The Sprocket Podcast

John Carter is the Interim Transportation Demand Management / Active Transportation Specialist and Carrie Cantrell is the Active Transportation Ambassador at Portland Community College.  At an institution of higher learning with four separate campus locations, it can be difficult to imagine getting where you need to be under your own power, but these two are here to make it seem a little more realistic and less daunting.

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2nd Thursday of every month Joyful Rider’s Club in Minneapolis

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I-5 Rose Quarter “Improvement” Project Seeks Community Advisory Committee members: https://i5rosequarter.org/.

“It is with a heavy heart that we’re writing to say, that after 30 years of publishing, Dirt Rag is shutting its doors and ceasing all operations, including the website and Dirt Fest.”

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From Beth Hamon – “love this podcast. And all you guys. Thanks for podding 500 times, kids!

From Jay H – PartySparkleremoji PartySparkleremoji 500 MEDALemoji

Sebastian P. – You’re only halfway to 1000.

From Steve S.: Simplifying the Good Life…          

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Madi & Joe took the train to the City of Angels, and had several adventures in pursuit of the world’s best tacos.  You know… tacos.  The best food known to humankind.  Intersections with simpler living abounded, and we get the details.

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From WaPo: The end of an American tradition: The Amtrak dining car

From Tom Allen: About The Time I Travelled The World Flight-Free For 4 Years (And Nobody Cared)

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From listener & supporter David M. – career inspiration!

From listener & supporter Tim Coleman

From listener Susan Brewster: back injury recovery

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At long last, we reach the 500th episode of our show, and bring it to you for your enjoyment.  For this momentous occasion, we invited long-time conspirator and friend of the show, Tim Mooney (whose voice is briefly heard on our program nearly weekly), to join.  We love the fact that we can have long conversations about things other than bikes, and in this episode discuss the long arc of history as it pertains to simplifying the good life, with a little mention to bikes towards the end.  Stay tuned for a fitting end-of-Monty-Python-and-the-Search-For-The-Holy-Grail-esque ending, perfectly in tune with the history of the show.  Also featured: executive producer Brock Dittus, a call-in from founding cohost Brandon Rhodes, and perennial hosts Aaron Flores & Guthrie Straw.

Thank you for listening!

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2nd Thursday of every month Joyful Rider’s Club in Minneapolis

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Our friend Patrick Mok returns to talk about E-Bikes and why he’s into them!

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Paula & Eric go on an epic backcountry Idaho bike trip, and discover exactly how far you can go down the path less traveled.  We are glad they survived to tell the tale!

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Get Up And Go! Fareless Transit in Olympia WA

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Aaron & Guthrie take a minute to rundown their assessment of the turning of the clock, the calendar, and the decade, and give some SPOILER ALERTS for the coming year of bicycling culture in Portland, Oregon. Also, how urban bicycling networks are like a gravity well. #scifi

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Guthrie’s friend Ed Piper goes to Japan and gets a bike!  He lives in the city of Kawagoe.

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Share Now Stops Sharing: “…volatile state of the global mobility landscape”

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From Jon re: Broken collarbones

From Richard W. re: Texas bike laws

From Arne in Germany on laws and lighting

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Welcome to another rebroadcast as our hosts take some time off for the holidays.  See you with another studio show soon!

Team Grilled By Bike.  The Oregon Outback.  What more needs to be said? Eric, JP, Eilif, & Ross party responsibly across the uninhabited lands of eastern Oregon, encountering mud, rain, fallen trees, and windfall burn barrels, while engaging in the throwing of sharp implements and the playing of table tennis.  How did it go down? They tell us.

Find Grilled By Bike on instagram.

For field audio of the adventure produced by Eric Ivy, listen to:

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photo credit: Michael Hamann

Aaron & Guthrie chat about winter weather and regroup after a season of shows.  New studio, new takes on the roads and traffic when it all goes to hell in the winter.

Thanks to our beverage sponsor, The Beer Mongers, and, as always, thanks to our generous Patreon donors that keep us going! Beer Mongers will be open Thanksgiving, find your people!

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2nd Thursday of every month Joyful Rider’s Club in Minneapolis

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From Bike Portland: Gov. Brown calls for pause on I-5 Rose Quarter project

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Brock & Brandon celebrate 100 episodes of the Sprocket Podcast by traversing the city for hours using every mode of transport they can get into, including TriMet, the Portland Streetcar, the Portland Aerial Tram, and of course Car2Go.  Here’s a “lite” version of the 5 hours of audio we taped during the adventure.

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