Ginger Ninjas appear at Willow Springs (Xtracycle HQ) for special Krepelicious show. Fire dancing expected. Dueling fiddlers to shred horse hairs. The crepes begin flowing off griddle at 4pm. They are organic, and usually include some super lovely local ingredients, too. I am the world champion eater of them. Come try to eat as many […]

I’m a thrift store dresser through and through and believe secondhand wool to be the styliest, comfiest bargain in winter ready-to-wear fashion today. So I suprised myself a bit by getting some pants from the manufacturer instead of Sally. Damn! I scored the best pair of wool cycling, skiing, walking, woodchopping, dishwashing, sleeping, mechanicing, stargazing, […]

Tim Harvey set off by Xtracycle from Vancouver Canada a couple years ago. The Ginger Ninjas rendesvoused with him and his teammate Colin in Fairbanks AK. Since then, Tim rode, slogged, and rowed to Moscow and across some oceans and stuff.
Now he’s in Venezuela, getting ready for the little ride home.

This is what happens when […]

The West Coast’s cleverest Chimp has a new piece of gear for your longride. It’s a bag for the empty pocket above the wheel and below the deck. I’ve wondered before and now I wonder again if those “truck tarps” are pre- or post-consumer? Environmentally, vinyl bites, and urethane is the preferred waterproof material. But […]

Have you ever thought that your excess homestuff would be not just needed, but URGENTLY NEEDED by someone just a UPS jaunt away? Spring is nearly upon us; no time like the present to begin the year’s decumulatory gesturing. Now hear this from the Bayou.
These are extremely urgent needs:

Building materials, tools, saws, hammer/nails/screws, plywood, lumber, […]

Every so often I get an email from an indignant xtracycle.com surfer. “How dare you show riders without helmets??? Do realize how bad of an example you’re setting for the world?”
Conventional wisdom agrees. But I don’t. And lots of statistics don’t either.
In life expectancy terms, commuting to work by bike in London is 20 times […]

Next time you’re installing bike parking in your hood, consider making one of these.