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Austin Cruiser Ride

DJ's Manny and Bigface of the DJ Dojo host musically enhanced cruises and outdoor events using their UMDJ rickshaw.

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

Update from Austin's first Pedal Powered spin class.

Posted by fossilfool

Rock The Bike is helping Pure Austin Fitness pedal power their spin class. Pure already owns two of our Fender Blender Pros, and the goal of the current project is to convert these bike blenders to pedal power generators using our latest technology, then use them to pedal power the audio in their spin class. Here are some shots from the work I did in Austin over the past five days. 

 

On Friday I met up with Pure Austin's Beto Boggiano at his workshop. We chopped off the dropouts on the Fender Blender Pro frames, in order to respace them for the new generator hubs. Read More »

Mobile Sound

Combining funky Soul Cycle music bikes and pro-audio wireless gear, Rock The Bike offers a loud, clear, dependable option for mobile sound.

Mobile Sound comes naturally for Rock The Bike. We've been hosting musically-enhanced bike rides since 2002. Each year we take on new ways of bringing music to the streets. 

Above: a mobile, pedal-powered 'LiveOnBike' performance on the Biker Bar

Here are some of the key features of our mobile sound set up: Read More »

Monday, July 7th, 2008

The Carpoon

Posted by JuanLesCarr

This is a stunt video, not an education video. The idea was to recreate a tool I read about in the book "Snowcrash". The device is called the carpoon and it costs $5. The Carpoon: Designed to attach to large slow moving vehicles and allow a bike to quietly skitch behind it. Enjoy.