The Sprocket Podcast

Katie & David Proctor live in Portland without owning a car despite having children and enjoying outdoor recreation.  We ask why and how. Also: e200 live show!, retort to close pass contest, Bike Scout! Oh yeah, and Brock rented a moving truck. Headlines Pedalshift: trying Amtrak Express to ship a bike home after tour Mail … Continue reading E199c – Katie & David Proctor: Car Free Lifestyle →

Nathan Jones is the owner of Ride Yr Bike who conceived of and organized the Trans Am Bike Race, an unsupported ride from coast to coast in which the participants competed simply for the bragging rights!  He tells us about the trip. Also: e200 live show!, retort to close pass contest, explosions on the waterfront … Continue reading E199b – Nathan Jones: TransAm Bike Race →

Kath Youell is a return guest who runs Portlandize.com and participated in the 2014 Disaster Relief Trials in Portland; Tessa Walker owns a sweet little handmade cargo bike (that has a tumblr!) and also competed in the DRT. We talk about the experience of the disaster simulation, “flatrouting,” and doing laundry by bike, amongst other … Continue reading E199 – Kath Youell & Tessa Walker: Flatroute Your Laundry →

Phillip Ross makes cargo bikes!  Metrofiets brings the classic dutch box-bike concept into an American iteration.  We talk about his passion for bicycling innovation. Phil mentions the atomic zombie’s bicycle builder’s bonanza! Also: Brock’s bike breaks, a combine demolition derby, and Cory’s summer. Headlines dcist.org: Courtland Milloy goes on a bike ride, rethinks bicycling. (from … Continue reading E198 – Phillip Ross: Metrofiets →

Brian Benson, author of Going Somewhere, joins us to talk about his new memoir centered around a formative bicycle journey.  He is joined by his twin Leah Benson ofGladys Bikes! (not an actual twin)  We also speak about our shame foods (shh). Also: Brock decries his cynicism on returning to Portland in a full rebuttal … Continue reading E197 – Going Somewhere: Brian Benson (with Leah Benson) →

Just two days back and Brock is going through some culture shock. My brother Dan is also in town, so the four of us – Adele, Brock, Dan, and myself – sit down to document this momentous occasion. As of today, Brock says he issues a blanket retraction of everything he said here, but … Continue reading EXmas Special →

Because Lisa wasn’t able to make it to our Jonathan Maus interview, and because I think she’s just good for the podcast, here’s Lisa (I call her Pins) and I chit chatting it up for almost 2 hours. Most of it about food. Also, Brock and Adele’s latest and last tour update. You can’t get … Continue reading E196x – Lisa Nims, or, Pins →

Jonathan Maus has a lot to say; an understatement for anyone who is familiar withBike Portland. In this interview we focus (as much as my brain lets me) mostly on what’s going on in East Portland and the forgotten parts of the PDX Empire (my terminology, not his). Jonathan also takes some time to … Continue reading E196 – Jonathan Maus of bikeportland.org →

This week we bring back Lenny “the King of Swan Island” Anderson to tell us about the days of touring without all the fancy gadgets you kids have these days. The last time we talked with Lenny we didn’t get any of his touring stories. He did not disappoint this time. Though he was not … Continue reading E195 – Lenny Anderson, Touring Old-School →

A little out-of-the-norm for us cycle-tourists, but who doesn’t like some good old-fashioned fun on bikes? Today we talk about bike fun on bikes that are fun in their own right. Swing Bikes!!! Eric Iverson, now dubbed Swingbike Eric, come to the studio with his friends J.P. and Eilif who introduced me to maybe one … Continue reading E194 – Swing-Bike Eric and His Amazing Friends →