Cruiser Ride Checklist

Hello Bike People,
Here's a list of stuff to help you prepare for a night of bike fun with friends on the streets. These are just suggestions to help you have a good time with the least amount of problems. Murphy's Law can be minimized on a Cruiser Ride if you prepare!
DJ Jojo
Cruiser Ride Checklist/Guidelines

1. Your Bike
a. A is for air
• Inflate tires to rated pressure as listed on the sidewall of the tire
• Use a pressure gauge to insure proper pressure
• Check for damage to tire tread and sidewall; replace if damaged
b. B is for brakes

One of the nice things about bike commuting 19 miles a day is that you develop a base of strength in your legs that allows you to bang out 50-80 mile days when you're touring. Integrating this workout into your daily life means you'll be able to do multi-day charity rides or self-planned tours without specific preparation.


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So when it came time to bike to Burning Man, I basically just threw some bags in my Xtracycle and took to the road. The ride started in Quincy, California, where I was off-road touring on Xtracycles with friends. Then I took off from there to Nevada for the festival. It was 180 miles in two days. The second day was about 95-100 miles, and included 80 miles on dirt through the Nevada desert. During those 80 miles I encountered 5-10 vehicles, many toads, a snake, cows, and some dogs who couldn't decide whether to be aggressive or friendly.

Put a couple headlights on the stoker handlebars for full headlight sweep..

View from the cockpit.

This is some fresh new hip hop about BIKES!

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Rock the Bike brought 5 pedal power bikes out to the Virgin Festival this past weekend in Baltimore. Two were used for cell phone recharge stations. One was the Choprical Fish, my party bike. One was a Fender Blender, that Sambazan used to serve 2500 samples of their Acai smoothie. And one was a "Light Bike" that demonstrates the difference between a compact fluorescent and an incandescent lightbulb, in pedaling effort.

 

Last nights configuration.

A little green under the deck to make the spinning rear wheel stand out. It doesn't show so great in pics, but it was pretty cool. I'm ditching the serfas taillights for a dual red tube of dlg. Talk about a killer taillight - check that swath of light

I have the blue lights angled a little more toward the garage here(which would be the car side of the bike).

Photo: DustinJ. Please check out the piece below.