We’re gearing up for our next jaunt. Starting with the DNC and RNC, then the East Coast, then Mexico, then…
(many of these dates are booked even though they say TBA, we just haven’t filled in all the details yet; but there’s still room for more shows — get in touch if you’d like to see [...]

By David Kupfer
The Pleasant Revolution is all about promotion, promotion of adventure, person to person cultural exchanges, bicycle values, freedoms found by biking, bike powered music, backwoods California rock and roll. So many kids and adults were and are inspired by the music and the message and the mission that is impossible to calculate the [...]

I was interviewed by Grist Magazine recently. They edited out much of my thinking about what it means to be a bike-ridin’ activist/environmentalist/concerned human, so I thought I’d post the long version here.

What work do you do? What’s your job title?
I’m lead singer of the Ginger Ninjas, president of Xtracycle Inc, coinstigator of the [...]

You guys should sell these in China.
You guys should sell these in ________ (Davis, Eugene, Santa Cruz, Europe, Madison, Arcata, Florida, Mexico, Ann Arbor, Berkeley, Chattanooga, Seattle…)
You should put wheels on the SnapDeck and make it into a skateboard.

A new report compares the environmental impact of shipping things in different packaging styles. Turns out that overall weight and volume are generally more important considerations than material choice. The overall winner seems to be lightweight bag, if it’ll hold your stuff.

We’ve been trying to figure out how to ship our WideLoaders for years. Their [...]

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 [...]

As stoked as I was to do the Grist Interview, I was a little bummed to be heavily edited. Not because my responses didn’t need any choppin’, but because they cut out pretty much all of my philosophy on career choice, hate, blame, fear, and optimism, which I thought was the meat of my interview. [...]

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 [...]

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.

The band will be getting the hell out of L.A., fleeing towards home this Friday. But first we’ll stop in San Francisco for the Green Festival, rendesvousing with Ross, Laughter, and possibly even the Fossil Fool AND the Granola Ayatola, at Xtracycle’s booth.
Come find our booth and get an invite to the after party (Saturday [...]