New York bike photographer seeks catharsis on Flickr after wreck

January 18, 2008

After posting the series of her wrecked Surly on Flickr, 50 or so other bike heads piped up with moral support and gratitude for her luck at emerging with only a ‘bruised ass’. She reports that “no part is salvageable”. i am a lucky, lucky girl…

New Years 2008 Cruising Mix

January 15, 2008

Download link: http://download.yousendit.com/E2EB4F057D7B2644   My goal was to take some the music that hit me hardest in 2007 and mix it seemlessly into an hour long cruising mix. The tempo and mood starts kind of chill and cruisy, then gets a bit more headnoddy, and progresses to set-down-your-bikes-and-dance level. It features a lot of musicians […]

Bicycle Music Festival — all day Bike Culture music event in SF

January 14, 2008

Posted by fossilfool Time: 06/21/2008 – 10:00 2nd Year Running! An awesome multi-venue event. Everything on our bikes, rolling from park to park during the day, and to bars and street parties at night. Come join us. Volunteer to help carry, coordinate bands, refreshments, permits/escape routes. Check out www.bicyclemusicfestival.com and www.https://rockthebike.com/music/bicyclemusicfestival  

Tandem tall bike as seen during Critical Mass, Sept 2006

January 11, 2008

I’ve been thinking about building a Tandem Tall Bike. I like the up-down potential. This tandem shot at Critical Mass in Chicago, is an absolute stunner, and hints at the potential impact of a top-bottom tandem.

If you ride more than 1 mile in a rain shower, your Down Low Glow is likely to dim.

January 10, 2008

What’s up bike people, I had a great ride home tonight from my friend Leila’s house. I had three tubes of Hot Pants Pink Down Low Glow on my Xtracycle and it was really laying down a beautiful cloud of light on the wet streets. The rain had just started when I turned on the […]

Have welder, will travel: Mike Cobb’s mobile welding rig

January 7, 2008

ike Cobb came up with a trailer-based mobile welding setup that allows him to bike anywhere in the Portland area, and repair anything from a bicycle frame to, well, a broken spatula. The setup includes a thick wool sweater, welding hood,  lightweight inverter-based welder, angle grinder, and various other tools. Alas it requires plugging into […]

Nice performances Fossil Fool & Mafi!

January 2, 2008

I was entertained at the Revolution Cafe in San Francisco at Bike Culture night by Mafi and Fossil Fool while visiting the bay area for the holidays. The place was jumpin’ with Mafi playin’ the Quatro(spelled right?)and then when Fossil Fool took the Choprical Fish outside to the sidewalk where spontaneous dancing erupted, as well […]

Ginger Ninjas Perform at Southbay Cruiser Ride 12/01/07

Here’s the Ginger Ninjas performing ’10 cents’ at a recent Southbay Cruiser ride… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L0Vz_may-s

Karaoke and Bonfire – One Year Anniversary Ride with the Southbay Cruisers

Posted by Wild Johnny Time: 01/18/2008 – 18:45 Come ready to sing, dance, drum, and bicycle your way through the Southbay. We will meet in our usual place in front of: The Lighthouse Cafe 30 Pier Avenue Hermosa Beach, CA 90254 at Hermosa Pier. Meet at 6:45PM/Ride at 7:15PM SHARP! We will be hosting a bonfire/karaoke/drum […]

What are key roles in a pedal powered event?

January 1, 2008

The following people make a Pedal Powered event possible: Roadies: Roadies are the experienced bikers who know how to secure heavy loads to the cargo bikes and trailers in your fleet. Roadies show up early and go home late. Roadies would never throw a bad innertube away after fixing a flat — they’d save it […]

Trailer-based bike sound systems

December 31, 2007

Many people use bike trailers to bring the beat at large group rides like Critical Mass. Trailers make it easy to get started, since you can use a simple box rather than having to engineer a cabinet that surrounds your rear wheel. But trailer-based systems put the beat much further from your ears, meaning that […]

A closer look at Jay Broemmel’s Dragon Bike

December 30, 2007

Jay’s Dragon Bike was a big hit at last night’s Bike Culture Night and will be on tonight’s New Year’s Cruise. Unfortunately Jay was out of town at a race last night, but was cool enough to let me borrow the Dragon. On the way to the event, walking down Valencia with the Dragon, all […]

Recorded “I am a Fossil Fool” again

December 29, 2007

I recorded “I am a Fossil Fool” again last night. Only Rock the Bike members can download it — look for the “attachments” link below after you register or log in. My throat was pretty scratchy from the flu, so I’ll have to redo the vocals again soon . But I wanted to get something […]

From the “If You Got It, Flaunt It” Files…

December 28, 2007

How photographer and bicycle advocate Derek Pearson ends a hard day in Olympia.

Bike Culture Night at the Rev

December 21, 2007

Posted by fossilfool Time: 12/29/2007 – 20:00 Location: 22nd & Bartlett St. On Bartlett between Mission and Valencia.

I bet they’re going to have even more fun in the Spring

December 20, 2007

Adam, Joey, and Karl are the hosts of the Rochester Cruiser Ride. If they’re this passionate in the snow, you can bet they’be putting together some great rides in ’08

Jay Broemmel takes director’s seat for bike culture remake of Road Warrior.

December 19, 2007

In Choad Warrior, post-apocalyptic leather clad warriors ride bicycles and fight for their precious fuel, beer. I was an extra in the movie, and the main character even uses the microphone of the Choprical Fish in one scene. Here are some of the better shots from the day I participated. Fresh off the heels of […]

Feel It Robot: Your Tuesday Dose of Bike Culture

December 18, 2007

Check out “Let’s Ride Our Bikes” on Feel It Robot’s MySpace page. The electo punk quintet from Bangor, Maine sent us the track earlier this week. I’d post an MP3, but I think it benefits bands to send traffic directly to their MySpace pages. Someday soon it’ll be up on Rock the Bike Radio, for […]

Wednesday Night Post – Christmas Neon Cruise

December 15, 2007

Posted by JoeyMac Time: 12/26/2007 – 19:00 Work out your holiday tension and test out your new toys as we cruise Wednesday night. Snow or clear, we’ll be out there. Meet at Dogtown Hots a little after 7 for some veggie/vegan or meat hotdogs and pie. Or meet us at Monty’s Krown for brews at 8. […]

Three supercool Down Low Glow experiences that happened so fast I couldn’t take a picture

December 14, 2007

Been pushing really hard lately at the workshop and left tonight after 10. I’m entertaining tomorrow at Specialized’s holiday party. We’ll be doing a cruiser ride with employees and apparently lots of cool kids. I wanted to finish up as many Down Low Glow shipments as I could tonight so I don’t have it hanging […]