Check out some of the press we've received over the years. Please note that occasionally we'll include articles here that, while related to our products, don't mention them by name.
Building Smart in Fuel Crunch, Bike Industry's Gear Shift Pays Off
Originally appeared on Popular Mechanics.Quotation:
Cargo or sport utility bikes are an emerging category. These two-wheeled pickup trucks feature oversized, reinforced racks and an extended wheel base for strength and stability. "Cargo bikes allow you to carry heavy loads without starting your car," says Benjamin Sarazin, founder of Yuba Bikes in Sausalito, Calif. The fledgling company sold out its first shipment of 100 Mundo utility bikes in three weeks; buyers included a gardener, a baker and a campground in Maine.
RTB customer Si Reasoning on MTV's "Choose or Lose" discussing his solution to high gas prices
Originally appeared on MTV's "Choose or Lose".Quotation:
"Since the beginning of the Gulf War, I have biked thousands of miles, just doing daily errands and things along those lines. And the amount of money I have saved has been tremendous."
"And I've been pretty much immune to the price of gas and other expenses..."
These are the words of Rock the Bike customer and Choose Peace activist Si Reasoning on MTV's Chose or Lose series. Si is seen riding around his hometown of Birmingham, AL.
Common Ground writes up Bike Music Scene, puts Rock The Bike on cover
Originally appeared on Common Ground.Quotation:
"A fresh undercurrent of musical culture is reinventing what’s cool — and taking gasoline out of the equation."
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Bikes that Rock
Originally appeared on Sierra Club's Green Life blog.Quotation:
As emcee of the Pedal Powered Stage at the Maker Faire, Make magazine's annual event showcasing creative inventions, Freedman asked audience members to take turns riding specially modified "soul cycles," powering the microphones and speakers onstage.
Bicycle advocate and rapper Paul Freedman (a.k.a. Fossil Fool) gets his kicks by turning pedal power into sound waves. As emcee of the Pedal Powered Stage at the Maker Faire, Make magazine's annual event showcasing creative inventions, Freedman asked audience members to take turns riding specially modified "soul cycles," powering the microphones and speakers onstage.
Rock the Bike on home page of Lime.com
Originally appeared on Lime.com.Quotation:
"San Francisco's Fossil Fool, a.k.a. the Bike Rapper, brings the party to the people with his 'Choprical Fish' — a super cool, pedal-powered party bike."
(Online sustainable-living resource Lime.com picked up our piece about customizing human powered party bikes.)
Rock the Bike pedal powers Save the Redwoods' 90-year Anniversary
Originally appeared on TV 20 (Bay Area TV Station).Quotation:
The sound system for the birthday party is pedal powered by Paul Freedman's company, Rock the Bike.
The sound system for the birthday party is pedal powered by Paul Freedman's company, Rock the Bike.
"A lot of the music itself is talking about a progressive, green, or positive message. And so to really drive that home, if your audience is pedaling and that's how you get your power, it's a really nice way to complete the message."
See video of the pedal-power piece on TV20's site.
Above: Ranger Mia from Muir Woods pedal powers Save the Redwoods' Ruskin Hartley at the League's 90th birthday event.
Redefining Cool
By Bicycle Retailer Interbike Special (October 2007).Quotation:
Fossil Fool shows us signs of what's to come in the urban bike scene.
The Longtail Loadbike - Velovision reviews the Mundo
Originally appeared on Velovision.Quotation:
(The Mundo is) a benchmark product, especially for the heavy-duty end of the longtail market. Here you have a heavy-duty hauler, which really can carry loads and people in a way that was previously simply beyond a normal bike at all costing under £500. And that’s quite some achievement.
The Yuba Mundo was developed in Germany as a work bike versatile and affordable enough to appeal as a ‘longtail’ utility bike everywhere. The Mundo’s frame is neatly welded with a solid blue powder coat finish.
Light Fantastic: Sunday Times of London reviews DLG
Originally appeared on Sunday Times of London, Gizmo section.Quotation:
The Down Low Glow may even boost road safety as well as your street cred. According to figures from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, nearly 75% of cycling accidents happen at or near road junctions, where visibility from the side is critical.
I'm glad somebody else posted this video
Originally appeared on BBC, Only in America.Quotation:
Video from the BBC's "Only In America" showing the DLG and Soul Cycles in Rock the Bike's workshop, circa 2005
When the BBC came to our workshop a few years ago, we weren't allowed to post the video for copyright reasons, even though I wanted to share it.
Now one of Rock The Bike's dealers, www.Ridelow.co.uk, has posted it. Enjoy! The show was called "Only in America," and it aired on BBC1 and CBBC in 2005.