One of my personal highlights from this year's BMF:

Also check out the video piece on making the LiveOnBike rig:

I'm sorry, we really should have told you sooner. Both the Down Low Glow and the 6-Spd Mundo are unfortunately out of stock.

It seems that whenever I tell friends in casual conversations that we're backordered on the Down Low Glow, they usually congratulate me as if this is somehow great news for Rock the Bike. But I wish nothing more than to get all of our current orders out tomorrow; but we are unfortunately operating on a very limited stock of our rechargeable batteries. More are on the way, but by sea.

On the plus side, a limited by-air shipment will be arriving soon. And we are aiming to fill DLG orders placed now in time for Halloween. We will even offer free shipping to those who place an order before the 14th, if you do not receive your DLG by Halloween (US only offer).  

 

 

 

Mundos are due in early November. The Mundo has simply been selling faster than we have anticipated. We're fortunate that more Mundos are already on a boat approaching the Panama Canal, but we're unfortunate that only 75 are on that boat. If you want one before Spring 2009, please order soon so that we can hold yours.

With such critical, mainline items out of stock, you may be wondering, what's in stock?

 

The bright red "Ziegelrot" single-speed Mundo. Perfect for flatter terrains. Simple, strong, fun to ride, cheerful. We also have cool upgrades that fit the bright red Single Speed Mundo perfectly, like the yellow and red "Hazarea" Sweetskinz tires seen on our shop Mundo.

For Bay Area folks, please come to our Berkeley Workshop to test-ride and purchase fully-built Single Speed Mundos. 

Photos and video from the Momentum Magazine's Urban Cycling Fashion Show in Las Vegas (part of the Interbike Trade Show).

In an interview that took place two weeks ago at the Interbike Trade Show, Yuba's Ben Sarrazin explains how the company has focused both on addressing the needs of developing world customers, and customers in Western countries. Karen from Dirt Rag announces an upcoming review in the magazine and asks about the Mundo's load carrying capacity. [Read also about the link between Rock the Bike and Yuba Bicycles]

Fossil Fool, the Bike Rapper, and drummer Joel Elrod perform while cruising the streets of the Mission District in San Francisco at the Bicycle Music Festival held in June, 2008. Joel keeps the beat on a SPDS drum machine mounted on the LiveOnBike rig, a modified Mundo Cargo Bike, whose signal is sent wirelessly by a Shure bodypack microphone to the Choprical Fish (Fossil Fool's bike) and then wirelessly amplified by two other Soul Cycles rolling alongside.

The LA Times reviewed and compared four popular load-carrying bike options including the Mundo Cargo Bike and the Xtracycle Sport Utility Bicycle 

 

Gear: Sport utility bikes

A solid workhorse

Yuba Mundo Cargo bicycle: Integrated, six-speed, steel longtail bike and cargo frame with built-in rack and low-slung side-load platforms designed to carry 440 pounds.

Likes: Solid, simple execution of the cargo-bike concept. Side-load platforms double as passenger footrests. Includes tough 48-spoke rear wheel. Quite stable due to long wheelbase (a foot longer than that on normal bikes) and its ability to carry items low to the ground. I carried a 42-inch Coleman cooler filled with beer and soft drinks on one side with a 200-pound man on the rack for several miles.

Extra long life battery -- for worry free commuting and all-night rides.

Above: the All Nighter DLG Battery shown beneath a standard DLG battery.

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THE BICYCLE MUSIC FESTIVAL
by Alastair Bland                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
It's no secret that cars stink, but who knew that bikes could rock? Around the nation and the world a growing number of musicians on the move are ditching cars and opting for pedal-power instead, taking their traveling acts entirely off the grid. In the winter and spring of 2007, the Ginger Ninjas, a folk-ska band from the Sierra foothills, took the revolution to new heights as they cycled 5000 miles in seven months from their hometown to Chiapas, Mexico. They played 80 pedal-powered shows and returned home in May by bus — and they made it just in time to headline the second annual Bicycle Music Festival in San Francisco.
 
On its first time around in August of 2007, the Festival rolled through the streets of  San Francisco featuring local, low-impact acts that shirk cars and even dodge the ever-trendy biodiesel van. It was the first event of its sort-anywhere, to the best of its organizers' knowledge. Organized by Gabe Dominguez, guitarist in SHAKE YOUR PEACE! and Paul Freedman, a.k.a. Fossil Fool: The Bike Rapper, the festival featured a dozen bands and drew several hundred fans from venue to venue, beginning at the city's east side at the Alemany Farmer's Market. The musicians rocked, packed and pedaled their way across the city, hauling their guitars, cellos, flutes and drum sets on rear trailers and Xtracycles, those endlessly useful bike rear extensions, and concluded with an evening show in the Mission District's Dolores Park.

Photos of getting our booth to our booth on Mundos, blending at various points in the show, and a few things I saw at the show.
Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.
Video highlights from Cross Vegas, the Rock the Bike / Yuba booth, and the Mobile Social at the Downtown Crit.