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The Roller Derby Ride w/The Southbay Cruisers

Wild Johnny — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:23:22 -0700

The Roller Derby Ride w/The Southbay Cruisers!!!
Music, Bikes, and Roller Derby Girls-what more could you ask for?

WHO WE ARE: The Southbay Crusiers are a bicycle stereo amplified social ride based in Hermosa Beach. We bike, skate, and blade the southbay cities once a month. (Learn about us at www.southbaycruisers.com)

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Band schedule for Maker Faire this weekend.

fossilfool — Sat, 03 May 2008 01:24:01 -0700

What's up SF Cruisers, Have you heard about the Maker's Faire happening this weekend? It's a big event at the San Mateo fairgrounds, featuring inventors, crafters, and interactive artists from around the Bay Area. This is Rock the Bike's second year at Maker's Faire and this year we are producing the Pedal Powered Stage. With three human power generating bikes, we'll have enough power to get 200 people dancing. We have a great location at the Faire at it's been well promoted. Come down and enjoy it. Here's the Saturday Night Lineup: 5:30-6:15 SHAKE YOUR PEACE! Sustainable Rock n' Roll. 6:30-7:30 Yacouba and the Spirit Gatherers. West African dance music. Sunset 8:00-8:45 Fossil Fool, the Bike Rapper. Here's the full line up:

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Thanks Maker Faire! See you next year at the Pedal Power Stage!

fossilfool — Thu, 01 May 2008 21:41:22 -0700

Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.

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Earth Day eco-party with Fossil Fool and SHAKE YOUR PEACE! at the Marin Headlands Hostel

fossilfool — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 16:53:09 -0700

Ride out to the headlands with us and experience awesome dance music and a midnight hike.

Imagine this place at sunset with 80 people rocking to pedal powered sustainable rock n' rollers SHAKE YOUR PEACE!, and Fossil Fool, the Bike Rapper get people moving.

Then imagine a midnight hike out to here:

More info coming!

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Fossil Fool, Cello Joe, and DJ Sergio performing at SF's Little Baobab, followed by midnight cruiser ride

fossilfool — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 15:56:41 -0700

This Tuesday night, come on down to little Baobab for performances by Fossil Fool, Cello Joe, and DJ Sergio. Late that night, after Sergio spins, we'll have a little mission cruiser ride.

Lineup:

9:00 -- Cello Joe Just back from the Pleasant Revolution tour

10:00 -- Fossil Fool, the Bike Rapper

11:00 -- DJ Sergio

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Sheldon Brown Memorial Ride

fossilfool — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:10:06 -0800

Birds in hand
Originally uploaded by rudeboyrobbo

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Sheldon Brown Memorial Ride in Austin

fossilfool — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:37:59 -0800

Birds in hand
Originally uploaded by rudeboyrobbo

Southwest Cycling News' Bob Farr, a.k.a. RudeBoyRobbo, shot some beautiful images of a ride in Austin in memory of Sheldon Brown.

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SF Cruisers on Clif Bar home page

fossilfool — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:45:57 -0800

Clif Bar has posted a groovy 4-minute video of the SF Cruisers in action, shot last September. Look for "Soul Ride" on their home page.

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Cruise to Malamana show at El Rincon Saturday night

fossilfool — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:52:55 -0800

Malamana shredded it tonight with Afrolicious at the Elbo Room.

Weather permitting -- Let's gather at my place at 9 and ride to the show together.

935 York St. is the starting point.

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Fourth or fifth annual Superbowl AlternaRide

fossilfool — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:35:23 -0800

I must preface this by saying that I'm from Boston, and I learned from my mother recently that the Patriots were having a record-setting perfect season, and I still have just about zero desire to sit in front of a TV for 4 hours on Superbowl Sunday. If you're with me on this, then join us for the Superbowl AlternaRide.

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New Years 2008 Cruising Mix

fossilfool — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:43:49 -0800

Download link: http://download.yousendit.com/E2EB4F057D7B2644

My goal was to take some the music that hit me hardest in 2007 and mix it seemlessly into an hour long cruising mix. The tempo and mood starts kind of chill and cruisy, then gets a bit more headnoddy, and progresses to set-down-your-bikes-and-dance level.

It features a lot of musicians I met or hung out with in 2007:

Hernan Battiato opens up the mix with a digeridoo song
Kid Beyond "Wandering Star"
Mafiosa Felice "Wayaya"
Sahaja Uprockers "Hear This"
A DJ Sergio mashup
Isaac James and Borinna Mapaka

So play it in Hermosa, play it in Boulder, play it on the Pleasant Revolution, play it in Austin, play it in Rochester, play it in Carrboro, and whereever you are, bike people. Please let me know what you think. Please join or login to post your comments.

Here's a track listing:

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Bicycle Music Festival -- all day Bike Culture music event in SF

fossilfool — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:59:09 -0800

2nd Year Running!

An awesome multi-venue event.

Everything on our bikes, rolling from park to park during the day, and to bars and street parties at night. Come join us. Volunteer to help carry, coordinate bands, refreshments, permits/escape routes.

Check out www.bicyclemusicfestival.com and
www.rockthebike.com/music/bicyclemusicfestival

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Bike Culture Night at the Rev

fossilfool — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 21:36:42 -0800

Location:

22nd & Bartlett St. On Bartlett between Mission and Valencia.

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The SF Cruisers New Years Eve party! (Note earlier start time)

fossilfool — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 16:16:25 -0800

Due to the cold weather, the SF Cruisers NYE ride will start a little earlier than previously expected, and will NOT be an all night street party. We'll focus on having a great early evening cruise so that you can attend larger (indoor) parties later in the night. If you come on the cruise, you'll still have time to go home, change, and get to another party before 9:30 or 10. Sound good?

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Two YouTube videos capture the feeling of cruising with music

fossilfool — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:12:10 -0800

It's hard to capture on video the feeling of a good cruiser ride, but these two come pretty close. The first video, made by ultradistance rider Paul McKensie, was used on the tourbus of Clif Bar's excellent 2-Mile Challenge. It was shot with a handful of friends and Clif folks at my place in the Mission. It's got a beautiful shot of Mafiosa and I cruising in front of Mona Caron's Bikeway Mural.

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In the mood for an uplifting human powered street performance in San Francisco this Saturday night?

fossilfool — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:01:05 -0700

A few photos now online: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rockthebike/1712973598/in/photostream/

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Halloween with the SF Cruisers

fossilfool — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:42:15 -0700

Photo from our 2006 Halloween ride. Let's make this year's ride even spookier.

Our annual Halloween ride keeps getting better. Come ride, dance and celebrate Halloween with us!

Meet at the Fair Oaks Street party, not at the Rev as previously posted.

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Joining the 2-Mile Challenge tour.

fossilfool — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:39:35 -0700

Fossil Fool and Lisa on the Choprical Fish
Originally uploaded by ClifBar&Co

What's up bike people? I've been riding like crazy over the past few weeks. Meeting some great people, hosting good street parties in the Mission District.

The new bike's been handling so well. That's my friend Lisa on the back in the picture. We were taking a photoshoot for the upcoming 2 Mile Challenge Tour, planned by Clif Bar. I'll be joining my friends and fellow bike culture musicians the Ginger Ninjas on the tour. The name derives from the fact that 40% of car trips in this country are two miles or shorter.

In October and November, the tour will hit college campuses to promote the magic and logic of bicycling to students. I'll be one of the entertainers on the tour. It'll be our job to use our music, our art bikes, and our bike culture juju to persuade college kids of the righteousness and sexiness of bicycling, as they get prepared to make major life decisions -- first home, first job, first commute.

Bike culture blowing up! Hope you guys get out and rock the bike this weekend!

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B:C:Clettes touring from Vancouver to parts south (on bikes). Stopping for a performance in Dolores Park with SHAKE YOUR PEACE!

fossilfool — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:39:50 -0700

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San Francisco's Bicycle Music Festival to use Rock the Bike's pioneering Human Powered P/A system

fossilfool — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 10:46:05 -0700

The Bicycle Music Festival is distinct from every other summer festival in that its success rides completely on the sweat and leg-power of the community. With its trademark human-powered P/A system and Critical Mass-style bicycle party caravans between festival venues, the Bicycle Music Festival is the only festival where every song is truly an audience participation song!

The Bicycle Music Festival isn't only the greenest music festival ever conceived, with zero use of cars and trucks to transport musicians and PA equipment, it also breaks exciting new ground in festival dynamics.

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Rock The Bike Workshop Open House

fossilfool — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 01:13:06 -0700

Come check out what's been happening in our Berkeley workshop! Nate and I have been tricking out some great bikes over the past few months. And we're excited to show you what's been happening. Bike on over to our workshop and enjoy some after work snacks and drinks. There's always a potential for some live music on our stage.

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July 4-eva 2007 SF Cruiser Ride

radarlepposh — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 14:12:34 -0700

This bike ride was a transforming experience that forever changed my life and you should go to every one from now on. Diverse throngs of people cheered us on as we paraded through the city streets with Fossil Fool the Bike Rapper leading the way, and Gabe and JoJo providing the amplification of the jams. we danced with families to uplifting house-funk from an outlook in the golden gate park whilst delivering a message of true freedom and independence through bikes and music.

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4th of July Fireworks cruise with the SF Cruisers

fossilfool — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 11:46:01 -0700

Join Fossil Fool and DJ Jojo for a cosmic fireworks cruise on the 4th of July.

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Bike to Stern Grove '07 Festival Concerts

fossilfool — Sun, 13 May 2007 08:34:54 -0700

http://www.sterngrove.org/concert_dates.html

What's up SF Cruisers?

This year there are so many great free concerts at Stern Grove. I'd love to have the SF Cruiser Ride mobilize a daytime cruise to a bunch of these. My suggestions are in bold. Which ones do you want to hit? Post comments here and lets get the schedule nailed down so we can publicize it in the Guardian or Craigslist.

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Fossil Fool teaches workshop on Hi Fi Bicycle Cruising Systems at Maker Faire May 20, 21

fossilfool — Fri, 11 May 2007 13:39:03 -0700

At the Maker Faire (www.makerfaire.com) May 25 and 26, Fossil Fool taught a workshop on how to make a one-of-a-kind bicycle audio system.

Topics included:

- Overall concepts

- Picking amps and speakers and batteries.

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East Bay Bike to Work Day After-Cruise with late night dancing at Luka's

fossilfool — Tue, 01 May 2007 22:38:31 -0700

This ride already happened. Here are some pictures:

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Beach Impeach Morning Ride

fossilfool — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 02:51:16 -0700

Sorry for the late notice everyone, but tomorrow is the Beach Impeach, when thousands of people will arrive at Ocean Beach to spell out the word IMPEACH with our bodies. Meet at 18th and Valencia at 10 and look for me on the chopper.

More info: http://www.beachimpeach.org/sfa28.html

Seriously people, what do you have to do to get impeached around here?!!

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