The Sprocket Podcast

We talk about artisan sea salt and its derivation.

Aaron hauls the relief supplies to the tops of the stairs.  Josh, Armando & John ride a triple tandem, and Jeremy completes the course on a m’f’n Biketown bike share bike that weighs 59 lbs.!

Other-towns-in-Oregon Correspondent Eric Iverson takes an interview with someone at the Bend, Oregon Thursday Night Ride.

Josh Liberles is the “super domestique” of Hi Fi Wheels, who offer high performance at a comparatively lower cost and do so in style.  We chat about their offerings and Josh’s adventures in this episode, including a ride he took around the east end of Maui one time!

Also:  Aaron won a medal & finished his move and Brock walked around the city.

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Voicemail from Conrad: getting back from the Oregon coast

Keith sends us a video: a Tall Bike MTB

Jeremy Kitchen Tweets: Anyone have any tips on how best to carry a @BIKETOWNpdx bike up stairs? asking for a friend.

Mr. T found a 3rd Portland (in MO)! Yes, this Portland has something the other Portland stopped: a spot on the Katy Trail!

Listener Kevin P. comments: “Classic peach + pencil analogy.”

A dispatch from Phil in AK: bear bells, moose stomping, and a new bike

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We Got To Hang Out is a fairly new cycling-centric podcast that is already exploding in popularity!  We met them while chatting on an episode of the KBOO Bike Show a few months back about podcasting about bicycling.  Annalisa Fish & Abby Watson are enthusiastic about outdoor recreation and have had the chance to interview many notable people in the field, including Katie “Fn” Compton and John Watson of The Radavist.  We Got To Hang Out is a proud member of the Wide Angle Podium network, host to many other fine shows about active outdoor recreation.  You’ll want to hear their show!

Also: Brock rode a lot of miles in a chamois, and Aaron rented a car for his upcoming move.

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From columbiagorgeexpress.com: Oregon’s Columbia Gorge Express will operate Friday through Sunday (and federal holidays), May 26 through Sept. 24 in 2017.

From metro UK via Ranger Tom: Guerrilla gardeners are filling potholes with flowers to make a point

Also via Ranger Tom from ksat.com: Cyclists use 120 plungers to raise bike lane awareness

From Santa Cruz Sentinel  via Greg B in Santa Cruz, CA: Massive Big Sur slide may keep Highway 1 closed for a year

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From Keith Hutchison: regarding our Simpler Times question

From Mr.T: “Grocery shopping with pannier hooked to cart. I thought everyone did it this way.”

From Josh G: Ghost Rider (no, not that one)

From EJ Finneran: Citizen Jane documentary

Shadowfoot says: “As a non-American I appreciated the explanation as to what a Sonic is.”

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Steven Butler is a long-time friend and coworker of Brock and Aaron who has spent over a year commuting in to Portland from Vancouver, Washington.  We ask him what’s to know about crossing the bridge under one’s own power.

Superfan Aqua is in to talk about her first solo bike camping trip at L.L. “Stubb” Stewart State Park.  It was awesome, but it was wet!

Aaron almost missed the first Sunday Parkways, and Brock went bike camping.

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From NPR via Ranger Tom via Text: How Did An Obese City Lose A Million Pounds?

From WAMU.org via Tim Mooney: This Guy Rides 28 Miles To The Office — And Not Just On Bike To Work Day

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Aqua tweets a product notice: a tool for weight weenies!

From a new listener/donor David: however do I give you money?!?

The Joyride Podcast tweets a brockism/sarahism: “It might be a slow bike, but it’s faster than dragging yourself around by your lips.”

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Filmed By Bike is a Portland cultural institution that has gone from humble beginnings to its present home at the Hollywood Theater – and your town’s most suitable venue!  We chat with festival founder Ayleen Crotty (likely a member of the 5 timers’ club, though we forgot to count) about this year’s events and how this year’s batch of films could play anywhere there is demand for them as she facilitates gatherings with the same content as the flagship event in new cities around the world.  Check out the info on the webpage to get Filmed By Bike booked for your area!  And we are joined by #MascotOtis.

Also: Aaron orders some bike parts and Brock reads the fine print on his credit card’s car rental insurance coverage.

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From road.cc via senior controversies we weren’t aware of correspondent Eric Iverson: Cross-chaining: is it really all that bad?

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From Kevin F. on sharing the road/path

A tweet from Keith Hutchison that makes Brock jealous: people with beer in public at BikeParty Indianapolis.

A tweet from Jay Ting Walker gently correcting us

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more chat with Tori about food & drink, honorary degrees and voices of resistance, airstream construction, interrupting motorcycles, kudzu, Steve Miller Band, StoryCorps and its app, confidence & delivery, chauvinism & microphones, beer in Utah, and boy scouts.

Tori Bortman!  We should have had her on years ago.  She is one of the senior hosts on the KBOO Bike Show, teacher of mechanics and skills at Gracie’s Wrench, author of The Bicycling Big Book of Cycling for Beginners: Everything a new rider needs to know to gear up and start riding; on top of this, she is a delightful conversationalist.  We get to know the legend in person, discussing Portland’s vegan heritage sites, Christian rock music, radio, music, wrenching and teaching people to ride, and much more!

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The Community Cycling Center offers bicycles & service to people who might otherwise experience barriers to access.  Andrea Chiotti is the bridge between the shop & the office and cares a lot about engaging youth in mechanical skills. David Kurushima recently moved on to other things but appeared on our show before as their shop’s retail manager.  We have a lively discussion about access, privilege, and apprenticeship.

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From neighborhoodbikeworks.org via Anna: No Racism on Safe Streets

From streetsblog.org:The Backstory and Aftermath of Philly’s Teen Bicycle Freeway Takeover

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An iTunes Review

Brandon Rhodes sends us a txt about how to clear out the Bike Lane

Ethan Georgi sent us a text about dogs on bike racks

Voicemail from 541 area code about whose streets…

From Kathryn Minchin – she was on the radio!

Jeremy Kitchen is doing STP!

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