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In the new Mattias Johansson video for the Rubies song "I Feel Electric", the three members of the group first appear standing over cruiser bikes tricked out with the Down Low Glow.

 

See also: http://www.rockthebike.com/node/1211

Here's a cool video compilation of the Down Low Glow shots we've posted to Flickr over the last two years.

The music in the video is a track called "Boda Boda Rap" I worked on when I was working in Kisumu, Kenya for Worldbike.org .

Geoffrey and I headed to Velosport after work to hear Jacquie Phelan, the former women's mountain bike champion, discussing her experiences as a woman in the world of mountain bike racing. Here are a few highlights:

At 15:35: "I am a racer... I'm intensely competitive. I'm more motivated when I can tell the person next to me has an issue with me passing them. It's like getting a caffeine suppository... Maybe it's the testosterone... There's got to be a safe place for that to come out... So you don't actually beat people up..."

At 22:00: A woman in the audience who has worked with Jacquie in the past relates a story of Jacquie pulling her Eldridge Grade (Mount Tam) with a bungie cord.

At 28:00: Jacquie tells a story about Honda sponsoring the Safe Routes to School program in Marin Country. The son of Joe Breeze notices that, in the instructional DVD she was required to play, all the cars are Hondas except for the one that mows down a little kid on a bike.

OK, so apparently there's a little YouTube trend called the Human Bicycle. Here's one of the more humorous ones:

Jay's Dragon Bike was a big hit at last night's Bike Culture Night and will be on tonight's New Year's Cruise. Unfortunately Jay was out of town at a race last night, but was cool enough to let me borrow the Dragon. On the way to the event, walking down Valencia with the Dragon, all the eyes were following us from various restaurants and cafes. It made it easy to hand out flyers for the event.

On our way to return the Dragon Bike to Jay's garage after the event, Mafi and I headed down Lexington St., where this time of year, they have beautiful lights and decorations. We stopped under the disco ball to show off some of the sweet details of Jay's new Dragon Bike .

 

Adam, Joey, and Karl are the hosts of the Rochester Cruiser Ride. If they're this passionate in the snow, you can bet they'be putting together some great rides in '08.

 

In Choad Warrior, post-apocalyptic leather clad warriors ride bicycles and fight for their precious fuel, beer.

I was an extra in the movie, and the main character even uses the microphone of the Choprical Fish in one scene. Here are some of the better shots from the day I participated.

Here is the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P1EU9az-RQ

Edited video from the Dec 1st, 2007 Southbay Cruiser 'Pleasant Revolution' Ride.