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E598 Topic Talk

June 22, 2022Uncategorizedsprocketpodcast

In this weeks show, an announcement, talk of topics (and just a feeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew more things to boot) – We had a LOT of fun with this one, hope folks enjoy!

NEWS

Japanese police seize 5,800 bike seats, arrest man in theft case from Kyodo News

Osaka prefectural police have seized about 5,800 bicycle seats from a rental storage facility and have arrested a truck driver on theft charges, they said Friday… The truck driver has admitted to the charges, with the police quoting him as saying, “I began to steal bike seats about 25 years ago in Tokyo and Osaka to relieve stress at work and, gradually, collecting them turned out to be fun.”

buy or make a seat leash with Guthrie’s DIY approach

Bike mechanics reveal the best tricks to frustrate would-be saddle thieves.

MAIL

Josh Guttmacher sent it this:

www.namethatpart.com

Created by Lucas Mace

Choose the part from the supplied options based on the photos you see
You have 20 seconds to make your choice
Points start at 500 and go down the longer you take to choose
If the points reach zero, game over
A correct answer will add the remaining points to your total score and load the next part
An incorrect answer will end the game
Have fun and try to beat your friend’s score!
There are currently 60 parts in the game and I add more every week

FinePrint
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music: Ryan J. Lane (intro & outro) & Hurtbird (headlines)
graphic design: Marcus Norman
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Shadowfoot, Wayne Norman, Richard Wezensky, Tim Mooney, Glenn Kubish, Eric Weisz, Cameron Lien,Doug CohenMiller, Chris Smith, Caleb Jenkinson, JP Kewley, Peanut Butter Jar Matt, Marco Lo, Rich Otterstrom, Anna, Richard G, Kampcite, Aaron Green, Jeremy Kitchen, Todd Tillinger , Harry Hugel, E.J. Finneran, Brad Hipwell, Keith Hutchison, Ryan Tam, Jason Aufdenberg, Andre Johnson, Gregory Braithwaite , Chris Barron, Dennis O’Brien, Sean Baird, dudeluna, Emma Rooks, Lillian Karabaic, Spartan Dale, Philip M, Bike Initiative Keweenaw, Adam D, Go Dig A Hole, Beth Hamon, Greg Murphy, Guthrie Straw, Mayra Martinez, Oso, Byron Patterson, Mac Nurse David, Kurstin Graham, Erinne G, Rachel Moline, Jonathan Lee, Damiana Day, Hami Ramani, Alan Kessler, and Andrew MacGregor.

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E597 Mike Cobb & The Disaster Relief Trials

June 8, 2022Uncategorizedsprocketpodcast

At Long Last! – We chat with Mike Cobb of The Disaster Relief Trials, occurring this weekend!

Portland Disaster Responder Stats
Responder Ratio Stats
14,418 professional first responders
652,503 Portlanders
Ratio: 1:45

FEMA says over 95% of major disaster victims are rescued and assisted by ad-hoc citizen volunteers.

FEMA Community Response Program

Cargo Bike Ratios
5,000 cargo cyclists in Portland
1:131

Become part of your local Portland Neighborhood Team (no bicycle required!)

What to show up with this Saturday:

Tuned bike 2 hours prior to the start (can pass mechanic inspection)
LOTS of cam-buckle straps, NONE of bungees (if/as able)
Repair Kit

Cully Neighborhood:

Long standing Chinook village called Neerchokikoo

Mail/Socials

Hi Sprocket folks!

Mayra saw this, and sent it to me. Thought I’d share it with you, and the listeners. It’s classic! 🙂

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E596 – Megan Ramey

April 16, 2022Uncategorizedsprocketpodcast

Megan Ramey On Max Stop At Gateway Green

In this episode we catch up with THREE TIME award WINNING guest, Megan Ramey! Covering cyclocross, transit, family biking, maps, adventures, and more!

https://www.bikabout.com/

Bikabout inspires 2-wheeled tourism in North America’s best biking cities.

In the news: “Crazy bike lady” helps kids walk and roll in Hood River

Megan is Mobility Director for Anson’s Bike Buddies, a Columbia Gorge Non-Profit Organization. Anson’s Bike Buddies started as an idea formed in conjunction with Anson’s realization that there are children in his community who cannot afford a bicycle and the monthly service projects adopted by his school.
http://www.ansonsbikebuddies.org/

Opinion: Thinking about an electric car? An e-bike may make more sense (and save you more money)

Megan’s Twitter thread & replies on ebikes (before she wrote the article)

Columbia Area Transit CAT Bus from Portland to Columbia River Gorge & beyond
Megan on Twitter: @bikeabout

New podcast alert from Joan:

Arrested Mobility

Why are Black Americans and other people of color disproportionately victims of overly aggressive police enforcement and brutality while walking, running, riding bicycles, taking public transit, or while driving? This podcast explores the ways in which people of color have had their mobility arrested.

Hosted by Charles T. Brown, the founder and CEO of Equitable Cities LLC—an urban planning, policy, and research firm working at the intersection of transportation, health, and equity. Charles will take you to the streets of Philly, the sidewalks of Seattle, and the neighborhoods of Kansas City. In each place, he’ll ask: What can we do to change the outcomes when people of color step out their door to exist in the world?

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E595 – Roo Albisurez

March 27, 2022Uncategorizedsprocketpodcast

Join us as we chat with Roo Albisurez, photographer, athlete, extraordinaire.

Mentions

https://www.instagram.com/roo_media

https://www.instagram.com/warpaintmag/

https://www.ralbisurez.com/

https://www.warpaintmag.co/

Jessa the surfer: https://www.instagram.com/p/CaAwDVtujoA/

Bike Instructor Certification Program

https://icp.bike/bicp-certification-usa/

Courtney Williams highlights BIPOC bike folks at @thebrownbikegirl

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E594 – Indoor Bicycling

March 7, 2022Uncategorizedsprocketpodcast

A stationary bike on a mat in a house in front of stairs — When he injured his hand, our friend GoDigaHole shifted his riding to an indoor bicycle

When we say all bikes are good bikes, do we mean exercise bikes too? Guthrie, Joan, and Armando tackle the big questions in our latest episode, with a discussion of stationary bikes and trainers, with lots of comments from listeners. Plus, we consider some new directions for the podcast…

Mentioned in this episode: Shiey train and bus surfing

News
The Sprocket Podcast will be releasing new episodes every other week, after 10 years of (mostly) weekly episodes. This will be a more sustainable approach for us to keep the conversations rolling along.

Mail & Such
From Maria Schur, BicycleKitty, about our recent guest Devery: “A note on Devery – he is a rad competitor in every alley cat race I organize and also killed it on the Swift hill Summit Kill (5 mega repeats up Walter in Gresham). A talent on two wheels!!!”

@GoDigaHole has a new podcast episode on archaeology and bicycles!

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E592 – Devery Sheridan

February 7, 2022Uncategorizedsprocketpodcast

This week we catch up with recent Reed grad, Devery Sheridan. Can better marketing save us from our transportation woes? Stay tuned to find out.

News: The Sprocket Podcast will be releasing new episodes every other Monday, after 10 years of (mostly) weekly episodes, this balance lets us keep the show going and keep the conversations rolling along.

Mail:
From Joan – Mechanics Ask Walmart, Major Bike Manufacturers to Stop Making and Selling ‘Built-to-Fail’ Bikes.

Mentions:
Theodore Lowi
MAXed Out Memes

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E591 – January Reboot

January 23, 2022Uncategorizedsprocketpodcast

It’s our January Reboot!

Mail:

From Josh Guttmacher:
POINTLESSLY SHIFT YOUR BIKE’S ELECTRONIC GEARS LIKE A MANUAL CAR

From Anna:
Biking and Birding Across The Great Divide

As an American politics professor, I always encourage my students to drive across country at some point in their lives to better understand these United States—the immense diversity, the varying terrains, and the absolute vastness of this nation.

And so as a birder, I was intrigued when I learned that ornithologist Scott Edwards had embarked on exactly such a trip last summer. On his bike. A 3,800-mile, 76-day bicycle ride from East Coast to West

Thanks to our sustaining donors for supporting our show costs:
Shadowfoot, Wayne Norman, Cameron Lien, Richard Wezensky, Tim Mooney, Glenn Kubish, Eric Weisz, Doug CohenMiller, Chris Smith, Caleb Jenkinson, JP Kewley, Peanut Butter Jar Matt, Marco Lo, Rich Otterstrom, Drew the Welder, Anna, Andre Johnson, Richard G, Guthrie Straw, Kampcite, Aaron Green, Mac Nurse David, Jeremy Kitchen, David Belais, Tim Coleman, Harry Hugel, E.J. Finneran, Brad Hipwell, Thomas Skadow, Keith Hutchison, Ranger Tom, Joyce Wilson, Ryan Tam, Jason Aufdenberg, Todd Tillinger, David Moore, Todd Groesbeck, Chris Barron, Sean Baird, Simon Paice, Gregory Braithwaite, dudeluna, Emma Rooks, Philip M, Lillian Karabaic, Spartan Dale, Josh Myles, Dennis O’Brien, Sarah G, Adam D, Go Dig A Hole, Beth Hamon, Greg Murphy, Mayra M, Oso, Isaac M, David C, Byron Paterson, Kurstin Graham, Erinne G, Rachel Moline, Jimmy Diesel, Christopher Barnett, Jonathan Lee, and Hami Ramani.

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E576 – Hami Ramani – Cycling Advocate

August 11, 2021Uncategorizedsprocketpodcast

Photo of two people standing along a black metal fence with a distant view of wispy clouds. She has a white shirt and dark pants and holds a bike helmet and smiles while looking at the camera. He has a mustache and yellow shirt and dark shorts and looks away. — Hami and Mia

Hami Ramani is a neurologist who has a big interest in making biking safer and reducing the usage of cars. He’s now in Portland and seems to be leading a resurgence of active transportation advocacy in the area.

Mail
Jason Aufdenberg says, “Dear Sprocket Podcast, I enjoyed the discussion on bike commuting in EP 571! Like Guthrie, I too am interested if anyone is making bike maps with routes that optimized for shade. One easy upgrade that will make many city bike maps more usable is to make the maps available as a geospatial PDF files. This type of file, on your phone, allows you to see your location on the bike map using only the phone’s GPS signal, no internet connection/data plan required. My city, Daytona Beach, has no official bike map so I made one of my own and published it as a free geospatial PDF file that works with the Avenza Maps App. More info on my map here. I’m curious if any other Sprocket Podcast listeners live in places with no official bike map and have made their own maps.

Bradley Bouch told us about the Tour de Tulips in Orange City, Iowa.

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E569 – The Chingonas!

June 7, 2021Uncategorizedsprocketpodcast

We take a moment to catch up with Ashley, Katya, and Arley about their experiences riding together, and creating space to ride as “The Chingonas” in PDX!

What we talked about
Everybody Climbs

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E566 – Rethinking Streets During COVID-19 with Marc Schlossberg and Rebecca Lewis

May 20, 2021Uncategorizedsprocketpodcast

Marc Schlossberg and Rebecca Lewis from the University of Oregon talk about their new open access book, Rethinking Streets During Covid-19, part of the Rethinking Streets project, and how cities around the world changed streets for pedestrians, bicyclists, and more during the pandemic.

The Stuff We Talked About
Rethinking Streets
Sustainable Cities Institute
Bicycle Transportation Study Abroad

Headlines
Forget Tech Bro Fantasies of Self-Driving Cars and Just Invest in Buses Already
Via Bike Portland, in the New Republic: “What we need are not more energy-efficient cars or self-driving cars or, as Zimmer fantasized, privately owned fleets that are available for hire, but fewer cars entirely. We need people biking, walking, taking buses and trains and subways, or otherwise riding in something besides a free-ranging, 3,000-pound metal exoskeleton with an error-prone operator, digital or human. If safety is often cited as a prime reason for developing autonomous vehicles—about 36,000 Americans die in car accidents every year—then perhaps a better way of saving lives is to have fewer cars on the road, replaced by mass transit and other public options.”

Mail
From long-time listener and Patreon supporter Emma Rooks: “After listening to Guthrie and Joan talk about herbs and herb spirals a few episodes back, I wanted to share the one my girlfriend and I (mostly her) put together recently. It’s still waiting on some seed starts to hurry up and get ready to be planted.” Emma inspired Joan to finally plant her own her garden.

Events
Pedalpalooza!

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