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Archive for January, 2006

Heading to Senegal

Friday, January 27th, 2006

Yo all the family out there!! How is it going in your perspective worlds? Well I am getting ready to embark on a great journey to NYC and then to Senegal! For those of you who didn’t know I am married to a great senegalese woman. So I will be making some music videos over [...]

Bike for Office

Friday, January 27th, 2006

It seems more and more candidates are choosing to take their campaigns to the street via Xtracycle. Ok, so, there are two that I know of, but that seems like a lot. Last fall, Craig Kelley ran for city council in Cambridge, MA, using his long bike as the primary campaign vehicle. He used it [...]

Everyone Deserves Bikes, Too

Tuesday, January 24th, 2006

The Xtracycle makes three brief appearances in Spearhead’s new video, “Everyone Deserves Music.” Two of the three are in under-the-scene supporting roles. All are brief, but the vid’s cool. It’s not really coincidence, since the lead singer, Michael Franti, is on Team FreeRadical.

Is Hunting the New Local?

Tuesday, January 17th, 2006

My dad has been cleaning out the corners of his house lately and asked me if I wanted the 30-06. It’s the same gun I used to shoot my first deer when I was fourteen. It was the last day of hunting season, called “hunter’s choice” in Oregon because you could shoot does and fawns. [...]

Is Local the New Organic?

Tuesday, January 17th, 2006

Interesting piece about the growing murmur around OG vs. Homegrown. Organically grown die-hards have been starting to wonder if certified kiwis straight off the plane from New Zealand are really all that good for the planet.

Keeping it Wheel

Friday, January 13th, 2006

Another reason I dig Grist Mag, cool headlines like this (is that plagiarism?). It refers to the latest installment of my interview: “The most efficient kind of transportation is already being where you want to go, says Xtracycle prez Kipchoge Spencer, who moved within biking distance of work, his favorite food store, and several friends [...]

Article in Local Paper

Thursday, January 12th, 2006

Our local newspaper had a nice article about what we’re up to today. And even a response from a pissed off neighbor who thinks we’re kinda lame!
Hope you can make it to the film festival in question.

Off-road Mini Review

Thursday, January 12th, 2006

Crazy guy down under rides with Xtracycle and BOB trailer, reflecting.

New Biker in Town

Wednesday, January 11th, 2006

I’ve been on the road the past few weeks, playing music and riding in New York and Portland. Since biking is my business, I know lots of biking people in lots of towns. I often have the good fortune of having a fellow biker or few who can show me the ins and outs of [...]

Interview in Grist

Tuesday, January 10th, 2006

Grist Magazine calls its news “gloom and doom with a sense of humor,” and I’ve long thought of them as the hippest enviro site on the planet. Funny punny is often the mode. So I was stoked when they asked me to be their featured “Interactivist” for the week, which amounts to doing an interview [...]


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