Sonya Cotton (Veteran Bicycle Music Festival performer and Golden Goose) is debuting a new album this Friday night at Noe Valley Ministry.

The night before, roll with Sonya and bandmates on a promo cruiser ride. Hear tracks from the album and help with publicity for her show.

Starts at 8PM at The Rev, 22nd and Bartlett. Sunset is around 8:20 these days.

Rock The Bike brought our Pedal Powered Stage to the finish line of the San Francisco Marathon, where fans, runners, volunteers, and the crew pedal powered the awards ceremony. Above, Viv team volunteers helped us get a groove going between the different award classes.

Even marathoners who’d podiumed — note the ribbon around this pedaler’s neck — summoned the energy to power the sound system for the award ceremony. One described it as “Good Recovery”. The two Electric Mundos shown above offer amazing stability, with their Lunar Lander kickstands, and an excellent size range for pedalers of all ages. The runner above was able to get his son pedaling along side him.

Above, arriving at the venue with our gear strapped to the Biker Bar. The wooden cover that protects the pedal power equipment mounted to the aluminum chassis also stiffens the overall structure, making it predictable and safe to ride with hundreds of pounds of gear. Depending on the distances and terrain where you’ll be riding, we recommend using the Mundo 1000, our electric cargo bike. The Mundo 1000 has plenty of pickup to get you up the hills, and its long wheelbase helps you get a stable ride when towing the Biker Bar.

Although few people biked to the event, we were able to get the Biker Bar involved in the Pedal Power effort. This was the first time we had dropped a tandem on the Biker Bar, which couples the output of three bikes mechanically in a cromoly tube. It’s cool to think that the biker bar could actually harness six pedalers’ power!

Our six-foot Pedalometer shows fans and pedalers the health of the pedal power system as measured by voltage.

Better than mystery powders, what could be better than a fruit smoothie after a hard run? Luckily the Fender Blender Pro was in effect.

Above, our early morning gear run to the event brought us unexpectedly onto the route itself.

Rolling back from the Marathon. Leif cruising no-handed on the Xtracycle with unclaimed flowers, pulling the Fender Blender Pro in trailer mode.

In this shot you get a clear view of the rear suspension of El Arbol. Note the extension of the rear swingarm. This both provided an anchor point for longer suspension coils, and a footrest for the rear facing passenger.

Here’s a cool video that shows how Jay sets up for a weld, then lays down a stack of dimes.

Rock The Bike pedal powered the Grind For The Green hip hop conference this past Saturday in San Francisco.

JMellion and another rapper.

Two bikes held it down. The Choprical Fish and...

A Mundo 1000

Smoothie break at Lunch.

Speakers included M1 of Dead Prez. 

 

One the way back we hit the Bicycle Film Festival Street Party.

This is what happens when people get the passion for a new way of transportation. A way that challenges you and inspires others. This is what happens when you really want a bar table.

Photo:Band Of Bicycles
Rides and Events: Band Of Bicycles