and win or 57 and lose ... but still everyone wins."

2009

Portland Twilight Criterium rescued for this year, but could be on final lap
The Oregonian August 6, 2009 By Seth Prince

       "Normally lawyers in the same field are each other's competitors and don't team up on anything," he said. "But I figured, maybe we could come up with a non-traditional collection of people who thought the race was important." Of the attorneys he called, half responded with support. They are part of the reason the Twilight Criterium -- the only bike race staged downtown each year and one of the most popular for spectators anywhere in the state -- will happen Friday night. [...] In Mike Colbach of BicycleAttorney.com, Mark Ginsberg of Berkshire Ginsberg and Bob Mionske of BicycleLaw.com, Thomas thought he might have willing partners. Colbach is a former racer who sponsors a team that shares his practice's name.

Oregon Tuna Classic helps meet needs for Oregon Food Bank

      We've just about doubled our donations each year," said Del Stephens, OTC chairman. "This will put us a little over 10,000 pounds;last year we raised $46,000 and 13,000 pounds (in three events). If we'reable to hold even one of the other two (weather dependent; Aug. 15 in Charleston and Aug. 29 in Garibaldi), we'll go higher again.

2008 - 2009

In 2008 and 2009 I was proud to be a title sponsor for the US Gran Prix of Cyclocross the Stanley Cup bringing world class cyclocross racing to Portland, Oregon. The BicycleAttorney.com team's sponsors were all part of this, Bike n Hike Keven Chudy and HUB Hopworks Urban Brewery. It was a couple great years for cycling with also the US Cyclocross Nationals held in Bend 2009 and 2010. A BicycleAttorney.com cycling team member made the podium that year at nationals too!

Mike Colbach Bicycle Attorney in Portland, Oregon proud to be a title sponsor for the US Gran Prix of Cyclocross the Stanley Cup bringing world class cyclocross racing to Portland International Raceway

2008

2009

2008

Alpenrose Velodrome Challenge

Proud to support the Alpenrose Velodrome Challenge. The Alpenrose Velodrome is one of only 26 velodromes in the USA and was the steepest. The yearly Alpenrose Velodrome Challenge has the biggest prize lists in North America and promises to draw elite cyclists from all corners of the USA.

2004 - 2009

Support Oregon Pro Racer Evan Elken

I sponsored Portland, Oregon bicycle racing super star Evan Elken when I first opened my own law practice in Portland. For every Bicycle Accident Case I represented, I made a donation to Evan Elken's racing fund. Evan was voted by Velonews Amateur of the Year in 2004. Evan finished 8th in the Olympic Selection Trials in 2004. I continued to support Evan Elken until he retired, as I also started sponsoring the TIA bicycling team in Bend for a short while, and when I first started sponsoring the team I used to race for, Presto Velo, until I was the title sponsor of the Presto Velo team. Evan has still been spotted from time to time coaching cycling in Portland.

Mike Colbach Bicycle Attorney in Portland, Oregon makes a donation for every bicycle accident case I represent, I make a donation to Evan Elken's racing fund.

2004 - 2019

Alpenrose Velodrome

I supported the Alpenrose Velodrome since opening my own law practice until the end, as well as supporting the yearly huge event The Alpenrose Velodrome Challenge. The Alpenrose Velodrome was (?) one of only 26 velodromes in the USA. The Alpenrose Dairy officially closed to cycling events it hosted in 2021 but things slowed down with no velodrome racing in 2019. Hopefully we will get a new velodrome in Portland in the near future, maybe. This historic velodrome is sorely missed and with only 26 velodromes in the USA, only 3 have year round racing - indoors, and only one of these meets International racing standards. Velodromes and the classic 6 day events were able to draw huge crowds at the beginning of the twentieth century.

Mike Colbach Bicycle Attorney in Portland, Oregon proud to be a supporter of the Alpenrose Velodrome and sponsor of the Alpenrose Velodrome Challenge

2007 - 2016

PSSR Free Track Day at Portland International Raceway

For years, I offered a free PSSR track day with every motorcycle case I handled until PSSR retired in 2016.

I am a big believer in motorcycle education. I have learned a lot by attending PSSR's track day at PIR and

Portland motorcycle accident lawyer Mike Colbach is in the front of this group at Portland International Raceway (PIR) PSSR Track Day in 2007.

Portland motorcycle accident lawyer Mike Colbach is in the front of this group of motorcycle riders at Portland International Raceway (PIR) Pacific Super Sport Riders PSSR Track Day in 2007

2005 - current

BicycleAttorney.com/racing cycling team

Proud to be the main cash title sponsor of the Presto Velo BicycleAttorney.com/racing cycling team, this is the bicycle team that I road with when I was racing.

The team is one of the oldest continuous bicycle teams in Oregon and over 70 people strong. These folks are so awesome.

Portland based bicycle racing team sponsored by Mike Colbach BicycleAttorney.com is the team that Mike raced with when he was bike racing, one the oldest and biggest Oregon cycling teams.