Category Archives: Travel

E086 – Ian Moore & David Heddy

July 16, 2012Bicycling, Communication, Mountain Biking, Travelsprocketpodcast

Erstwhile pinch-hitter co-host David Heddy introduces his friend and bicycle advocate in Waco, Texas, Ian Moore, proprietor of Bicycles Outbackand lifelong bicycle enthusiast. We discuss off road bicycle access in urban areas, Ian’s bicycling background, Portland’s commuting scene, Portland Strava routes, playing nice with traffic, “brand representation,” bridging the gap between bicycling sub-cultures, and Brock’s propensity for snark and need for “soul rehab.”

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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E085 – Lane Kagay: CETMAcargo

July 9, 2012Bicycling, Building, Camping, Technology, Touring, Transit, Travelsprocketpodcast

Lane Kagay is the man behind CETMAcargo & CETMAracks out of Eugene, Oregon. We spoke with him on the phone about his company and its history, Eugene as a cycling town, bike messenger experience and touring with a cargo bike.

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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E084 – Darren Sinn: Cycle Tourer

July 2, 2012Bicycling, Camping, Downsizing, Touring, Travelsprocketpodcast

Listener Darren Sinn connected with me a few months ago as he was beginning his tour through Europe by bicycle. We spoke about: traveling New Zealand, meeting people, staying over in London, the tour plan, Willy Weir and the bicycle as a passport to adventure, bankrolling a year-long tour, diversions while traveling like photography and beer, the iPhone bucket amplifier, the Surly Long Haul Trucker and its facility for BMX parks, touring gear, problem stories, and Darren’s immutable law of bicycle touring.

Read about the tour on http://cycletourer.blogspot.com; also catch up with his sources for planning The Path Less Pedaled, TravelingTwo, andBicycle Touring Pro.

Tour de Clack is coming, led by our friend and former guest Matt Picio! Tour de Clack is an inaugural bike ride in rural Clackamas County on July 7 2012. It’s free, and to draw attention to water quality projects done by the ride’s sponsor, the Clackamas River Basin Council (CRBC).

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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E082b – Travis Wittwer & Dave Feucht: TRANSPORTland

June 19, 2012Bicycling, Building, Camping, Cargo, Communication, Technology, The Law, Train Travel, Transit, Travelsprocketpodcast

We met with Travis Wittwer & Dave Feucht of TRANSPORTland over soup and beer at Dave’s place to discuss cargo bikes, the Disaster Relief Trials event yesterday, transit and bicycle integration, improving the infrastructure or culture of bicycling, and many other things. Powered byHopworks’ hefeweizen and 7 grain stout beers!

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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E082a – Brock & Brandon Wrap Up for Summer

June 15, 2012Bicycling, Camping, Communication, Gardening, Technology, Touring, Transit, Travelsprocketpodcast

Brock & Brandon go through the emails to make sure everyone gets included before a summer hiatus of pre-recorded interviews. We look forward to resuming our “live” talk show format after returning to the studio in September. Hope everyone has many grand adventures in the meantime!

Don’t forget to gird your loins for the first Portland Zombie Ride, a Pedalpalooza event beginning at Velo Cult on Sunday, June 17 2012 at 10:30am! The zombie apocalypse will not be motorized… Also, the TRANSPORTland Disaster Relief Trials will be happening at the same location that day! We’ll talk about that on Monday night with the crew that organized the event!

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.

Stuff we mentioned in this episode:
• David Byrne writes about NYC bicycling
• Willamette Week’s Aaron Mesh rides TriMet for 3 days straight!
• Rance and Darren comment on the “Cycles of Life” graphic
• BikePortland exposes a bicycle touring con man
• Rigel asks if Brandon has floated Johnson Creek yet
• Tom & Ben Allen head into the lost coast of northern California
• Local bicycling mattress businessman leads cargo bikes in Starlight parade
• Rob Sadowsky shares his favorite allergy meds and a link to the SF bike music fest
• PLP hosts the George Romero flat challenge
• BikePortland: Propel fuel stations love bikes
• Brandon shares the Atlantic Cities’ “Evolution of Bike Lanes”
• BikePortland covers the notorious Hwy 26/Sylvan intersection
• Bees swarm a bicycle basket
• JohnnyK comments on the Federal Transportation Bill
• Damian from NZ writes in
• Gus shares a DIY frame cargo contraption
• Tim shares a story of angry freds in France
• Logan shares Bicycle Quarterly’s performance review of tires
• Dan from MN shares his hunting experiences

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E081 – Path Less Pedaled: New Zealand, Portland, Zombies

June 11, 2012Bicycling, Camping, Communication, Touring, Train Travel, Transit, Travelsprocketpodcast

Whenever the folks from the Path Less Pedaled drop in for a show taping, we know we’re going to have a good time. Fortunately for the listener, we managed to stay just barely on this side of coherent while stifling our uproarious laughter. We have a great discussion about Russ & Laura’s trip to New Zealand, bicycle and touring advocacy, and their plans from here as high-profile bicycling Portlanders.

Don’t forget to gird your loins for the first Portland Zombie Ride, a Pedalpalooza event beginning at Velo Cult on Sunday, June 17 2012 at 10:30am! The zombie apocalypse will not be motorized…

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.

and finally, the shirt of which much was made:

and Brandon Rhodes as a zombie:

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E079 – Kick Ass Oregon Bicycling History

May 29, 2012Bicycling, Building, Camping, Communication, History, Technology, Transit, Travelsprocketpodcast

Vincent Caldoni sits in for Brandon while he’s gone, and we are joined by resident historian of ORhistory.com Doug Kenck-Crispin to discuss Oregon’s early adoption of bicycles into many parts of life, and how the past informs the present.

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.

A list of Brock’s sources for the history discussion:
Eric Lundgren on Governor Geer
Eric Lundgren on Bemer Pague & Portland’s early cycle paths
Sheldon Brown defines: Scorcher
Eric Lundgren’s detailed essay on early Portland bicycling
Stewart Holbrook’s “The Three Sirens of Portland”
Jonathan Maus reports on author Sue Macy’s presentation of early women bicyclists
her book: Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle To Freedom
Jonathan Maus compares 1890s & 2000s fixed gear riders

Headlines
RowdyKittens & The Path Less Pedaled on L.L. “Stubb” Stewart State Park
BikePortland celebrates the return of Portland OR to the #1 city for cycling

Mailbag
Anonymous: http://gutterparty.com/no-2/

Carl from CA: “Hey guys – just bumped into this on the inter webs on the FB… AN XTRACYCLE SIDE CAR! Imagine tour with this rig?.”

Blayne from BC: “Thanks for the re-tweets for my blog [http://thecynicalcyclist.blogspot.com/]. Summer can’t get here fast enough. I am preparing for my first solo trip, a four day trip on Northern Vancouver Island, later in August. If any Sprocket listeners are vacationing on Vancouver Island this summer I would love to hear from you. Contact me through my blog. Have a great summer and “Find Adventure.”

Dan in MN in response to the Disaster Relief Trials sponsored by TRANSPORTland: “When I worked in public health I had asked the EMS program if they would consider getting on bicycles. Getting them on bicycles to respond a first responder situation quicker and easier.”

Donations from Blayne in BC & JohnnyK in FL! Thanks! If you’d like to donate, you can do so using the donate button in the right-hand sidebar.

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E078 – Elly Blue: Taking The Lane

May 21, 2012Advocacy, Bicycling, Communication, Travelsprocketpodcast

Elly Blue is the author of the blog Taking The Lane and several ‘zines, a bicycling culture advocate and a connector drawing the threads of simpler transportation together across the country on her Dinner & Bikes tour. She joins us today to chat about being out on the road with Dinner & Bikes, zines on bicycling, perspective on the Portland bicycle & transportation scene, gender and bikes, and more.

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
UrbanVelo & The Telegraph: Graeme Obree plans to break 100mph on a homemade bike Sightline.org: 26 innovative ways to store your bike
BikePortland: after a fatal crash downtown, hundreds gather to honor Kathryn Rickson.
BikePortland: animation shows growth of Portland’s bike infrastructure over time TRANSPORTland: map of the Disaster Relief Trials route released!

Mailbag
Eric Schambion and Amaya Williams from WorldBiking.info: “Pedaling to your podcasts makes the miles fly by! Thanks for all the cycling information and inspiration.”

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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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E071 – James Bernard Frost: A Very Minor Prophet

April 1, 2012Bicycling, Communication, Kitchen, Travelsprocketpodcast

This week we speak with James Bernard Frost, the author of the just-released novel A Very Minor Prophet, featuring a soul-searching story based around Portland’s independent publishing and freakbike cultures (press release). He was kind enough to put up with our shenanigans for an interview! The book is available from Portland-based Hawthorne Books at retailers near you or on the internet. Also, Brandon unintentionally snorts beer and Adele briefly enters the room to obtain crafting supplies.

Brock also summarizes his trip of the last week through central Oregon by bicycle and the mishaps and small glories to be had along the way. Check@SprocketPodcast on Twitter for a list and miniature reviews of the places he stayed.

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