July 4th Fireworks cruise with the SF Cruisers
Posted by fossilfool Time: 07/04/2008 – 19:00 Join our most musical July 4th Fireworks cruise yet, this Friday at 7. photo from last year’s Fireworks Cruise. What’s up SF Cruisers? Hope you’re down to join in for one of our favorite annual traditions, the July 4th SF Cruiser Ride. This year on the ride, we’ll be […]
Continue ReadingCruiser Ride Organizers….So you want to entertain like Fossil Fool
…but you don’t have his skills behind the mic, or a custom made soul cycle is not in your budget. Don’t fret, you can still get the bike party going Southbay Cruiser style. 1)Get yourself a soul cycle head unit (or build your own stereo) I like the soul cycle head unit because it’s small, […]
Continue ReadingRolling with 88 weighted keys — preparing for a Live On Bike performance
Some interesting scenes from the workshop this week, preparing for BMF. The musical part starts at 3:05. It was awesome to see the expressions on our neighbors’ faces as we cruised around West Berkeley with Janaysa singing and playing. Folk / Soul singer Janaysa came by the workshop on Tuesday to test-ride the piano mount […]
Continue ReadingHow does it feel to pedal power live music?
Live at Maker Faire 2008 from Rock the Bike’s Pedal Powered Stage. Watch in high quality by clicking twice on the video itself and selecting “Watch in high quality” on the YouTube page: Video from Rock the Bike’s Pedal Power stage at Maker Faire this year. The sound system we’ll be using at Saturday’s BMF […]
Continue ReadingFolk/Soul singer Janaysa set to Rock the Bike at Bicycle Music Festival this Saturday!
We had a great practice ride tonight in the neighborhood around our workshop. The aTractor Seat and custom bamboo piano mount were both strong and comfortable, allowing her plenty of leg room. She practiced about 5 songs, giving me time to see how the bike handled. The handling was difficult but manageable. Even the slightest […]
Continue ReadingJust in time for Bicycle Music Festival, the aTractor Seat for live-on bike music performances and superior passenger comfort
Just in time for Bicycle Music Festival, we’ve come up with the aTractor Seat for live on-bike music performances and superior passenger comfort. It all started one night when we were sitting around the cafe on one of these rare warm San Francisco nights. I didn’t have a Soul Cycle with me. I had the […]
Continue ReadingClif Bar Rocks the Bike with Soul Cycle Mothership on 2-Mile Challenge tour
When Clif Bar wanted to pump up the volume on their “2-Mile Challenge” bike advocacy tour, they turned to Rock the Bike for a human-powered Soul Cycle Mothership party bike. The party bike helps spread smiles at events and increase the numbers of visitors to Clif Bar’s 2-Mile Challenge bus. The bio-diesel burning, retro-looking tour […]
Continue ReadingRTB customer Eric D. of Dreamless Studios tricks son’s bike with Down Low Glow and special effects fog
Oh, almost forgot. Spinners too.
Continue ReadingCruising with ElliptiGO inventor Bryan at sunset along the Embarcadero
Click “more” below to see the video. I met Bryan at Maker Faire, and immediately got the idea to get some DLG under the foot platforms of his invention on a sunset cruise. It was the first time we’ve mounted the DLG in a way that it moves relative to the frame of the bicycle. […]
Continue ReadingSailing to Hawaii on a raft made of 15000 plastic bottles. Environmentalists with guts.
Not content to sit back and talk about the issue of plastics polution in the Ocean, Marcus Eriksen and Joel Paschal are sailing from Long Beach to Hawaii on the “JUNK” a raft that floats on pontoons made of plastic bottles. Apparently 10000 pounds of plastic are added to the ocean from the city of […]
Continue ReadingStreet performing at Lightning in a Bottle this past weekend.
This was one of about 10-15 short performances I did during the festival. Later in the video you see footage of Brenda talking about the bike she just one from New Belgium and Clif Bar. I thought she was rad so I sponsored her with a Down Low Glow for the bike she just bought.
Continue ReadingWho wants $20 a month to ride their bike to work?
Following is an excerpt that I received from an email from the League of American Bicyclists… On May 21, 2008, prior to the Memorial Day recess, the House passed H.R. 6049, the Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act of 2008. Included in the legislation is a $20 per month transportation fringe benefit for bicycle commuters […]
Continue ReadingCruise to Union Square Musical with Fossil Fool
Posted by fossilfool Time: 06/07/2008 – 12:00 Rock the Bike is going to be providing pedal powered sound for the Union Square Musical, a public dance event. Say you happened to be walking through Union Square at 3:45 PM on June 7th. Well you’d be in for a treat, as dozens of dancers in street clothing, […]
Continue ReadingMundo bikes are highly customizeable
Mundo owners are starting to trick out their bikes with passenger seating, lighting, cargo planks, and more. snap deck
Continue ReadingPerforming at Lighting in a Bottle in Santa Barbara this weekend. Be there!
Psyched to be performing at my first festival this summer. Will be teaming up with New Belgium to host a cruiser ride on Saturday afternoon, and a late night party, as well as numerous daytime ‘street performances’. Come on down! Performing at Lighting in a Bottle in Santa Barbara this weekend. Be there!
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