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Stories for EVERYONE about bicycles, cycling, and people. Curated, produced, and lovingly edited. All kinds of bicycle stories, interviews, observations, and sketch comedy. (Start with NEWER episodes first, before diving back to the first season of learning the ropes.)
Episodes
Saturday Feb 03, 2018
Saturday Feb 03, 2018
Bike Karma EP24: Wood Bikes? Cold in the High Desert with the Founder of the NAHBS - Mythical Muses or Talking Bicycles
Interviews and Segments-
-Intro
1- Wood Bicycles? With Max Samuelson of Woody Bicycles in Cape May, New Jersey
2- Cold in the High Desert and North American Handbuilt Bicycle Show with founder Don Walker
3- Mythical Muses and/or Talking Bicycles... Do your bikes inspire and talk to you?
4- Thanks, Please get someone in Greenland to Listen, Hey Oprah! and Credits
Monday Jan 01, 2018
Monday Jan 01, 2018
Bike Karma EP23: The Haunting Century Old Photographs of People and Their Bicycles - Winter Time Observations and Reflections from the side of the Road and Trail - A One of a Kind Bicycle Find!
Interviews and Segments-
-Intro
1- Roadside Reflections :Can Exhaust be a comfort in the cold?
2- Checking out century old photographs of people and their bicycles with Brian Birkner. @carrotsnax
3- If you are New to the Show...
4- Why are my lines in the snow all crooked?
5- One of a Kind Miami Safety Cycle with Chris Hogan of Sunshine Cycle and Run
6- Thanks and Credits
Tuesday Nov 14, 2017
Tuesday Nov 14, 2017
Bike Karma EP22: Kevin the Turkey: Friend to Cyclists - Breaking the Cycle of Addiction with the Help of Mountain Bikes - When You Find an Orphaned Baby Opossum While Cycling
Interviews and Segments-
-Intro
1- "Hey did you see that Turkey on the Corner?", was on the lips of everyone in town. But cyclists and pedestrians found an ally in this spunky bird.
2- Can the good feelings from Mountain Biking help change the patterns of addition? We talk to the founding members of Breaking the Cycle.
3- What do you do when you find an orphan baby opossum on the side of the road on a tour?
4- Thanks and Credits
Thursday Oct 19, 2017
Thursday Oct 19, 2017
Bike Karma EP21: Vintage Columbia Bikes - Bike Share Singapore - Bringing a Bike Shop Back to Main Street - Cycling on the Oldest Ferry in the USA
Interviews and Segments-
-Intro
1- Schwinns were the king of the classic 1950's Tank Bicycles but waiting in the wings were many other brands making beautiful riders. We talk about collecting, restoring, and riding vintage Westfield Columbia Bicycles
2- We all dream of a world with bikes everywhere for everyone. Singapore got 30,000-ish and we look at how that's going and what happened next.
3- What is it like to bring a bicycle shop back into "Main Street USA" in the 21st century?
4- We take a short trip on the oldest continuously operating Ferry in the USA across the Connecticut River.
5- Thanks and Credits
Friday Sep 01, 2017
Friday Sep 01, 2017
Bike Karma EP20: The Flower Bike Movement - Hand Built Bicycles & the Builders' Ball- Unicycles
Interviews and Segments-
-Intro
1- Flower Bike Man - What up with Flower Bikes?
2- Hand Built Bicycles- The Builders Ball in Boston Mass SEPT 23. Hear the story then GO THERE!
LINK TO EVENT http://newenglandbuildersball.com/
3- Are Unicycles Half the Fun? What's harder a Wheelie or Riding A Unicycle?
4- Thanks and Credits
Thursday Aug 03, 2017
Bike Karma EP 19: 2 Year Birthday- Cats and Bikes- Adam Got Hit- Books- Slow Roll
Thursday Aug 03, 2017
Thursday Aug 03, 2017
Bike Karma EP19: What is Bike Karma - 2 Years Old- Adam Got Hit- Book Recs- Slow Roll
Interviews and Segments-
-Intro
1- What is "Bike Karma"? Where did the idea for the Podcast Start? What am I doing this for?
2- Cats and Bikes? LIZ ASKS WHY?!?!
3- Adam Got Hit By A Big Truck- Interview with Adam Bunger who sadly got hit by an uninsured motorist in a big truck. Hear his story and consider helping him with the bills at... ADAM GOT HIT BY A BIG TRUCK FUND - GO FUND ME
4- Thank to participants and listeners and a Sound Check
5- Quick Summer Reading Suggestions 1- Blazing Saddles by Matt Rendell, 2- Mountain Bike! by William Nealy, 3- (AUDIO or PRINT BOOK) Obsessive Compulsive Cycling Disorder by Dave Barter, 4- Bicyle Mechanics In Workshop and Competition by Steve Snowling and Ken Evans, and 5- Richards Bicycle Book by Richard Ballantine.
6- Let's go on a slow roll on my late 1940's Columbia Balloon Tire Cruiser Bike
7- Mention the Bicycle Builders Ball in Boston Sept 23rd, the Dudley Bike Swap, and Credits
Sunday Jul 16, 2017
Bike Karma EP18: Century Old Bikes- Bike Words List 2- The 1972 Bike McCycle
Sunday Jul 16, 2017
Sunday Jul 16, 2017
Bike Karma EP18: Century Old+ Bikes with "The Wheelmen"- Bicycle Words List #2- The 1972 Bike McCycle
Interviews and Segments-
-Intro
1- We talk with "The Wheelmen" who share their love of riding bikes and styles of bicycles that are over a century old including pennyfarthings and safety bicycles.
2- Bicycle Words List #2- Play along with Mo, Joe, Liz, Carol, Rob, and Kevin as they try to figure out words from many different disciplines in the cycling world. We cover words commonly used in the cycling world, but that might not be known by those outside of that genre.
3- I remember a time when I was very young when McDonalds was almost cool. We watched the numbers of people served rise and rise as they changed the numbers on the sign. Vanilla milk shakes and fries don't taste the same anymore, but we'll go back to 1972 during the height of the 10 speed bicycle craze to learn about the "Bike McCycle".
Friday Jun 30, 2017
Friday Jun 30, 2017
Bike Karma EP17: Fixie + Fixed Gear Bikes 101- Bicycle Words List #1- Portapotty Physics for Cyclists
Interviews and Segments-
-Intro
1- Fixies and Fixed Gears 101 with "Sparky" from Brooklyn NYC, from fixedgearheroes on Instagram. Here's an onramp to finding out more about the world of fixed gear bikes.
2- Bicycle Words List #1- Play along with Mo, Joe, Liz, Carol, Rob, and Kevin as they try to figure out words from many different disciplines in the cycling world. We cover words commonly used in the cycling world, but that might not be known by those outside of that genre.
3- Portapotty Physics for the Cyclist - just please listen, don't ask me to explain.
Tuesday May 16, 2017
Tuesday May 16, 2017
Bike Karma EP16: Bicycle Picking- Evan Pack Touring Brazil- Who's More Surly, Me or My Bike?
Interviews and Segments-
-Intro (Tarran's idea to ask folks to please give
a review in the start of the show to help us rise in the searches.)
1- Bicycle Pickers Don't Always Make the Best Bicycle Flippers. - We look at hunting for bicycles, and talk about how just finding, trading, and buying bikes and parts can be fun. We also talk about how selling the bikes you find is a whole other ballgame.
2- Evan Pack Bicycle Touring Brazil- We talk to Evan from Vulturespace a bicycle recylery in Milwaukee, as he camps out in a construction site after riding his bike through the Amazon.
3- Who's More Surly, Me or My Bike?- Surly marketing is cute, but when you go to finally do an upgrade 6 years after you bought it, things get... well... "Surly."
Sunday Apr 02, 2017
Bike Karma EP15: April Fool's Comedy Episode (Special Short Episode)
Sunday Apr 02, 2017
Sunday Apr 02, 2017
EP15 Annual April Fool's Bicycle Comedy Show!
(Shorter and different than usual.)
Satire and skits-
-The real reason for steel is real.
-Holistic Velominati Recovery Center
-Mystery- Why your bike hasn’t sold on Craigslist
-The Gears are TOO DAMN HIGH!
-I’ll be “that guy” on your group ride…