Monthly Archives: June 2020

E521 – Peanut Butter Jar Matt’s New Jersey, and Aaron’s Montana

June 28, 2020Adventure, Bicycling, Gravelsprocketpodcast

Long-time-listener Peanut Butter Jar Matt joins us to chat about his rides in New Jersey and his time following the show! And Aaron joins with his brother to talk about the bone-shaking gravel ride they took through Montana’s Bitterroot Mountains.

Thanks to our nationally recognized “top beer bar in Oregon” beverage sponsor, The Beer Mongers, and, as always, thanks to our generous Patreon donors that keep us going!

Calendar:
June 1 through July 5 – Pedalpalooza 2020!
August 15th – Swift Summit 200/100 V.4 in Lebanon, OR
August 16th – Swift Summit NW Hill Climb (location unknown)
September 12 – The Ladd’s 500, Fifth First Annual, Portland OR

2nd Thursday of every month Joyful Rider’s Club in Minneapolis
1st Friday of every month SF Bike Party
2nd Friday of Every Month Boston Bike Party
Also, 2nd friday of Every Month Indianapolis Bike Party
Also, Also, 2nd Friday of Every Month East Bay Bike Party
3rd Friday of every month is the San Jose Bike Party
Last Friday of every month: Baltimore Bike Party
The 1st Saturday of every month Civil Unrest Ride in PDX
Every 2nd Sunday of every month in PDX: Corvidae Bike Club Ride
The last Sunday of every month is the Vintage & Classic ride in Huntsville, AL

Headlines

BikePortland: Someone with no license plates drove through people on the Black Liberation Ride
(If you’d like to help, Venmo money to @Rene-Morin)

Mail

more requests for artworks!

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E520 – Kurstin Graham from the Reno Bike Project

June 22, 2020Adventure, Advocacy, Bicycling, Gravel, Infrastructure, Weathersprocketpodcast

Kurstin Graham is the author of bikepackingnv.blog and has spent a lot of time helping others find adventure in northern Nevada. He recently took a bikefishing trip in the Toiyabe Range, among other adventures. He’s also involved with the Reno Bike Project, which repurposes abandoned bikes following the Burning Man festival, and has spent some time working with the Tahoe to Pyramid Lake Trail – a significant undertaking which runs 117 miles from Lake Tahoe to Pyramid Lake (the Lake being within tribal lands). We’re grateful for the chance to hear about all of these projects, and grateful to Sebastien Poule for connecting us.

Thanks to our nationally recognized “top beer bar in Oregon” beverage sponsor, The Beer Mongers, and, as always, thanks to our generous Patreon donors that keep us going!

Headlines

Hatch Magazine: Thoughts on the killing of George Floyd by Chad Brown

ACA Launches Dynamo Jenny – and it’s very good.

Portland Street Medicine on Think Out Loud

Mail

Simon Paice sends feedback from Cornwall!

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E519 – ᐸᐠᐊᐧᒋᓂᓂ (bugwajiniinii, or Dan in MN)

June 13, 2020Adventure, Advocacy, Bicycling, Boats, Camping, Car Ownership, Coffee, Communication, Downsizing, Family, History, Touring, Weathersprocketpodcast

ᐸᐠᐊᐧᒋᓂᓂ (“bugwajiniinii”, or Dan) has been with The Sprocket Podcast since its beginning, and has years of experience in bicycle maintenance, riding, instruction, advocacy with Bike Bemidji, and coffee outside. We had the pleasure to ask him about his experiences and perspective as an enrolled member of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe as we spoke with him for this recording – he in his hand-built tiny house and we in our respective locations. We also briefly addressed #boatmonth. Follow his adventures and projects on Instagram at @bugwajiniinii.

Thanks to our nationally recognized “top beer bar in Oregon” beverage sponsor, The Beer Mongers, and, as always, thanks to our generous Patreon donors that keep us going!

Calendar:
Important Calendar Event – The Black Liberation Ride June 19, 5:30pm
a community bike ride for Black Portlanders, hosted on Friday Juneteenth.

June 1 through July 5 – Pedalpalooza 2020!
August 15th – Swift Summit 200/100 V.4 in Lebanon, OR
August 16th – Swift Summit NW Hill Climb (location unknown)
September 12 – The Ladd’s 500, Fifth First Annual, Portland OR

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E518 – SprocketShift Draft 2020

June 11, 2020Adventure, Bicycling, Boats, Camping, Fun, Touring, Travel, Weathersprocketpodcast

We joined Tim at the Pedalshift Project for an edition of his Bicycle Tour Draft, a “fantasy draft pick” exercise in which we assemble our hypothetical gear for a hypothetical tour. As with any fantasy sport, the competition can get heated, and small things turn into big things!

Cast your vote for the winner – Tim says:
“Winner will be determined by fancy RANKED CHOICE VOTING, a super cool and superior way to vote. Click here to rank your top 4 (just drag and drop the names in order) and the winner is crowned! We’ll tally results at midnight on July 1st. Again… you have the rest of June eastern time to vote… who has the better tour setup?”

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E517 – Parts Hoarders Unite

June 7, 2020Bicycling, Building, Mechanicssprocketpodcast

first this week, a message from Brock, Aaron & Guthrie that BLACK LIVES MATTER.
we need to do better at hearing and elevating black voices in America.
please join us in listening, learning, and changing.

We all have a collection of bike parts if we do any amount of maintenance on our machines, and after Aaron posted a photo of an obscure part, we invited Andy from the Oregon coast and Yang from Colorado to tell us about their collections when they demonstrated their technical knowledge by identifying the mysterious component.