The Sprocket Podcast

  Today in the studio is Armando! Is this his 3rd time on the show? As promised, he brings us a wrap up of Pedalpalooza 2017. Regular fill-in host, Guthrie Straw, is also in the trailer with us bringing his insights and level-headedness to keep aaron from going off the rails. Enjoy!   Calendar – Be A Part of It! 2nd Friday of every month: Indianapolis Bike Party July 15-16: The Seattle-T...

It’s July 4th weekend and what’s more patriotic than shirking your podcasting responsibilities and taking a week off? In the meantime, please enjoy this bit created by 3 patriotic Americans nestled in the heart of Honolulu, HI. We’ll return next week with a full episode with Armando and his Pedalpalooza wrap-up.   Fine Print Produced at STREAM PDX thanks to Open Signal music...

Bryce & Bean are relatively new transplants to Portland, but they’re probably taking the summer temperatures better than we are.  Living in Tucson, Arizona gave them plenty of experience in beating the heat and riding bikes in it.  Bryce works for Velo Cult as one of their shop staff after having a “come to bicycles” moment, and Bean spent a lot of time in a bakery with the cool bike kids of t...

Emee  Pumarega loves beer, pizza, burritos, bikes and clothes!  We chat about her affections for each in this episode, and find out a bit about her participation in the Portland bike fun scene!  Check her Instagram at  instagram.com/ejpevents Also: donor Andre Johnson is in town! We chat about his Oregon ramblings.   Brock sat in the woods while his wife ran a marathon, and Aaron got out The Kid (...

Reid Lustig is an all-around game-for-anything kind of guy, which has lead him to such adventures as the half fictional drama, half travelogue music podcast The River Signal as well as long-distance bicycle tours, a season living south of the border, and his newest venture in mobile bicycle repair, SprocketFly . How can you pass up the opportunity to chat with someone this interesting ? Also:  Cle...

We talk about artisan sea salt and its derivation.

Aaron hauls the relief supplies to the tops of the stairs.  Josh, Armando & John ride a triple tandem, and Jeremy completes the course on a m’f’n Biketown bike share bike that weighs 59 lbs.!

Other-towns-in-Oregon Correspondent Eric Iverson takes an interview with someone at the Bend, Oregon Thursday Night Ride.

Josh Liberles is the “super domestique” of Hi Fi Wheels , who offer high performance at a comparatively lower cost and do so in style.  We chat about their offerings and Josh’s adventures in this episode, including a ride he took around the east end of Maui one time! Also:   Aaron won a medal & finished his move and Brock walked around the city. Calendar – Be A Part of It! 2nd Friday of every...

We Got To Hang Out is a fairly new cycling-centric podcast that is already exploding in popularity!  We met them while chatting on an episode of the KBOO Bike Show a few months back about podcasting about bicycling.   Annalisa Fish & Abby Watson are enthusiastic about outdoor recreation and have had the chance to interview many notable people in the field, including Katie “Fn” Compton and John...

Steven Butler is a long-time friend and coworker of Brock and Aaron who has spent over a year commuting in to Portland from Vancouver, Washington.  We ask him what’s to know about crossing the bridge under one’s own power. Superfan Aqua is in to talk about her first solo bike camping trip at L.L. “Stubb” Stewart State Park .  It was awesome, but it was wet! Aaron almost missed the firs...

Filmed By Bike is a Portland cultural institution that has gone from humble beginnings to its present home at the Hollywood Theater – and your town’s most suitable venue!  We chat with festival founder Ayleen Crotty (likely a member of the 5 timers’ club, though we forgot to count) about this year’s events and how this year’s batch of films could play anywhere there is demand for them as she facil...

more chat with Tori about food & drink, honorary degrees and voices of resistance, airstream construction, interrupting motorcycles, kudzu , Steve Miller Band , StoryCorps and its app , confidence & delivery, chauvinism & microphones, beer in Utah, and boy scouts.

Tori Bortman !  We should have had her on years ago.  She is one of the senior hosts on the KBOO Bike Show , teacher of mechanics and skills at Gracie’s Wrench , author of The Bicycling Big Book of Cycling for Beginners: Everything a new rider needs to know to gear up and start riding ; on top of this, she is a delightful conversationalist.  We get to know the legend in person, discussing Po...

The Community Cycling Center offers bicycles & service to people who might otherwise experience barriers to access.   Andrea Chiotti is the bridge between the shop & the office and cares a lot about engaging youth in mechanical skills. David Kurushima recently moved on to other things but appeared on our show before as their shop’s retail manager.  We have a lively discussion about access,...

Brock met Ryan LaBarre at Velo Cult and they got to talking about bicycling and camping.  Ryan and Val Brown of The Om Cycle experimented with camping by bike in Santa Cruz, San Francisco & Napa Valley before moving to Portland and camping at Ainsworth State Park.  We talk about the experiences, what they learned, and what they want to do next! Also: Brock & Adele ride the Steens Mountain...

Aaron & Anna send in some audio from their adventures, recorded on the ground in Hawaii!

Brock & Aaron participated in The Ladd’s 500, arguably the stupidest bike event of the spring season.  And that’s why it’s so great!  Five hundred laps around a ⅕ mile circle, mostly by relay teams but also by a few individuals.  What happened?  All the stories, here. Justin Patti is an acquaintance from Colorado who recently moved to Portland!  He’s a friend of former show guest The Professor...

Cat Caparello radically changed her life through the Girl Eats Bike project, losing weight and leaning into a bicycling experience whether the world was ready for her to or not.  Now, she covers women in bicycling experiences, encouraging everyone to jump in and try it out; don’t wait for permission or for the imaging to change in the industry!  She hosts the Joyride Podcast which shares inspiring...

photo credit: Jon Dutch A little bonus content – the Mini Bike Winter 2017 Chariot Wars!  We sent field correspondent Karah out to talk to people and get some audio of the glorious rage that comprises the event loved by many, feared by some, and even reviled by a few.  But most folks come out on the other side loving and respecting their friends even more.  Beating the shit out of your comra...

Brock & Aaron spent some time traveling!  Brock went to New Mexico and didn’t ride a bike.  Aaron went to Hawaii and rode a bike!  We talk about the trips and some thoughts on bicycling in Hawaii (and abroad in general), and the relative merits of standby travel. Thanks to our generous sponsor The Beer Mongers and our Patreon donors that keep us going! Calendar – Be A Part of It! 2nd Friday of...

Harry Dalgaard & Gabriel Amadeus present the first public announcement, explanation, and question/answer session of the Oregon Timber Trail , a new public route allowing people to cross the state of Oregon from south to north (or vice versa, weather conditions depending) by mountain bike or a number of other methods.  We were there and caught it on tape!  Thanks to Base Camp Brewing for hostin...

Filling in for Brock and Aaron are Guthrie and Steph for this episode! Gabe Amadeus  (of Limberlost ) has been working hard for the past 18 months on one of Oregon’s most exciting biking routes: The Timber Trail . Stretching the length of Oregon, this trail represents the mountain biking equivalent of the P.C.T, in which cyclists can find challenges on four different sections of pristinely r...

  Megan Ramey had a vision to simplify the good trip.  Why fret over car rentals, unfamiliar expressways with angry drivers, and spend half of your time dreading the drives to come when you could explore cities the way they are best experienced – by bike?  She and her family have been living the dream for some time, guiding others into relaxing, human-scaled city tours with their travel...

Ride With GPS   is a fantastic tool for bicycle riders, designed by bicycle riders who code.   Kevin & Zack join us to explain how their new Ride Report function can provide expert, local opinions on the rides you have wanted to take, but weren’t sure if you should.  Their Ambassador program has been connecting people with information, too!  We are also joined by a bottle of whiskey, a m...