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E151 – Ayleen Crotty: Bike Scout, Cycle Oregon & Interbike

Adventure, Advocacy, Bicycling, Business, Camping, Technology, Touring

Ayleen Crotty from ORbike.com and Filmed By Bike joins us to talk about her recent journey to the famous Interbike tradeshow, the Bike Scout event she coordinated this last Labor Day weekend, and her new forays into supported touring with Cycle Oregon.

Adele Dittus joins us to fill in as co-host this week.  Aaron Flores is in Michigan visiting relatives in ailing health.

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The Stickman twitters at us regarding 26 inch rims.

Dan Flores via facebook: Faygo’s website addresses our timeline question!

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Wall Street Journal: Office friendly bike clothing – don’t sweat the commute

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E143 – Dan Flores: Visiting Portland, Living in Columbia

Bicycling, Business, Communication, Technology, Transit, Travel

Our esteemed co-host’s brother, Dan Flores, joins us to discuss Bogota’s cycling street closures, small businesses, South American bus travel, and bicycling through Portland on his summer visit.

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Gizmodo via Brandon: 11 Ways I’m Trying to Achieve a Sane Relationship With the Internet
Chicago Times: Cyclist pleads guilty to first U.S. felony vehicular manslaughter by bike

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Dan from MN has drum brakes.

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E137 – Ethan Jewett: Disaster Relief Trials 2013

Advocacy, Alternate Fuels, Bicycling, Cargo, Communication, Racing, Technology

Ethan Jewett is one of the masterminds behind the wildly popular Disaster Relief Trials, the event demonstrating the value of cargo bikes in large-scale emergencies for transport of relief supplies and maintaining contact when other modes fail.  We are excited to talk with him on the eve of the second event based in Portland this year!

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Listener Dan from Portland released a dystopian novel entitled The LIghtcap and wants us to know about it!

Listener Dan from MN was on a bicycle safety ad!

Former host Brandon Rhodes shares a method of growler transport by bike for the beer lovers out there.

Phil from Alaska commutes by bike through sun, rain, sleet and snow and is writing about it on a blog.

Steve from WY weighs in on trailer transport.

Josh from Frankfurt inquires about how to start a bike moving scene.

Zed invites all Portland fans of bike fun to gather on the 3rd Wednesday of the month for the purpose of stimulating even more bike fun in town!

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E132 – Lance Poehler, Nathan Frost & Tim Neuwerth: Bike Fun Finder

Bicycling, Cargo, Communication, Fun, Technology, Touring, Travel

L-R: Nate, Tim, Lance, Brock, Adele

Lance Poehler and friends Nathan Frost and Tim Neuwerth are developing a useful mobile app for fans of bicycle fun in Portland (and soon, other cities worldwide)!  They attempt to solve some of the common problems of missing your favorite group ride with phones and GPS technology in the new Bike Fun Finder.  We also discuss camping trips and rain, wool clothing and sock darning, and more.

Bonus Audio: the interstitial conversation on darning socks

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Design Taxi via Gus: a bicycle coffee shop that’s human powered
BikePortland: Walgreens now “welcomes” people on bikes at outdoor service windows
KGW via Brandon: funeral home offers tricycle hearse

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Tim in DC gives props to Lindsay Kandra.

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E131 – Tomas Quinones: Renaissance Man

Bicycling, Business, Camping, Cargo, Communication, Downsizing, Mountain Biking, Technology, Touring, Travel

Tomas Quinones has many things to discuss! He is an artist, tiny house dweller, employee of Velo Cult, founding member of Cycle Wild, works with the 55th Cascadia Scouts, and, if all the above was not enough, an independent adventurer in his scant free time.  We also discuss the Path Less Pedaled and their Portland rain shirt, bicycling beginnings & the move to Portland, Kael’s Cargo Flyer bike, wool clothing, adventures to Ape Cave & Mt. Hood.  You can find Tomas’ coloring and activity books at Bikeasaurusif you’re in Portland.

Co-host Aaron Flores will be in Hawaii this week on vacation, the lucky bastard.  He will resume his standard duties in two weeks, and be sorely missed until then.

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Richard from the UK donates (thanks!) and inquires for advice on an upcoming ride that will be his longest yet.

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E126 – Dan Kauffman & Zed Bailey: Open Bike

Advocacy, Alternate Fuels, Bicycling, Communication, Doin' It, History, Technology

Zed Bailey & Dan Kauffman are the driving force behind Open Bike Night,CrankMyChain Cycle TV, and a host of creative projects and activism around the city of Portland.  We drink and talk about a host of topics, including Pedalpalooza, Einstein and the Theory of Relativity, cycling in SLC, Rev. Phil, Zoobombing, the Magical Midnight Mystery Ride, and “doing it better.”  Dan even plays a few original songs for us.

Zed mentions a song from Enter The Haggis: “Gasoline”

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John from Hawaii adds some input to Aaron’s planning for his trip to the islands.

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E125 – Ayleen Crotty: Filmed By Bike 11!

Advocacy, Bicycling, Communication, History, Mountain Biking, Technology, Travel

album selections: Aaron has Stevie Wonder, Brock has The Who, and Ayleen has Floyd Cramer

Ayleen Crotty is at the helm of the fabulous Filmed By Bike festival, in its 11th year running.  We chat about this year’s festival, the bike confessional project which will be similar to NPR’s StoryCorps, the historic Clinton Street Theater, connections to iconic personality Rev. Phil, the surprising role Vancouver BC’s bike culture played in that of Portland OR, and the happy intersection of the film festival with NW Documentary.

Brock & Aaron also discuss bicycling adventures along North Portland’s Willamette River shores and its associated pirate cove, and the history and development of the Midnight Mystery Ride.

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Gizmodo via Brandon: why this smartphone is better as a dumbphone

BikePortland via Miles: new bike clothing boutique opens in Portland

Salon.com via Miles: Saudi Arabia lifts ban on women bicycling

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Tim in DC addresses the difficulties of transporting one’s bicycle by airline.

Phoebe from Boston made a donation to WalkBoston in honor of Brock’s recent walk to work.

Tito shares his amusement and implores Brock to visit Missoula again.

Dan from MN chuckled at Brock’s reference to stealing land from First Nations – he’s studying Federal Indian Law for his future career.

Patrick from Davis CA wrote: “Cool episode, 12 miles does not seem far away but if your only choice is to walk it would take a major portion of your day to get from point A to B. ”

Steve in WY writes on gluten intolerance, and he also mentions that studded tires don’t last as long as he’d like them to; regarding difficult turns while using them, we may be able to attribute that to rutted snow or ice.

 

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E121 – Transit Is Relative

Advocacy, Bicycling, Car Sharing, Communication, Family, Technology, Transit, Travel, Walking

Michael Andersen is the force behind the Portland Afoot, the city’s quintessential magazine on commuting and low-car life.  Doctor Jeff is a psychologist who once had a commute by transit of four hours a day and still propagates a highly entertaining twitter feed.  Together, we attempt to better understand how we deal with our automobile-dependent relatives and friends when we come for a visit, but not before we discuss hangovers, bike mishaps, and movies.  Then we assure ourselves of the security of Michael’s bicycle and describe our drinks, which leads to a shared commiseration on the disappearance of the classic drive-in restaurant.  Shit gets real when we turn to economic theory and find out who is or isn’t a Marxist, but we have a good laugh about how old we are while diving straight into the future of driverless vehicles (like in Vancouver, BC).  Then, finally: family relationships.

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E118 – Adham Fisher: Tube Challenge

Communication, Running, Technology, Touring, Train Travel, Transit, Travel, Walking

Adham Fisher attempts to break the records held for visiting every station in urban rail systems in as little time as possible.  He has been to many cities in this pursuit including London, New York, Barcelona, Toronto, and Chicago, and while he does not yet hold the current record, he is perhaps one of the most dedicated practitioners in his field.  We spoke about the Tube Challenge, his experiences with transit, and cultural perspectives on its use.

Adham’s compilation of transit-themed music, 1000 Stations – Metro EP, can be found on the iTunes Store.  Also, see Adham’s kit for these challenges.

Also, Brock & Aaron chat about Little Free Libraries and organized bike rides in the neighborhood.

Headlines
Atlantic Cities via Brandon:Austin develops bike maps based on rider comfort level
The Mail via Logan: Cycle tourists killed in Thailand collision(http://www.twoonfourwheels.com)

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Zed writes from PDXK’s CrankMyChain: “Here is a story on the show from bikeportland.org & one of our favorite shows for Open Bike.”

Thanks to former guest Dan for a generous donation!  It’s going to keep us rolling easy.

David Heddy mentions new bicycle travel publication Bunyan Velo!

Dan in MN texts us a burp.

JohnnyK asks how to get your significant other to bike with you if they’re not really that into it yet.

And Jeremy leaves us a voicemail!

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