The Sprocket Podcast

Lane Kagay is the man behind CETMAcargo & CETMAracks out of Eugene, Oregon.  We spoke with him on the phone about his company and its history, Eugene as a cycling town, bike messenger experience and touring with a cargo bike. Bike Safe … Continue reading →

Listener Darren Sinn connected with me a few months ago as he was beginning his tour through Europe by bicycle.  We spoke about: traveling New Zealand, meeting people, staying over in London, the tour plan, Willy Weir and the bicycle as a passport to … Continue reading →

Stacy Bisker is the author of the family bicycling website and blog A Simple Six and took some time to tell us the story of her family’s transition to bicycles as a primary mode of transportation. We discussed:  getting into cycling as … Continue reading →

We met with Travis Wittwer & Dave Feucht of TRANSPORTland over soup and beer at Dave’s place to discuss cargo bikes, the Disaster Relief Trials event yesterday, transit and bicycle integration, improving the infrastructure or culture of bicycling, and many other things.  Powered byHopworks’ hefeweizen and 7 grain … Continue reading →

Brock & Brandon go through the emails to make sure everyone gets included before a summer hiatus of pre-recorded interviews.  We look forward to resuming our “live” talk show format after returning to the studio in September.  Hope everyone … Continue reading →

Whenever the folks from the Path Less Pedaled drop in for a show taping, we know we’re going to have a good time.  Fortunately for the listener, we managed to stay just barely on this side of coherent while stifling our uproarious … Continue reading →

Rob Sadowsky from the Bicycle Transportation Alliance discusses his time at the bicycle summit in Washington DC and the making of sausage, both legislative and actual, culinary sausage. [warning: to listeners sensitive to descriptions of animal food processing, we talk about this … Continue reading →

Vincent Caldoni sits in for Brandon while he’s gone, and we are joined by resident historian of ORhistory.com Doug Kenck-Crispin to discuss Oregon’s early adoption of bicycles into many parts of life, and how the past informs the present. Brock’s 30th birthday party is … Continue reading →

Elly Blue is the author of the blog Taking The Lane and several ‘zines, a bicycling culture advocate and a connector drawing the threads of simpler transportation together across the country on her Dinner & Bikes tour.  She joins us today to chat about being … Continue reading →

Ellee Thalheimer is the author of Cycling Sojourner: A Guide to the Best Multi-Day Bicycle Tours In Oregon, just released!  As you may suspect, this is right up our alley, so we chat with her about the wonders of bicycle touring and her … Continue reading →