Category Archives: Bicycling

E044 – Laura Moulton: Street Books

September 27, 2011Advocacy, Bicycling, Cargo, Communication, Transit, Walkingsprocketpodcast

This week we speak with Laura Moulton, most recently recognized for her work in launching the Street Books project, a mobile library on a cargo trike that lends books to people living outside in downtown Portland, Oregon. Aaron Flores from Team Sincerity fills in as co-host in Brandon’s absence.

We discuss: inspiration, urban shelter, park blocks & Skidmore Fountain, MercyCorps, when and where, Haley Tricycles, forming culture around the library, library cards for patrons, language and blurring the lines between people, a false dichotomy between deep thought and homelessness,Second Glance Books, Sue Zalokar assists, connections with Street Roots, other projects, married to Benjamin Parzybok who authored “Couch”, working on her own novel. Brock & Aaron also discuss handcarts, blues legend Billy Bob Thornton, long bicycle rides, and the last Hillstomp show ever.

Headlines
EcoVelo via Logan: apparently bicycling is good for both your body and your anger issues
Oregonian: Joseph Rose edits his helmet cam footage to demonstrate Oregon bike lane law
BikePortland: a Hood River, OR company designs a “rainfish” device to keep bicyclists dry Bicycling Magazine: is a cargo bike the coolest bike ever made? probably so.
Portlandize: Dave Feucht writes about a vacation to the beach by bus and proves it can be fun BePortland: mobile music festival happens on the Portland Streetcar

Mailbag
Adele calls in to share her bus story (audio) Gus shares an interesting blog post about a homebrew club in CA, disagrees w/ point #5:

your friends may not actually tell you what they really think about your beer.

Blayne in BC successfully completed the Yukon tour, and may start a food podcast.

Also liked the crater lake tour stories and can’t imagine bicycling like that with the flu.
iTunes reviews – Carl and “Freedivers_33”

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music: Ryan J. Lane (intro & outro) & Hurtbird (headlines)

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E043 – Rob Sadowsky: The Bicycle Transportation Alliance

September 20, 2011Advocacy, Bicycling, Communicationsprocketpodcast

With more beard power than any city but Portland could summon, we welcome Rob Sadowsky from the Bicycle Transportation Alliance to the show to talk about his journey to Portland and what he sees now that he is here. David Heddy, previous guest and friend to the program, fills in for Brandon during the honeymoon.

We discuss: the justly popular Flying Pigeon, getting to Portland, entering bicycle culture, rollerblades, local connections are the good life, the nature of the Bicycle Transportation Alliance, the tri-county area of the Portland Metro region, the Idaho Stop Law, Copenhagen problems, highs and lows of bicycling in Portland, neighborhood greenways, crusade against bollards, crushed limestone benefits, long range goals of multi-year funding, no death policy, fun, and good communication.

Headlines
RowdyKittens: Tammy participates in and comments on a move by bike event (also: likes it)
BikePortland: car sharing service Zipcar ruffles some feathers with new unbikey ad
PathLessPedaled: Russ gives a thorough and informative rundown of Brompton touring
BikePortland: readers submit amazing photos of cargo bikes in China
RowdyKittens: Tammy writes a great article about going cell phone-less

Mailbag and Announcements
– Susan from Texas shares a link on making your own grocery bag panniers for $4, and mentions the StreetBooks project whom we will be featuring soon as well as the Portland Alternative Dwellings site, builders of Tammy & Logan’s tiny house.
– Jeremy from Boston writes to say hello – he’ll be creating a transportation related podcast soon, and can’t decide whether he likes bicycles or buses better!
– Matt Picio of castironcyclist.com & cyclewild.org writes in to clarify his name’s pronunciation and the size of his skillet; it’s 9 inches and 4 pounds.
– Patrick on FB gives congrats to Team Sincerity for bringing kids along

Drinks
MacTarnahan’s Amber Ale, left over from Brandon’s wedding!

Music
“Bicycle Song” by David Rovics. http://davidrovics.com/

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E042 – Ethan Seltzer: Micro-Episode

September 13, 2011Alternate Fuels, Bicycling, Technologysprocketpodcast

Ethan Seltzer of Pedal Power was kind enough to join us for an episode. Unfortunately, the laptop we were recording the episode on gave out 5 minutes before the break and dumped all of our recorded content. We captured eleven minutes of our conversation thereafter to share with you, and we are planning on upgrading to a newer machine to avoid this kind of problem in the future. Thanks to Ethan for being a good sport about it – we were a bit disappointed as well! We’re looking forward to another episode with him in the near future. Until then, cheers, and we’ll hopefully see you next week.

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E041 – Team Sincerity

September 5, 2011Bicycling, Touring, Train Travel, Travelsprocketpodcast

This week we speak with Team Sincerity, the group of people who climbed several mountains with bikes and kids to get to Crater Lake, and all in the name of good fun. Aaron Flores & Adele Dittus join us in studio, and Adam & Jodie Rust phone from Seattle. We discuss: beer, soda, and pigeonholing, the origin of Team Sincerity, Warmshowers.org hosts Roger & May, road magic and generosity at Hobo Camp/Club Hobo, sickness and the hill climb from hell, Xanterra’s poor customer service, and many other things.

UPDATE 9/29/11: Photos from the trip, which should have been shared some time back!.

Adele falls over in her chair, and Brandon is absent to connect with neighbors.

Drinks
Brock & Adele drink the fantastically bad Game Day Ice from 7-Eleven, and Aaron drinks a Henry Weinhard’s Root Beer.

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E040 – Jonathan Maus: BikePortland

August 30, 2011Alternate Fuels, Bicycling, Communicationsprocketpodcast

This week we speak to Jonathan Maus of BikePortland.org about his locally focused bicycle news service. We discuss: getting to Portland, getting bit by the bicycle bug, 12 year old completes a century, Santa Barbara mountain biking, BikePortland is six years old!, moderating a forum for people with so many differing opinions, the spectrum of cyclists & creating a “big tent” for all kinds of people, activism and journalism coming together, myths about bicycle infrastructure, a bird’s-eye view of the many subcultures in the bicycling world, language as it relates to media and perception, a favorite/ least favorite place to bicycle in town.

We hear from listener Carl about the “crazy vegan expresso” tour in Europe, listener Patrick who named his band after a bus route, and Amos from Bike Temple who is on tour to Vancouver BC and thwarted a dog attack.

Headlines
New York Times: Portland installs electric vehicle charging stations powered by solar panels
EcoVelo via Logan: 2008 Active Transportation report shows many benefits in depth
Brandon Rhodes: Apocalypse Puppet Theater operates a bicycle-towed stagecoach
BikePortland: ODOT plans to bridge a trail gap in the Columbia River Gorge
Urban Adonia via BikePortland: stripped Toyota chassis becomes a 7-person recumbent bicycle

Music
the fabulous Portland-based Hillstomp presents their unique blend of buckets-and-cans-blues on their latest release Darker The NIght and this week’s featured song, “Cardiac Arrest in D.”

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E039 – I Love The Bus

August 24, 2011Bicycling, Transit, Travelsprocketpodcast

We speak with Sally, the author of the I Love The Bus website, about her experiences on public transit in Portland, Oregon. We also discuss LL “Stub” Stewart State Park & the Banks Vernonia Trail, getting excited about transit, misconceptions and reality, long distance transit trips (PDX – SEA northbound & southbound), meeting people in public space, and more.

Jonathan Maus of BikePortland.org joins our show next week, Rosa donates her contest prize to our beer fund, Logan finds us Dan Price’s phone number for simple living consultations (541-398-2299), Antonio shares a link to the dyno hub at clever cycles, and we request more indie music submissions.

Headlines
BikePortland: Tori Bortman tells you how to patch up your relationship with inner tubes
BikePortland: NW Portland cycling route gets ugly reactions from an unfriendly driver
Portlandize: photo series of bicycles carrying multiple people
Cast Iron Cyclist: Matt reflects on humanity and civilization while touring Yellowstone Good magazine via OregonLive: what happens when you put a coffee table at a bus stop?

Music
Jack Littman wrote us and shared his music; this is “Waiting” from his new release The Mixtape. http://www.jacklittman.com/

Drinks
we sample the New Belgium Fat Tire Ale.

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E038 – Lance Poehler: Edible Cycles

August 16, 2011Alternate Fuels, Bicycling, Business, Rafting, Technology, Travelsprocketpodcast

We sit down with Lance Poehler of Edible Cycles this week for our first live show since before the summer. We discuss: pedalpalooza rides, bamboo trailers, touring to San Francisco, Edible Cycles, USB converters and dyno hubs, volunteer work with the Lloyd TMA, Benson High School pedestrian problems, building a bike corrall, and more.

Also: We didn’t forget about the survey – someone gets $10!, Thanks Logan for another donation (Wrench Raiders got their trike!), Listener Carl shares a Woody Guthrie documentary with us on our facebook page.

Headlines
EcoVelo via Loagan: The Commuting Paradox (long commutes cancel out the benefits of suburbia)
BikePortland: Tori Bortman tells how to optimize your ride for long haul touring
PathLessPedaled: Dan Price is the Tallest Hobbit I Know
StreetsBlog via BikePortland: SF appoints a transit director who actually uses the system(Ed Reiskin)
GreenGarbageProject: if you don’t like toothpaste’s packaging, you can make your own

Music
“Keeping It Quiet” by Mnemonic Sounds from their 2010 release “Muscle Memories.” they are playing MusicFest Northwest on September 8th at 8pm, opening for Little Dragon and Unknown Mortal Orchestra at the Hawthorne Theater! www.mnemonicsounds.com

Drinks
Brandon drinks the Lagunitas Imperial Stout, Lance drinks the Total Domination from Ninkasi, and Brock drinks a can of PBR that Brandon found floating in the river.

bike racks at the Lloyd District Doubletree Hotel

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E037 – No Show This Week

August 1, 2011Bicycling, Brewing, Gardening, Touring, Travelsprocketpodcast

Well, that’s not entirely true… Brock & Brandon sit down to share about 10 minutes’ worth of conversation to say thanks to a few people and get used to being behind microphones again. Also, Brandon saw the Google Maps Car on our last cycle trip!

Listener Jameson, formerly of Ft. Collins and living in Korea, writes in. He also shared a nice Ft. Collins brewery bicycle tour he’s partial to! We recommend Catfish & Mandala by Andrew X. Pham because he mentions bicycle touring through Vietnam.

Listener Susan W. of Plano TX makes a generous donation. Thanks!

Logan & Tammy’s tiny house is under construction!

Brock met Alex Rauch who is blogging his way across America and made it all the way to Wall Drug by now.

Listener Kevin, an animation writer, bike commuter, and Prius owner also made a generous donation that paid for our year’s hosting bill – thanks! He also knows Russ & Laura from PathLessPedaled.com. Froinlaven!

We met up with listeners Gus, Joe, and Jonas while on the road. Brock also drinks his friend Mark’s homebrew, “Da Brown,” and finds it to be pleasant! See you all next week for another full show…

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E036 – Aaron LaVanchy: The Professor’s Tour

July 26, 2011Bicycling, Brewing, Touring, Travelsprocketpodcast

We speak to Aaron “The Professor” LaVanchy about his recent midwest tour, living in Fort Collins, and the New Belgium Brewing Company.

We discuss: handkerchieves and allergies, badass bicycle & backpacking journey, Char Burger & sad vacations, response to fred adversity with absurdity, Brandon has been “ankling,” Logan Smith is a good man, Aaron LaVanchy and how he got to Fort Collins, Lewis & Clark route in 500 mile segments, Omaha to St. Louis, the Wabash Trace Trail, bigfans of Lewis & Clark, calling the sheriff to camp at a boat launch, motorcyclist disappointment, the home of the piggy bank, Ed runs the town, chased by dogs, hit by a phone book at 70mph, the Katy Trail, Shenandoah IA home of the Everly Brothers, fighting a headwind in the rain on unpaved surface, the Rivendell Hunqapillar, mountain biking in Carharts & flannel, tornado alley, Marshall MO and Bud’s cafe, a ride to the edge of town with a local character, postcards to the donut shop, smoking and cooking, camping by a waterslide, weekending in Fort Collins with the THC ride, self-supported adventuring, bike culture at New Belgium Brewing, custom NB bike by Felt Bikes, better than the IKEA bikes, NB pays for its employees’ race entry fees, six week sabbatical after two years’ employment, bike share for lunch

Drink
Brock & Brandon share the New Belgium Brewing Super Cru, ABV 10%, courtesy of Aaron, who drank the Funkwerks Saison

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E035 – Raw Vegan Fixie Tour

July 19, 2011Bicycling, Communication, Downsizing, Kitchen, Touring, Travel, Vegansprocketpodcast

Adrian “The Vegan Cow” Stingaciu & Deanna Adams talk to us about their incredible Raw Vegan Fixie Tour!

We discuss: Ride the Divide, Surly’s Pugsley, snow riding, listener Carl in “Animalheim,”We Are Augustines, Super Vegan Cow & animal totem race identity, post-college experiences and the Ride Across America, 29 day trip to Costa Rica on a vegan diet, on the tail of Ride the Divide, travel in pairs for security and photography, no cargo, only raw foods to step up the challenge, no food drops, raw foods & nuts along the way, tapping into body fat, “dude, you look really bad,” sleeping in ditches and bus stops, relentless mosquitoes in the desert, “gassing myself out,” scary encounters while stealth camping,federales, confessions of traveling with a raw vegan, drinking Monster, “the hardest thing I’ve ever done,” breakdowns and pear cores, drug cartel worries, one set of clothes and no laundry, epilepsy, trouble with Montezuma’s revenge, American stomachs can’t handle bacteria, getting home after huge rainstorms, bicycles on slick surfaces and deep shoulders, deadlines, 700cm vs. 26in. wheels and tires, toll roads in Mexico, listen to theMexican Radio, Tyson Chicken plant and factory farming problems, Pacific NW nuclear plants, Deanna’s favorite beer

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Category Archives: Bicycling

E044 – Laura Moulton: Street Books

E043 – Rob Sadowsky: The Bicycle Transportation Alliance

E042 – Ethan Seltzer: Micro-Episode

E041 – Team Sincerity

E040 – Jonathan Maus: BikePortland

E039 – I Love The Bus

E038 – Lance Poehler: Edible Cycles

E037 – No Show This Week

E036 – Aaron LaVanchy: The Professor’s Tour

E035 – Raw Vegan Fixie Tour