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Archive for January, 2008

along for the ride…the pleasant revolution radio show!

Saturday, January 19th, 2008

lara martin has finished her first radio show for the pleasant revolution!
listen to “along for the ride..episode 1″

check back in the next week for the next episode!

A Day in the Life of La Paz

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

We rocked La Paz for a few days doing some bicycle-powered shows at a bar called Salsipuedes and the central gazebo on the malecon (boardwalk).  But it’s often the spontaneous performances that bring the most joy…
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Kipchoge and His Big Dummy

Friday, January 11th, 2008

We’ve started a series of videos with Kipchoge talking about his sweet touring ride and the things it carries. Part I covers the bike itself and a lot of its componentry:
Part 1:
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Part 2:
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sunset revelations part deux

Friday, January 11th, 2008

on the beach in la paz, joey and broc offer some more insight into the experience of being on the pleasant revolution..

estrellas de rock en todos santos

Monday, January 7th, 2008

here’s a short video of what being bicycling rock stars in todos santos means: making movies, getting cool clothes, eating free brick oven pizza at pizzeria buena vida, getting drunk and riding loaded while you’re making a movie, and last but not least, dumpster diving in mexico. big thanks to gabe dominguez of shake your […]

interviews with Brock Wollard and Joey Chang

Sunday, January 6th, 2008

standing atop the roof at Euva’s Academy, Brock and Joey were interviewed separately during the magic hour of sunset

Off-road bicycle music touring

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

North of santa barbara, some friendly guy, a bike rider himself, invited us to thanksgiving at his place as we rode by. we declined, needing to make miles, but were stoked to be let in on some inside knowledge: although bikes aren’t allowed on the freeway overpass above the santa maria river, you can avoid […]

cellojoe the mad bucket drummer in todos santos, baja california sur

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

this is a video of joey chang aka cellojoe riding his bike while playing the bucket bike drum musical mayhem machine. observe the shark/cello on his bike…

serendipity - the power of “the secret” surf hut

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

AJA! this picture shows how we in the pleasant revolution use the power of the secret to manifest whatever we want in the universe.
Pictured here is the cover of the MOON travel guidebook that eco picked up in San Diego. We were in La Fonda, about 900 miles from Todos Santos, drinking margaritas on a […]

Dante’s Power Project

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

I (Dante) came on this tour by the request of Kipchoge to build four bikes equipped with human power generators. Each bike includes a 12volt 6 aH Lithium Phosphate battery, Brunton 12 volt 26 watt fold-up solar panel, Brunton Charge Controller, 12 volt Generator, 58F Capacitor, water resistant housing, cabling (for on-the-fly thumb shift engage), […]