A baby-jogger based sound system with beautiful form.
April 8, 2008
Most trailer based and baby jogger-based sound system look like this: It’s really refreshing to see one that creates a new form, the audacity to use a front-firing 15″ subwoofer! Yet it still doesn’t look like a big bubble, thanks to the clever sheet metal work. “Thumper”
Continue ReadingBike Culture Blowin’ Up, Car Culture Goin’ Down in Los Angeles…
April 6, 2008
April 22nd, 2008 has officially been declared Car Free Day in Los Angeles. The birthplace of the Freeway is making way for the bicycle – 15,000 are expected to participate in this celebration. See attached link for more info… http://www.wilshirecenter.com/earthday/documents/LACityEarthDayApprovedM…
Continue ReadingWeird coincidence
April 4, 2008
This afternoon in the workshop I got a call from Joel, the drummer from Afrolicious and Pleasure Maker (Thursdays at the Elbo Room). I met Joel when we were on the 2-Mile Challenge tour together. He said, “Sorry I couldn’t make it to your gig last week, I was working.” “Doing what?” “Moving.” “Moving? Like […]
Continue ReadingThe coolest lighting setup we’ve seen in awhile
Check the latest lighting mod from photographer Derek Pearson: A Pink Fink / Xtracycle combo with custom skateboard snapdeck, Envy Green Down Low Glow (matching the skateboard wheels), Plush Red DLG in the front, and quad Serfas TL 1000 taillights. “Those taillights are serfas tl 1000 and I’m bummed to say that they just discontinued […]
Continue ReadingNew Down Low Glow video set to “Boda Boda Rap” by Fossil Fool and Lawi One
April 1, 2008
Here’s a cool video compilation of the Down Low Glow shots we’ve posted to Flickr over the last two years. The music in the video is a track called “Boda Boda Rap” I worked on when I was working in Kisumu, Kenya for Worldbike.org . My partner and friend Ed Lucero had found us a […]
Continue ReadingGiving our Mundo a real workout
March 31, 2008
Yesterday my 76 year old father and I took it for a spin and
came back commenting how light it was to ride.
Spring Update
March 28, 2008
What’s up bike people? I just wanted to give you a little update on Rock The Bike as we head in to the Spring. Rock The Bike is growing! Last year this time there was only one employee, me. Now there’s five of us! I’ll get you a picture soon. There’s Emmeline, who balances the […]
Continue ReadingEarth Day Eco-Party with Fossil Fool and Shake Your Peace! At the Marin Headlands Hostel
March 23, 2008
Posted by fossilfool Time: 04/19/2008 – 16:50 Ride out to the headlands with us and experience awesome dance music and a midnight hike. Imagine this place at sunset with 80 people rocking to pedal powered sustainable rock n’ rollers SHAKE YOUR PEACE!, and Fossil Fool, the Bike Rapper get people moving. Then imagine a midnight hike […]
Continue ReadingFossil Fool, Cello Joe, and DJ Sergio performing at SF’s Little Baobab, followed by midnight cruiser ride
March 22, 2008
Posted by fossilfool Time: 03/25/2008 – 22:00 This Tuesday night, come on down to little Baobab for performances by Fossil Fool, Cello Joe, and DJ Sergio. Late that night, after Sergio spins, we’ll have a little mission cruiser ride. Lineup: 9:00 — Cello Joe Just back from the Pleasant Revolution tour 10:00 — Fossil Fool, the Bike Rapper 11:00 […]
Continue ReadingStopped on my commute…
March 19, 2008
My commute to the Rock the Bike workshop takes me past the Embarcadero, where, if I’m lucky, I’ll see flatlander Pete Brandt practicing his latest ‘links’, or sequences of moves.
Continue ReadingWhy don’t ‘they’ make more stylish clothing for commuters? ‘They’ do.
March 6, 2008
Do you wonder why they don’t make clothes for bike commuters with more subtle style, less spandex, and fewer bright logos? They do. Sometimes you just have to wait until ‘they’ come by your workshop community looking for welding help on a clothing rack. Why don’t ‘they’ make bike clothing that is more stylish? ‘They’ […]
Continue ReadingBike Culture and traditional advocacy — a powerful combo for growing and sustaining a movement to two wheels
March 5, 2008
New BART car design allows long bikes to fit without blocking doors Heading home last night I spotted a new blue print of a bicycle on the wall of one of the BART cars. I wheeled my Xtracycle into that car and parked it in the new stretched out ‘Bike Space’. It was as if […]
Continue ReadingWater bottle-based music systems help you hear (but maybe not feel) your music
March 4, 2008
A couple new products are helping bike people cruise with music this spring. The Gadget Bottle is a functional water bottle that has no batteries or speakers, but its unique shape allows you to strap a cell phone with an internal speaker and listen to your MP3s as you ride. It fits inside a standard […]
Continue ReadingMusician Peter Mulvey stays local, in “Look Ma, No Gasoline” tour.
February 29, 2008
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=662120 For a healthy Friday afternoon dose of bike culture inspiration, follow the link above and check out Peter Mulvey‘s video. After making a career as a singer/songwriter he admits “I’ve had a great old time” touring Europe and North America by plane and car, “and I’ve burned a lot of gasoline doing so.” For […]
Continue ReadingJacob Kramer 1 year hence, confirmed bicycle lifestylist
February 23, 2008
Jacob bought and installed his Xtracycle at Rock the Bike. ( www.flickr.com/photos/rockthebike/372539035/ ) Now he’s tearing up the town and using his bike on dates (with Down Low Glow of course). Note the flowers (not on Valentines day).
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