Category Archives: Bicycling

E009 – (Not) Doin’ It – Fertility Awareness as Birth Control

January 18, 2011Bicycling, Doin' Itsprocketpodcast

Our most awkward episode yet! Friends Adele and Mary Lou discuss fertility awareness and understanding the feminine body. Also, in the news, an Oregon law proposal seeks to keep kids on bikes off the streets, to the dismay of many. And of course, much juvenile merriment is made over words like “mucus” and “vaginal.” We promise next week will be different.

Drinks
Brandon enjoys his cousin’s blackberry ale, Adele drinks a Pinot Grigio & someChimay, Mary Lou has Adele’s homemade kombucha, and Brock drank a 24 oz.Tecate cerveza.

No music this week to avoid juxtaposing a reputable artist with our dubious subject material. More music next week!

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

Stories from BikePortland.org featured with permission from editor Jonathan Maus.

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E008 – Path Less Pedaled

January 10, 2011Bicycling, Technology, Touring, Transit, Travelsprocketpodcast

This week in a super-sized edition of The Sprocket we present our exciting interview with Russ Roca & Laura Crawford of The Path Less Pedaled (pathlesspedaled.com); see also The Epicurean Cyclist (Russ’ bicycle blog), Russ Roca Photography, andTangerine Treehouse (Laura’s metalcraft site). We disuss: moustache headbadges,hopworks beer, getting into full-time bicycle touring, taking it slow (no rush), working along the way, simplicity & technology, gear, cold winter in the southwest, middle of nowhere, passing the time, eating a ton, hospitality is awesome, public transit to Yosemite, bikes on trains, british cyclists in the past on youtube (cyclists’ special), getting rid of stuff, “they will still be making plates,” Surly Long Haul Trucker, flat pedals article & not clipping in, social connections home & abroad, tough times & bugs, dying by missle fire in new mexico, great campgrounds, iphone travel apps, extension cords, texas was a big surprise, advice: just do it!

Drinks
we all enjoyed Hopworks Urban Brewery’s Organic Survival “Seven-Grain” Stout & theOrganic Hopworks IPA.

Music
“The Realists” by The Carrier Pigeons from their 2009 EP Unfinished Business.

Stories from BikePortland.org featured with permission from editor Jonathan Maus.

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E007 – Amish Guy On A Train

January 3, 2011Bicycling, Simpler Living, Train Travel, Travelsprocketpodcast

holiday cheer and food intake, german beer and clam juice in budweiser, Portland considers bike licensing, Representative Earl Blumenauer knocks down opposition to bike signage, Portland plans for a new Sullivan’s Gulch bikeway, Seattle bassists makes custom trailer for his instrument, crossing the country by train with Adele (first female guest!), conversation with an Amish man, trustworthy beards

Drinks
Brandon enjoyed an EKU 28 from Kulmbacher Brauerei, Brock drank a Budweiser Chelada

Music
“Out of Town” by Seattle alt-rock outfit Explone from their 2004 album Crooks.

Stories from BikePortland.org featured with permission from editor Jonathan Maus. featuring excerpts from “The Clouds Are All The Same” by Cush from their 2000 LPThe New Sound. Find this excellent record at: www.northernrecords.com All songs from Cush’s album “Cush (The New Sound)” Published by Songs of Media Creature (BMI) a/c Northern Records Music (BMI) and Media Creature Music (ASCAP) a/c Northern Rock N Roll (ASCAP) Courtesy of Northern Records by exclusive arrangement with Media Creature.

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E006 – Prose On Paper

December 27, 2010Bicycling, Communicationsprocketpodcast

Homemade cider, cycling yellow card, commute switch makes pants fall, wealkable neighborhoods are happy neighborhoods, mini bike winter, Galaxy Farm, writing letters to people

Drinks
Brandon & Scott enjoyed the 2010 Glenwood Park Holiday Cider from neighbor homebrewer Mark. Brock enjoyed an Ebenezer Ale from Bridgeport Brewing Company.

Music
“Prelude” from Portland artist Galaxy Farm’s EP.

Links
Cycling Yellow Card, Queens Bicycle Commuter Drops 30 lbs., Walkable Neighborhoods are Happier, Mini Bike Winter is coming!

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E005 – Hanging In Tension

December 20, 2010Bicycling, Communication, Technologysprocketpodcast

Bicycling in the rain and yelling at nature, friends of barbur blvd., bike registration in Long Beach, bicycle accident fund in CO, SoupCycle job, balancing technology & complexity with simple life

Drinks
Brandon enjoyed the Alameda Brewery Papa Noel’s Olde Ale, Brock drank a Steel Reserve 211 triple export (“among the very best beers in the world”).

Links
Friends of Barbur, Long Beach bike registration, bicycle accident fund, SoupCycle job

Music
The Carrier Pigeons, “www.” from their 2009 EP “Unfinished Business.”

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E004 – Life Without Microwaves

December 11, 2010Bicycling, Kitchensprocketpodcast

We’re everywhere online, drinks, goodbye RV, PIR bike night, BikePortland.org, IKEA bikes, drunk biking, skateboards are street legal, David Heddy on microwaves.

Links
Brock & Adele’s photo from PIR Bike Night, IKEA bikes, Drunk Biking

Music
Josh Schicker, “Open Door” from his 2005 release “Moonlighting.” http://www.joshschicker.com;

Excerpts from Traffic & Weather’s 2008 recording “Disappear.”http://www.myspace.com/trafficandweatherband

Drinks
Brandon & Heddy coincidentally both brought the MacTarnahan’s Hum Bug’r. Brock drank a 24oz. can of Olde English “800.”