United Bicycle Institute is a private school for bicycle

Bicycle

A bicycle, also known as a bike, pushbike or cycle, is a human-powered, pedal-driven, single-track vehicle, having two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other. A person who rides a bicycle is called a cyclist, or bicyclist....

 mechanics and custom bicycle frame building in Ashland, Oregon

Ashland, Oregon

Ashland is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States, near Interstate 5 and the California border, and located in the south end of the Rogue Valley. It was named after Ashland County, Ohio, point of origin of Abel Helman and other founders, and secondarily for Ashland, Kentucky, where other...

, United States

United States

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The school offers one and two week courses. It had 423 graduates in 2006.
Ron Sutphin founded the school in 1981.

The school has Ashland's second-largest solar electric generation facility which provides 60% of the school's needs.

A bicycle hostel is located next door.

In the summer of 2009, UBI opened a second campus in Portland

Portland, Oregon

Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

, offering most of the same classes as its campus in Ashland. Along with its curriculum, the Portland campus will expand to offer sales of frame building materials and equipment to fuel the growing bicycle frame fabrication cottage industry in Portland.