The Sprocket Podcast

Listener & donor Jeremy Kitchen drops into the studio to talk about how he got into amateur radio and how it connects to bicycling in his experience!  Coordination of supported bicycling, response to emergency situations, and meeting people from all over the globe are just a few uses of this versatile communication strategy. Also: Brock and Aaron … Continue reading E323 – Jeremy Does Ham Radio →

Brock waxes soliloquilic about his favorite lunch food.  Aaron, Aaron & Jada swap tips & tricks on other lunch goodies.

Aaron Green is an experienced tourist-by-bike who wrote the memoir We Were Like Sons. Jada Green married a celebrity and got to bring her dream of bicycle touring the west coast to life!  This fall the magnanimous couple rode from Portland, Oregon to San Diego, California.  We chat with them about early mechanicals, transit use … Continue reading E322 – The Greens Go West Coast Bicycle Touring! →

Alexis Gabriel joins us to talk about walking, its benefits as a transportation mode, and why people might not think so right away.  We chat about fun walks, good food & friends, and more! Link: The Oregon Environmental Council’s Emerging Leaders Board Thanks to our generous sponsor The Beer Mongers and our Patreon donors that keep … Continue reading E321 – Walking Has a Sexy Problem →

We spent an evening setting up the new studio at StreamPDX, an audio production project that we’re happy to announce we are helping to build.  You get to be the fly on the wall as we chat with superhuman tech guru Aaron Parecki and long-time studio collaborator Lillian Karabaic!  Super obscure affection for the World … Continue reading E320x – Movin’ On Up: setting up the StreamPDX studio →

We spend four hours at The Beer Mongers (at SE Division & 12th!) for the season launch party of the Beer Mongers Cyclocross Team!  This noisy recording contains Brock & Aaron asking members of the team questions about their cross racing experience, as well as a 40th birthday party’s celebrants, Adele’s take on the summer … Continue reading E320xl – The Beermongers Cyclocross Team 2016 Launch Party! →

What kind of dudes? Eric Iverson regales us with tales of a 24 hour bicycle relay in Minneapolis, and Ross Putnam illustrates how great a trip to pick up fresh hops for Base Camp Brewing by cargo bike can be! Trust us, these guys are super cool. Thanks to our generous sponsor The Beer Mongers and … Continue reading E319 – Fresh Hops, Fresh Dudes →

Remember OK soda? You don’t? Alright. Remember learning that voter fraud was wrong?

we forgot to take a photo together. Superfan Aqua drops in to see how the show is made!  We chat aboutAaron’s charity ride to breweries for a clean water project, Brock’s old band’s reunion show, a dustup on twitter over a misconception, and what to do about our feet now that the rainy season is on its way … Continue reading E318 – Aqua Is Not A Guest →

Soren Impey & Dan Gebhart are involved with Bike Loud PDX and drop in to explain why streets don’t have to be dangerous to work, and what their organization is doing to catch the attention of Oregon’s legislators.  They’re riding from Portland to Salem to make their voices heard! Also: Aaron washes a hat, and … Continue reading E317 – BikeLoudPDX goes to Salem →