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Archive for January, 2009

Josh with the Ninjas

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

Hi everyone, My name is Josh. I am an bicycle mechanic,volunteer, bicycle advocacy supporter, as well as musician. I found the ginger ninjas while they were on their east coast tour last fall. They were looking for a show to play in Worcester. I emailed them immediately when I first read about them and listened to their music. I [...]

Guadalajara

Friday, January 30th, 2009

A video of the paseo nocturno, from our roots bike rebel hermanos at Bici 10
Arriving at night in Guadalajara we packed up and met our good friend Chava and started our first ride in Mexico for the 2009 tour. Since then we’ve been busy! The Ginger Ninjas first had an interview with the University of [...]

Plaza Revolucion

Friday, January 30th, 2009

Arrival in Guadalajara

Friday, January 30th, 2009

The bus gods on our side

Monday, January 26th, 2009

Mission: Get 7 people, 7 bikes, musical instruments and other equipment, and 7-10 dry bags filled with all things personal one might need or want (and be willing to carry on bike) for a trip to another country, on one bus to Mexico. The doubt that this could be possible added weight to our 75 [...]

Pleasantries

Monday, January 12th, 2009

Kipchoge anchors the meeting point here in North San Juan, CA. His micro-shack 120 square feet in size ‘on the ridge’ between the south and middle Yuba rivers in the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas is now temporarily home to seven revolutionaries as we prepare for the Mexico/Central America tour.

December 31st- The first members to [...]

Brief transition

Monday, January 12th, 2009

Eight revolutionaries joined together in the Northeast in early September 2008. After travels started in NY, and continued through Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, flavored with gigs at colleges, boarding schools and house basements, river camping, tight rope walking, five members brought the tour back to New York. We were three men and two [...]


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