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SF Cruisers taking a rare daytime cruise at the Bicycle Music Festival

 

Since 2004, the SF Cruisers ride for pleasure, at a cruising pace, in a non-confrontational style with ample musical accompaniment. We often pick a cultural destination (art opening, Stern Grove concert, dance club) and make a musical journey to get there.

The rides are public, and usually free. To get email updates of upcoming rides, create a Rock The Bike account, then come back to this page and click subscribe.

Check out the video from our Independence Day Cruise!

 

 

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

The Road To BMF

Posted by fossilfool

Road To BMF: benefit for BMF

The event starts with a LiveOnBike performance by The Genie at 6:30, then awesome street food from Sol Cocina and Bike Basket Pies. 

Then we'll feature live performances by awesome local bands on Rock The Bike's Pedal Powered Stage. 

Shotgun Wedding Quintet

Tomato Riper

SHAKE YOUR PEACE! 

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Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

LiveOnBike Performance by the Genie

Posted by fossilfool

The Genie will grace our mobile performance stage right before the "Road To BMF" event at Cell Space. All volunteers and fans invited. 

The Genie is an exciting performer who developed a style called the scratch guitar. It involves looping an electric guitar that sits on his lap, combining sounds from a Velcroed-on iPod, and doing heavy filter sweeps with his big toes on devices like the Kaoss pad.   

Saturday, January 9th, 2010

Thanks Urban School!

Posted by fossilfool

We had a blast last night at the Urban School, pedal powering their first dance of 2010. Thanks to Lucy, Lucas, Catherine and all the students and teachers. 

As with any Rock The Bike event, we invite people at the event to pedal. The kid in the foreground is pedaling the Choprical Fish, which is powering the lighting at the dance.  Read More »

Friday, January 8th, 2010

Both Sunday Streets and Maker Faire post their dates for 2010.

Posted by fossilfool

 Last year's Dolores Park to Maker Faire Social Ride. Photo: dustinj

Maker Faire is back May 22 and 23 at San Mateo Fairground. Rock The Bike is aiming to make the Pedal Powered Stage event more fun this year and once again host the Dolores Park to Maker Faire Social Ride starting at 9AM on Saturday May 22. 

Sunday Streets going huge in 2010.

Above: Sunday Streets' founder Susan King taking us through the route maps for the 2010 season. 

This year, all Sunday Streets days will go 10-3 instead of 10-2. The extra hour is key as it will help the Rock The Bike crew sleep in a bit and still bring out the Pedal Powered Stage. Many thanks for this compassionate update to one of our favorite events.  Read More »

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

New Year's Eve at Sera Phi

Posted by fossilfool

Pedal power one of SF's best underground sound systems, with a full lineup of dance worthy musicians.    
NYE Lineup

 

The headliners will be Band Of Mystics, who have played for Rock The Bike at Sunday Streets, West Fest, and other occasions this year.  Read More »

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

Yuba's factory team takes first in the two-wheeled division at food-hauling cargo race "Supermarket Street Sweep"

Posted by fossilfool

Team Yuba's Ben Sarrazin hauled 330 pounds of food, mostly rice, to a food bank to win the two-wheeled division of the "Supermarket Street Sweep. Rock The Bike ran support for the race. 

 

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Sunday, November 22nd, 2009

Pastana Surfs Valencia as Rock The Bike crew roll from Bike Expo to nighttime gig at Baobab.

Posted by fossilfool

Of the three in our crew that can surf Mundos only Adam Pastana has the sense of foundation that allows him to dance while surfing. We were on our way from the SF Bike Expo to power the Genie and yours truly at Baobab Village last night.

My parents have told me to take this off our homepage and focus on selling the Down Low Glow.

I think it's rolling street theater and an absolutely stunning breakthrough in rocking the bike (lowercase). It's inspiring to me, so I hope that, despite the obvious safety considerations, it's inspiring on some level, to you too.

Besides that, this brief video shows three of our most important products in action: Read More »

Sunday, November 8th, 2009

Surfin' Mundos with the Rock The Bike Crew in SF.

Posted by fossilfool

Adam Aufdencamp spreads his wings on his first Mundo surf.

Below: Video of a Sunday Night Mundo surf with Pastana and Masha. Footage: Aufdencamp.

Friday, November 6th, 2009

Pedal Powering the Fashion Show at SF Bike Expo this Saturday. Join us for epic 5-mile gear haul missions to and from the expo.

Posted by fossilfool

Come roll with us to and from the  SF Bike expo, where we'll be pedal powering our first Fashion Show.

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Monday, November 2nd, 2009

Thanks Fair Oaks St. and the Yes Men! for too much fun in San Francisco Halloween weekend.

Posted by fossilfool


Late night Haunted Hay Ride on the Biker Bar, cruising down 18th from the Castro to the District, with five European tourists along for the ride.


Rockin' Halloween colors on our way to Fair Oaks St. with a Masked Masha rolling a Mundo with the Down Low Glow. At sunset, yeow! Read More »

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

13 Rock The Bike crewmembers pedal power two huge events in two days.

Posted by fossilfool

It was a big weekend.


We hit the road Saturday to Pedal Power the 350.org rally at Justin Herman Plaza.

 

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Thursday, October 15th, 2009

Pedal Powering Climate Justice rally at Justin Herman plaza

Posted by fossilfool

350.org and Greenpeace are planning a major mobilization of bike people, environmentalists and others with a conscious for next Saturday.

http://www.350.org/sf

Join one of the awesome bike rides that will converge on Justin Herman for this event. Then help us pedal power activists, poets, speakers, and live music.

Sunday, October 11th, 2009

Thanks, Life Is Living! Rock The Bike pedal powers epic 4 hour BBoy Battle in West Oakland.

Posted by fossilfool

BGirl Slant. by you.

Battle! by you.

A huge shout out to YouthSpeaks and the crew behind Life Is Living, where we pedal powered our first BBoy Battle yesterday! Read More »

Friday, September 18th, 2009

Pedal Powered Stage at Raise-A-Roof for I.M. Scott School

Posted by fossilfool

http://sf.funcheap.com/2009/09/15/free-pedal-powered-stitchcraft-concert...

 

Stitchcraft performs and dignitaries rally the crowd at an upcoming event in Potrero hill for the I.M. Scott school.

We'll be bringing out Pedal Powered Spin Art, Bike Blended Smoothies, and our Pedal Powered Stage.

Come join in! Help the musicians out with some good clean pedal power.

 

Friday, September 18th, 2009

Fossil Fool performance at Cycles of Change APC

Posted by fossilfool

What's up  bike people of the East Bay?  Support an awesome community bike program. Come on down to the Cycles of Change APC bike shop 3rd anniversary party. Catch a pedal powered performance by Fossil Fool, the Bike Rapper, grab some ice cream, sounds good, no?

If you're coming from SF, catch the 11:50 ferry from Ferry Building with the Rock The Bike crew.

 

Friday, September 18th, 2009

Pedal Powered Stage at Woodstock West

Posted by fossilfool

Pedal Powered Stage at Woodstock West, Oct. 25th, Golden Gate Park. Be There! by you.

Friday, September 18th, 2009

Pedal Powering 4 bands at Critical Mass 17th Anniversary Afterparty at Cell Space: Ride Too

Posted by fossilfool

Join the Rock The Bike crew at Cell Space as we power an awesome lineup including Oona, The Ferocious Few, the Rabbles, Fossil Fool, and more.

We'll be bringing our complete pedal powered stage. Scott from Hyde Street Studios will be working the knobs. Read More »

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

Biking Rules PSA competition, deadline Sept. 28

Posted by sustainablejeff

I stumbled across this NYC-based competition to promote bike culture! $4,000/new Kona top prizes. RTB DLG or other video could work perfectly...

copied from http://bikingrules.org/PSA:

What is a Biking Rules PSA?

A Biking Rules PSA, or public service announcement, is a media message, moving or still, that will help promote bicycling and improve the public image of cyclists.

What kind of media qualifies as a PSA?

Still Images: including photography, poster art, graphic design, illustrations... Read More »

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

Pedal Powered Stage at Sunday Streets this Weekend

Posted by fossilfool

Attention people of San Francisco, it is time to get out and celebrate your city by joining us at the final Sunday Streets of the season!
Enjoy the sunshine this weekend in Golden Gate Park and the Great Highway as we host the grand finale musical performance. Rock the Bike is proud to present our signature Pedal Powered Stage featuring; Read More »