Category Archives: Walking

E298 – Mariana Goes Beach Camping

May 10, 2016Adventure, Beer, Boats, Camping, Downsizing, Fun, Touring, Transit, Travel, Walkingsprocketpodcast

Mariana Mo from Thursday Night Ride and other Portland bike scene events took a backpacking trip to the beach after finishing college, and camped out for about three months living the good life, thinking deep thoughts and meeting great people. We ask what it takes to have such a compelling adventure!

Also: Brock bicycle camped over the weekend again & Aaron went to Filmed By Bike.

Thanks to our generous sponsor The Beer Mongers and our Patreon donors that keep us going!

Calendar
May 15 and throughout the summer – Sunday Parkways needs volunteers!

May 18: Music + Bikes: Guilty Pleasures (the ride returns!)

May 19: 5-7pm at Clever Cycles, Hug Your Dog Tour: Meet Bixby and her Human: a 6yr old rescue dog and her human travel throughout the US and will be talking at Clever Cycles

May 20: 6-7pm at Clever Cycles, Heinz Stucke will be promoting his book 50 Years Around the World by Bike, books will be available for purchase as well as an opportunity to have Heinz sign your copy.

June 10 The Little Lebowski Urban Achiever Ride

June 15 – The Pollen Ride! Comisserate with fellow allergen-sufferers

6:15pm at the Vera Katz Statue

The 3rd Annual Bike Mechanic Challenge!
Saturday, June 18, 2016 from 6:30 PM to 10:00 PM at velo cult

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From Streetfilms via Anikwenze Ogbue: The Pulaski Bridge Protected Bike Path Is (Finally) Open!

From David Robinson: Overnight sleeper bus service is a reality!

Musician Ryan J Lane is the face of Gresham Bike Month!

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Ethan Georgi went bike camping!

Tim Mooney on Transit-bike Touring

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Logan Smith, JohnnyK, Shadowfoot, Kathrina Mellemgaard, Wayne Norman,Doug Robertson, Ethan Georgi, Justin Martin, Eric Iverson, Cameron Lien, Richard Wezensky, Tim Mooney, Orange & Purple, Glenn Kubish, Matt Kelly, Jim Goodin, Eric Weisz, Doug CohenMiller, Todd Parker, Scott McAllister Morgan, Chris Gonzalez, Dan Gebhart, Zoe Campagna, Andy Brunner, Dave Knows, Chris Smith, Christi Caister, Caleb Jenkinson, JP Kewley, Peanut Butter Jar Matt, Patrick Archain, Sebastien Poule, Marco Lo, Rich Otterstrom, Andrew Alderson, Drew the Welder, Anna, Krista, Jon Wasserman, Andre Johnson, Shelly & Troy, Kingof Division, Josh Zisson, Richard G, Guthrie Straw, Christopher Barnett, Branden Shelby, Kampcite, Aaron Green, Mac Nurse David, Kathryn Minchin, Nathan Poulton

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E296 – David Talks Tech

April 27, 2016Adventure, Beer, Bicycling, Communication, Downsizing, Simpler Living, Technology, Transit, Urban Design, Walkingsprocketpodcast

Mac Nurse David stops in to talk about how we think about technology in a fast-paced age. He used to be a customer support representative before he entered the medical field, but a few years ago he got tired of machines intruding on his life. We ask what he did about it and how he feels now. He also gave us some government issue pens!

Also: Brock & Aaron did Ronde PDX!

Thanks to our generous sponsor The Beer Mongers and our Patreon donors that keep us going!

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5/6,7,8/16 Filmed By Bike at the Hollywood Theatre with (off) Street Party at Velo Cult bike shop on Friday 5/6 5-9:30pm

June 15 – The Pollen Ride! Comisserate with fellow allergen-sufferers

6:15pm at the Vera Katz Statue

The 3rd Annual Bike Mechanic Challenge!
Saturday, June 18, 2016 from 6:30 PM to 10:00 PM

Headlines
From OPAL.org: The Oregonian is Wrong on YouthPass

From theverge.com via Johnny K This bicycle has 4GB of RAM: and lasers too

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Kathryn is a new donor!

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E294 – Kristen Stallman: 100 Year Highway

April 13, 2016Adventure, Advocacy, Bicycling, Building, Camping, Car Ownership, Communication, Fun, History, Mountain Biking, Mountains, Touring, Train Travel, Transit, Travel, Walkingsprocketpodcast

Kristen Stallman works for the Oregon Department of Transportation and is excited about the upcoming anniversary of the Historic Columbia River Highway! We talk about natural beauty, tourism, and simpler transport (including proposed bus service!) in one of the most beautiful places on earth.
HistoricHighway.org
GorgeTransitStudy.org

Renee from WET Transit Bus in Washington State adds that trailhead bus service is starting this weekend to Dog Mountain as well! Click here for the schedule

Brock went bike camping after a week of tallbike commuting, and Aaron rode the DeRonde route and in the Ladd’s 500!!

Thanks to our generous sponsor The Beer Mongers and our Patreon donors that keep us going!

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5/6,7,8/16 Filmed By Bike at the Hollywood Theatre with (off)Street Party at Velo Cult bike shop on Friday 5/6 5-9:30pm

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John in Goldendale shares SRAM’s awesome bikey office

TriMet is hiring!

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Gerald suggests that we lead the Pollen Ride for pedalpalooza.

Chris in Denver (Parker) bought a new bike!

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Sebastien fills us in on Santa Rosa.

Tim Mooney adds to our “New York, not the city” report.

JR Roloff elaborates on his “Plan.”

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E285 – Chris Smith & Rob Sadowsky: Public Process Needs You!

February 25, 2016Advocacy, Bicycling, Communication, Technology, The Law, Transit, Urban Design, Walkingsprocketpodcast

Chris Smith is a tireless advocate for the public process and works for positive change in active transportation policy. He describes himself as a citizen activistand is a member of the Portland Planning and Sustainability Commission. Rob Sadowsky is the executive director of the Bicycle Transportation Alliance. Steph Routh is the former executive director of Oregon Walks and currently helms theWhy Isn’t Anyone Talking About This? podcast.

Important plans are being laid for the future of Portland, Oregon’s transportation options. Chris asked to share how everyone can be involved in the process! There are three different but closely related planning projects that affect cycling and transportation in Portland:

1: The Comprehensive Plan, at City Council now. Contains key policies (i.e., green transportation hierarchy) and the Transportation System Plan project list identifying spending priorities for the next 20 years. The next public testimony opportunity (intended to focus on amendments proposed by City Council are) :

Comprehensive Plan Hearing on Amendments
City Hall Council Chambers 1221 SW 4th Ave
Thursday, April 14 2016, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM

2) Transportation System Plan (TSP) Contains additional transportation policies and in particular, integrates the bicycle classifications from the Bicycle Master Plan into the TSP for the first time. There are two hearings coming up at the Planning and Sustainability Commission on the TSP in March:

PSC Hearing on TSP
Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, 2500 SW 4th Ave
Tuesday, March 8th (meeting as 12:30pm, agenda item time TBD)

PSC Hearing on TSP
Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, 2500 SW 4th Ave
Tuesday, March 22th (meeting as 5pm, agenda item time TBD)

3) Central City Plan (CC2035) Just to make life interesting, the street classifications (including bicycle classifications) for the Central City are not in the TSP, they’re in the Central City Plan, which is following in the process a bit (it will be the first amendment to the Comp Plan).

This plan integrates the three (we can’t count) Quadrant Plans developed over the last few years into one unified plan for the Central City. Staff has just released the discussion draft and there are a number of open houses and drop-in events coming up.

Other useful links:
Comp Plan Map App
Comp Plan Map App Explorer (lets you layer multiple maps on top of each other):
(you’ll want to look at both the ‘Transportation Proposals’ and the ‘Reference Layers’)

Thanks to our generous sponsor The Beer Mongers and our Patreon donors that keep us going!

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Logan Smith, JohnnyK, Shadowfoot, Kathrina Mellemgaard, Wayne Norman,Doug Robertson, Ethan Georgi, Justin Martin, Eric Iverson, Cameron Lien, Richard Wezensky, Tim Mooney, Orange & Purple, Glenn Kubish, Matt Kelly, Jim Goodin, Eric Weisz, Doug CohenMiller, Todd Parker, Scott McAllister Morgan, Chris Gonzalez, Dan Gebhart, Zoe Campagna, Andy Brunner, Dave Knows, Chris Smith, Christi Caister, Caleb Jenkinson, JP Kewley, Peanut Butter Jar Matt, Patrick Archain, Gabriel Trainer, Sebastien Poule, Marco Lo, Rich Otterstrom, Andrew Alderson, Drew the Welder, Anna, Krista, Jon Wasserman, Andre Johnson, Shelly & Troy, Kingof Division, Josh Zisson, Richard G, Guthrie Straw

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E281 – Renee T: West End Transit (or, Squatchin’ By Bus)

February 2, 2016Adventure, Advocacy, Beer, Bicycling, Boats, Business, Camping, Car Ownership, Fun, Hiking, Mountain Biking, Mountains, Simpler Living, Touring, Train Travel, Transit, Travel, Walkingsprocketpodcast

Renee works to make sure there is transit access to popular outdoors destinations in the Columbia River Gorge by helping to manage outreach and marketing for the West End Transit (WET) Bus in Washington State’s Skamania County! Get to the trailhead without a car with the help of Friends of the Columbia Gorge!

Brock climbed 3200 feet and saw Peter Koonce, and Aaron stared at a “family” meeting in Mexico, and is looking for a house to move into.

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4/5/16 7pm humanity On wheels 3 from kick ass oregon history and trimet diariesat the Jack London bar!

Microcosm Publishing turns 20! Fabulous local punk startup celebrates the anniversary on February 12 2016, 5pm at Velo Cult, and Joe Biel gives a reading at Powell’s Books Hawthorne on February 11 2016, 7:30pm

From Momentum via PBJMatt: South Dakota is fighting with Missouri over the dumbest cycling laws

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Johnnyk made us a Roku: https://my.roku.com/add/TheSprocket

“Well I hope you don’t shoot me but I listen to your podcast through my TV.”

Sebastien loved Nathan’s “ripping yarn” about CA travel. Made him think of this classic picture:

And Scott liked our f*** CA outro; was more offended that we forgot he lived there!

Eric Iverson: “I’m obviously on board for a #kingofdivision ride to Oxbow park w/@kingofdivision &@SprocketPodcast! #pedalpalooza ?”

Josh G wants a commenrtary on the Chinese bike racing movie “To the Fore”?

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Logan Smith, JohnnyK, Shadowfoot, Kathrina Mellemgaard, Wayne Norman,Doug Robertson, Ethan Georgi, Justin Martin, Eric Iverson, Cameron Lien, Richard Wezensky, Tim Mooney, Orange & Purple, Glenn Kubish, Matt Kelly, Jim Goodin, Eric Weisz, Doug CohenMiller, Todd Parker, Scott McAllister Morgan, Chris Gonzalez, Dan Gebhart, Zoe Campagna, Andy Brunner, Dave Knows, Chris Smith, Christi Caister, Caleb Jenkinson, JP Kewley, Peanut Butter Jar Matt, Patrick Archain, Gabriel Trainer, Sebastien Poule, Marco Lo, Rich Otterstrom, Andrew Alderson, Drew the Welder, Anna, Krista, Jon Wasserman, Andre Johnson, Shelly & Troy, Kingof Division, Josh Zisson, Richard G, Guthrie Straw

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E278 – Nathan Jones’ Spicy Southwestern…

January 25, 2016Adventure, Air Travel, Bicycling, Boats, Fun, Housing, Mountain Biking, Mountains, Simpler Living, Technology, The Law, Theft, Touring, Travel, Urban Design, Walking, Weathersprocketpodcast

Nathan Jones is the reigning world champion, but encountered a significant setback on his most recent conquest. From Portland to California’s Central Valley and back again, but not in the way you’d expect.

Brock lost some important bits of metal, and Aaron went to MEXICO.

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4/5/16 7pm humanity On wheels 3 from kick ass oregon history and trimet diariesat the Jack London bar!

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Richard yells at our podcast about toy HPVs. Shares a badass adult big wheel video!

JohnnyK had a big wheel too! And passes on Paul Elkins’ DIY projects, as well as something that makes this, too, #boatmonth: a bike-towable boat camper.

PBJ Matt is a fan of wonky conversations!

Box Bike Collective in Santa Cruz is launching a funding project for affordable e-assist cargo bikes!’

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Logan Smith, JohnnyK, Shadowfoot, Kathrina Mellemgaard, Wayne Norman,Doug Robertson, Ethan Georgi, Justin Martin, Eric Iverson, Cameron Lien, Richard Wezensky, Tim Mooney, Orange & Purple, Glenn Kubish, Matt Kelly, Jim Goodin, Eric Weisz, Doug CohenMiller, Todd Parker, Scott McAllister Morgan, Chris Gonzalez, Dan Gebhart, Zoe Campagna, Andy Brunner, Dave Knows, Chris Smith, Christi Caister, Caleb Jenkinson, JP Kewley, Peanut Butter Jar Matt, Patrick Archain, Gabriel Trainer, Sebastien Poule, Marco Lo, Rich Otterstrom, Andrew Alderson, Drew the Welder, Anna, Krista, Jon Wasserman, Andre Johnson, Shelly & Troy, Kingof Division, Josh Zisson, Richard G, Guthrie Straw

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E274 – Three Duuudes

January 5, 2016Adventure, Bicycling, Fun, Health, Mountain Biking, Technology, Train Travel, Transit, Travel, Walking, Weathersprocketpodcast

In a post-holiday season show, Brock describes a recent medical problem and why Amtrak’s sleeper car is the best way to travel, Aaron has some back pain and is a Filmed By Bike juror! And David Robinson rides his 29er through the icy slush to join the discussion.

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from theradavist.com: 3D PRINTED PROSTHETICS ENABLE A KID TO RIDE BMX PART 1

from Portland’s roll easy blog: WAMGAD! WHAT MAKES GRUMPY ASS DRIVERS

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from cycletourstore.co.uk – a cycle touring podcast roundup

Wayne: Xmas card!

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E272 – Leah Benson & Jocelyn Gaudi, & a Pizza

December 22, 2015Adventure, Air Travel, Bicycling, Downsizing, Fun, Housing, Mountain Biking, Simpler Living, Touring, Transit, Travel, Walkingsprocketpodcast

Today we’re joined by two of Portland’s bike legends: Jocelyn Gaudi joins us to update about her trips with womens’ cycling adventurers Komorebi Cycling Team, Leah Benson talks home ownership, and we attempt to eat a pizza while recording.

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from bikeportland.org: Advocate! Tell the city how to change residential infill rules

Madi Carlson: Urban Cycling book signing party at Clever Cycles

TriMet.org: Celebrate Safely with TriMet for New Year’s Eve

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E268 – Cranksgiving, Century Attempts, Moving

November 25, 2015Adventure, Advocacy, Car Ownership, Car Sharing, Cargo, Communication, Downsizing, Fun, Simpler Living, Transit, Travel, Urban Design, Walkingsprocketpodcast

Brock & Aaron take a week just to catch up on the “haps” (as the kids say) of the recent season. There’s the time they volunteered to help Cranksgiving happen! There’s the time Brock attempted a century with some friends! There’s those classy pants tie-downs! And there’s an IMPENDING MOVE! You won’t believe your ears, and neither will your Nana.

Also: The Beer Mongers host a benefit Alleycross event on December 6, the first of three! Many thanks for their sponsorship, and to the continued donations of our fine donors!

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Physical Mail!
Caleb sends Crap Cycle Lanes: 50 Worst Cycle Lanes in Britain!

Scott Macs sent us a card!

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from Andre Johnson: Fred and Barney

from Eric Iverson: foaming about being on our soundboard. Beermongers is full for Timbers games!

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E267
from Johnny K: definitions, tumbleweed history, and truck uses

from PBJ Matt: minimum wage woes, Subaru design

from Sebastien Poole: Speaking of feet and bike space. Also, metric countries.

from Tim Mooney: truck costs, LFO woes

from Richard W.: truck owners should be ready to be the friend with a truck.

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Mac Nurse David clears up averages.

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E252a – Worst. Episode. Ever.

August 18, 2015Beer, Bicycling, Downsizing, Fun, Housing, Simpler Living, Transit, Walkingsprocketpodcast

Up for debate, actually. We do talk about bikes a little. And we do talk about transit. And we do talk about simpler living pursuits. So maybe it’s not the worst ever; maybe it’s just clickbait. You’ll have to find out for yourself!

Every so often, Brock & Aaron need to kick back with their hybrid grapes and chat about some ol’ bullshit. That’s what’s going on here!

See you next week with another fascinating guest you’ll be sure to love!

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Portland OR 97202

Thanks to our sustaining donors for supporting our show costs:
Logan Smith, JohnnyK, Shadowfoot, Kathrina Mellemgaard, Wayne Norman, Doug Robertson, Ethan Georgi, Justin Martin, Eric Iverson, Cameron Lien, Richard Wezensky, Tim Mooney, Orange & Purple, Glenn Kubish, Matt Kelly, Jim Goodin, Eric Weisz, Doug CohenMiller, Todd Parker, Scott McAllister Morgan, Chris Gonzalez, Dan Gebhart, Zoe Campagna, John Blood, Alison Wiley, Andy Brunner,Dave Knows, Lars V., Chris Smith, Christi Caister, Caleb Jenkinson, JP Kewley, Peanut Butter Jar Matt, Patrick Archain, Gabriel Trainer, Sebastien Poule, Marco Lo, Rich Otterstrom, Andrew Alderson, Drew the Welder, Anna Olsen, Marco Lo, Rich Otterstrom, Andrew Alderson, Krista Skucas, Jon Wasserman, Andre Johnson, Shelly & Troy

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