Category Archives: Brewing

E103 – Ellee Thalheimer & Lucy Burningham: Hop In The Saddle!

November 12, 2012Bicycling, Brewingsprocketpodcast

Hop In The Saddle is the new book project from Ellee Thalheimer, Lucy Burningham and Laura Cary on bikes and beer in the Rose City! Ellee and Lucy join us to tell all about Portland’s scene.

Headlines
The Oregonian: Aaron has a bone to pick with this article
Atlantic Cities via Brandon: Behold the YikeBike, the Super Lightweight Folding E-Bike That Looks Like a ‘Star Wars’ Droid

Mailbag
from Josh in PDX: The book Waiting on a Train: The Embattled Future of Passenger Rail Service is a real mind blower and will tell you everything you ever wanted to know about Amtrak’s shotgun marriage with big freight rail.

Rance says: On your “Transit Adventure”, you mentioned how often it’s 4:20. This guy talks about how often 4 a.m. is mentioned.

Gus says: So this exists…and is awesome/seems ridiculous…

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

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E095 – Shawn Granton: Urban Adventure League

September 17, 2012Bicycling, Brewing, Camping, Technology, Touring, Train Travel, Transit, Travelsprocketpodcast

Shawn Granton is the author of many independent, self-illustrated print publications and the blog Urban Adventure League. A self-proclaimed retro-grouch and avid bicycle tourist, he enjoys leading Cycle Wild trips and taking his own independent tours as well. He prefers a slower approach to technology and communication both on and off the bike.

Also, The Sprocket Podcast continues its Indiegogo fundraising campaign to underwrite the next season of the show during a year with thin budgets. We will be offering many personalized rewards to our backers! Thanks to this week’s donors: Anonymous, Steve,Tim, Michael, Blayne, and Lily. See the details here!

Finally, stay tuned at the end of the show for an important announcement from Brandon Rhodes.

Headlines
BikePortland: USA Today declares “bikes rule the road” in Portland, OR
BikePortland: Builder by Bike, Chris Sanderson, is looking to hire a second handyman
Calgary Herald via BikePortland: Does yelling at cyclists make streets safer?

Mailbag
Dean comments on E87: “Great relaxed, interesting and informative Podcast. A serious issue without too much seriousness!”

Esther says of our pedestrian advice: “Timo and I were listening and he said nope- you walk at a *brisk* pace, not a normal pace – according to Ellen Vanderslice, the original radical pedestrian.”

Dan in MN says of E92: “Very good story, I cannot wait to go on a long bicycle tour.”

Jeff discovered us and can’t stop listening!

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E093 – Brock on KRFC Fort Collins

September 4, 2012Advocacy, Bicycling, Brewing, Camping, Touring, Travelsprocketpodcast

This week we feature the content from Fort Collins, Colorado’s KRFC program “Bikes & Beer” on which Brock was a guest while traveling through town on his summer tour. Host Zach Yendra (proprietor of Yendra Built, a custom fabrication business) invited Brock and several other bicycle tourists to join him in the studio to talk about bicycle travel. Also featured was Molly North, Fort Collins’ city bicycle program coordinator.

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E092 – Oregon to Colorado

August 27, 2012Bicycling, Brewing, Camping, Touring, Train Travel, Travelsprocketpodcast

Brock & Adele recap their trip over the summer from Oregon to Colorado by bicycle! Matt Picio joins Brandon as co-host.

Headlines
Tour de Clack is a smashing success Bicyclists can now get insurance Marilyn Hayward of Coventry Cycle Works injured; on the mend Brandon finds the silliest bike ever made on YouTube

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E080 – Rob Sadowsky Makes Sausage

June 4, 2012Adventure, Bicycling, Brewing, Communication, Housing, Kitchen, Technology, Transitsprocketpodcast

Rob Sadowsky from the Bicycle Transportation Alliance discusses his time at the bicycle summit in Washington DC and the making of sausage, both legislative and actual, culinary sausage.

[warning: to listeners sensitive to descriptions of animal food processing, we talk about this a little]

Update: Rob shared links to his favorite silver-infused allergy medication and the San Francisco bicycle-based music festival.

We mention a blog post from Listener Blayne in BC about the paleo diet.

Bike Safe Portland wallet-sized accident reports are available now in Portland bicycle shops near you! Thanks to Josh Zisson from Bike Safe Boston and the Bike Safe Nation project.

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E077 – Ellee Thalheimer: Cycling Sojourner

May 14, 2012Bicycling, Brewing, Communication, Technology, Touring, Transit, Travelsprocketpodcast

Ellee Thalheimer is the author of Cycling Sojourner: A Guide to the Best Multi-Day Bicycle Tours In Oregon, just released! As you may suspect, this is right up our alley, so we chat with her about the wonders of bicycle touring and her love for the simple machines that get us around both for leisure and with purpose.

Brock makes a Car2Go meme and they respond.

Brock’s 30th birthday party is coming up at Cartlandia: Best Bands Ever 2012, a free music festival!

Bike Safe Portland wallet-sized accident reports are available now in Portland bicycle shops near you! Thanks to Josh Zisson from Bike Safe Boston and the Bike Safe Nation project.

The Sprocket Podcast is now available on Stitcher smart radio! If you use the service, you can add us to your programming roster.

Headlines
The Atlantic Cities: bike as paintbrush, city as canvas
Tom’s Bike Trip: riding in the rain; tough task on tour, but surmountable!
Mashable: Google’s self-driving car gets the green light for testing in Nevada
BikePortland: Portlander triumphs at gruelling Trans Iowa endurance race

Mailbag
Dan in MN: his dad is a welder/fabricator and wants to make a railbike someday. we want video.

Candice in PDX: “i think runners like to run on asphalt as opposed to sidewalks because asphalt isn’t as hard and dense as concrete (or is it cement?) so it’s easier on your joints.”

Patrick in Davis CA: “love this:”

And from an anonymous listener:

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E072 – Ayleen Crotty: Filmed By Bike 10

April 9, 2012Bicycling, Brewing, Communication, Gardening, Technology, Transitsprocketpodcast

Ayleen Crotty, unassailable overlord of the immensely popular Portland institution Filmed By Bike, joins us to celebrate the event’s 10th year, and to explain how it got started and how it works today. She also brought along a generous and tasty supply of Temperance Bourbon!

The Sprocket Podcast is now available on Stitcher smart radio! If you use the service, you can add us to your programming roster.

Headlines
Oregonian: A Bethlehem PA transit bus blocks the getaway of a hit-and-run against a bicyclist
Oregonian: cycling clothing Rapha more than just a clothing company
BikePortland: bike culture hub VeloCult moves to Portland from San Diego to much acclaim
BikePortland: community bike shops are changing the face of cycling in America

Mailbag
Louis Avden leaves us a gardening update from Kentucky!

JohnnyK, resident FOG says of peak oil: “You can’t suck on mothers milk forever kids…” Also he pointed us towards these folding pedals available from Universal Cycles to stave off future thread-stripping incidents.

Steve in MT refers us to the Theft Resistant Bike Light, the Defender, on Kickstarter (almost there!) and the physics of how bicycles stay upright.

Dan from the Leech Lake Reservation says: “Nice show, You guys motivate me every day to get out and keep riding my bike.” And he has a bike blog: http://ditibiwebishkiganbicycle.blogspot.com

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E055 – Alex Roth: The Pepper Peddler

December 13, 2011Alternate Fuels, Bicycling, Brewing, Cargo, Coffee, Communication, Kitchen, Technology, Travelsprocketpodcast

This week we’re privileged to interview Alex Roth, founder of a Davis, CA based business that roasts and distributes coffee around a bicycle-based infrastructure. Learn more at thepepperpeddler.com We discuss: misconceptions about The Pepper Peddler, roasting peppers, inspired by Burlingame Pizza, Davis mayor names the unofficial coffee of the city, Trek in the Park, he’s like a drug dealer, Four Loko drives regulation, HUB’s 7-Grain Coffee Infused Stout, the roasting setup with cycle mechanism and propane heat, business flux, roasting as a team and the Post-Roast Toast, delivery and pre-sales, coffee politics and economics, the “milkman” model of delivery, the kids that deliver the coffee and the fleet of bikes, rain pay (!), coffee origins and fair trade/organics, regional taste, describing flavors shouldn’t cause insecurity, a rough sketch of coffee economy, local food sources, seasonal orders, the special dark roast, the roaster’s blend, Fox 40 news spot, and lastly Alex’s bands The Mad Cow String Band and the West Nile Ramblers.

Mailbag
from David Heddy: “Very important discovery today…Brandon has talked about this several times.”

from Logan: “Whoah! Big news! Alan and Michael are closing up shop at EcoVelo! ‘Times they are achangin‘’ to quote Bob Dylan.” (we also mention this atrocious song from Dylan’s xmas project)

from Radimar: Portland is near the top of the list of Cities With Strangest People. True.

From StreetBooks: a book drive happening December 15th in Portland

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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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