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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 [...]

Dante in DF

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

HI
I have been in Mexico City for 3 months. I lost my Bike and everything in Puerto Escondido.
Totally Total Total Totally every thing. I decided not to let it keep me back.
So when the band left, I stayed in mexico working with the people here to build and sell pedal power generators.
I now have many [...]

On the Road Again

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

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 [...]

CD Back Cover in Spanish

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

This was edit from the original into spanish
by Dante, Andrea, and Chava in Morelia.

Dante’s Adventure

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

Life is my adventure. This is my life. When I took on this project, to build and maintain 4 bicycle generators for the pleasant revolution tour, I took it on as a way of life. To travel and live off my bike. I love the Ginger Ninjas. They have made this possible. So I am [...]

The Spork of Manifestation

Friday, February 1st, 2008

During our visit to the Sayulita area (north of Puerto Vallarta), we explored the “pleasant” side of the Pleasant Revolution. As in “really, really pleasant.” After a few days of rocking the Sayulita town square (after Eco used the force to sway the power-tripping bureaucrats to let us play) and a two-night set at “a [...]

Ensenada periodico

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

so we made it into the local Ensenada newspaper via our sweet host at the America Motel.  Please check out the link and practice some Spanish skills…
http://www.ed.grandiarioregional.com/impreso/Ensenada/121907/18-12-2007%20ENS_11A.pdf
this afternoon we head to La Bufadora to stay in the house of one Kipchoge’s old teachers.  Tomorrow we might check out some nearby hot springs, and then come [...]

Greener Shipping

Saturday, June 24th, 2006

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 [...]

Hitchhiking Vetting Scheme

Thursday, May 4th, 2006

If you’ve stuck out your thumb in America recently, you realize people are really freakin scared (or just completely selfish). It’s hard to get a ride, even when you don’t look like a complete freak (not that I’m an expert on not looking like a freak). It’s a bummer that it’s such a hard way [...]


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