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This was the sound system at the mc3 performance ride

Flickr images originally uploaded by kendra the wild

Many people use bike trailers to bring the beat at large group rides like Critical Mass. Trailers make it easy to get started, since you can use a simple box rather than having to engineer a cabinet that surrounds your rear wheel.

But trailer-based systems put the beat much further from your ears, meaning that you have to turn up the volume much louder to feel like you are 'in the music'.

My dad caught this one early this morning. 

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/29/nyregion/29bikes.html

"The bikes roar, but the booming sound has nothing to do with engines — because there are no engines. They are ordinary bicycles, not motorcycles, although these contraptions look and sound more like rolling D.J. booths. They are outfitted with elaborate stereo systems installed by the youths."

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.