Pastana Surfs Valencia as Rock The Bike crew roll from Bike Expo to nighttime gig at Baobab.
Of the three in our crew that can surf Mundos only Adam Pastana has the sense of foundation that allows him to dance while surfing. We were on our way from the SF Bike Expo to power the Genie and yours truly at Baobab Village last night.
My parents have told me to take this off our homepage and focus on selling the Down Low Glow.
I think it’s rolling street theater and an absolutely stunning breakthrough in rocking the bike (lowercase). It’s inspiring to me, so I hope that, despite the obvious safety considerations, it’s inspiring on some level, to you too.
Besides that, this brief video shows three of our most important products in action: firstly the Mundo, which we already knew was stiff as a tree trunk and danceably strong, is apparently a great handling surfing bike too. A bike this rigid and predictable is going to be reassuringly stable when you carrying a passenger or a serious load.
Adam’s not only surfing the Mundo, he’s also carrying 30 pounds on one side of the bike in a GoGetter bag while towing a 75 pound Electric Fender Blender Pro from one event to another. Two other bikers pass on the right, with the Down Low Glow providing excellent Side Visibility; one is towing a racing bike on a Mundo.
So you see, it’s not just a video, it’s how we put our gear to the test, week in, week out. If you want to buy your bike products from some place where they all drive to work and click the mouse all day, go right ahead. But if you’re looking for people who ride, who push the envelope, who break and fix things, people you can trust with gear recommendations, you’ve found the right place.
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Adam Aufdencamp spreads his wings on his first Mundo surf.
Below: Video of a Sunday Night Mundo surf with Pastana and Masha. Footage: Aufdencamp.
Pedal Powering the Fashion Show at SF Bike Expo this Saturday. Join us for epic 5-mile gear haul missions to and from the expo.
Come roll with us to and from the SF Bike expo, where we’ll be pedal powering our first Fashion Show.
Meet up at 9:00 AM at Alemany Farmer’s Market to eat breakfast.
Ride at 9:30-10AM to Cow Palace
It’s only 3.2 miles, but we are anticipating, in all honesty, approximately an 11AM Arrival. If you want to get to the Expo closer to the opening time of 10AM, you can always follow the route yourself at a faster pace.
11-4 Swap meet all day. See the Bay Area’s bike community geek out together. A great place to buy a bike for a friend or replace worn out things. We’ll have Bike Blended Smoothies, the possible appearance of an in-progress El Arbol, test rides of the new V3 Mundo, and plenty of colors of the Down Low Glow, in time for the winter.
Around 4 in the afternoon we transition to Pedal Powering Momentum’s Fashion Show which starts at 5PM.
After the show, around 7 probably, ride back to the Mission with the Rock The Bike crew. We’re notorious for hosting some of the best night rides. Come experience it for yourself. We will be heading to OUTSIDE -> IN, a street chef night at Baobab Village (formerly Bollyhood) on 19th and Mission. Eat dinner, then stick around for entertainment.
We’ll be pedal powering the Genie at 10:15:
and yours truly, Fossil Fool, the Bike Rapper at 11
with Jared May on bass, Mafiosa Felice on Cuatro and percussion, and Travis on drums, yeow!
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Thanks Fair Oaks St. and the Yes Men! for too much fun in San Francisco Halloween weekend.
Late night Haunted Hay Ride on the Biker Bar, cruising down 18th from the Castro to the District, with five European tourists along for the ride.
Rockin’ Halloween colors on our way to Fair Oaks St. with a Masked Masha rolling a Mundo with the Down Low Glow. At sunset, yeow!
Whoah. Amazing weekend. So much gratitude to the crew, the people of Fair Oaks St., and the Yes Men!
Kai and Pastana showed up Saturday afternoon to help mod the Biker Bar into a Haunted Hay Ride.
Tara had texted me earlier to “try 6th and Bryant as a source for $15 hay bales.” Then on the way there I realized she was sending me to the wholesale flower market. Thanks for the tip, T! I pulled in and immediately saw a bale in a stall. One cam strap on the Mundo. Back to the house.
We reduced the hay to useful cushion sizes and cam strapped Kai’s birdcage to the Biker Bar.
Kai bringing Pooh into the mix.
Do you wanna go on a Haunted Hay Ride? Yes I wanna go on a Haunted Hay Ride? Do you wanna go on a Haunted Hay Ride? Yes I wanna go on a Haunted Hay Ride? When you wanna to go on a Haunted Hay Ride? Hmm, I dunno, how about now?
We kept the dancing going for the big kids for another couple hours.
Sunday Afternoon. Do it again.
Heading to the San Francisco debut of the Yes Men’s touching and hilarious “The Yes Men Fix The World”
Adam practicing one of the building block skills for no-hands surfing.
The lucky recipients of three $4 million Survivaballs.
Escorting the Survivaballs from the Roxie to the closest Chevron.
The Yes Men used the march as an opportunity to tout the
benefits of the Survivaball. Rock The Bike supplied the mobile P/A and
later the Pedal Powered Stage for the rally.
We turned up the dance music, including an exhuberant “I Will Survive.”
After the Chevron protest, we kept the afterparty going.
The Mundo 1000 has been holding it down as our most efficient pedal power bike.
If you’ve read this far and you’re local, you’ll probably want to join our SF Cruisers email list, and come out Monday night to Dia De Los Muertos with the Rock The Bike crew.
Read More13 Rock The Bike crewmembers pedal power two huge events in two days.
It was a big weekend.
We hit the road Saturday to Pedal Power the 350.org rally at Justin Herman Plaza.
Lauren from Greenpeace on the mic.
The Biker Bar’s swingarms were recently gusseted (the triangles). They’re much stiffer and the bar is functioning well these days, though our electric bikes have the edge in efficiency.
After the rally, we got an afterparty going.
photos: Steve Rhodes
Adam and Tara clowning around after the gig.
We packed up and cruised the Embarcadero. Above, Leif following a tight path through the crowd.
The Mundo 1000 was short a battery all weekend. so we developed ways to get it around the city.
Sunday morning in the park with Scott McDowell of Hyde Street Studios, Rock The Bike’s most experienced sound guy.
Soul Medic getting the Pedal Powered Stage jumping at West Fest.
Kai and Pam powering Oona. Kai went big, powering the show for about 50 minutes.
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