Hal Grades Your Bike Locking

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New York City - In honor of Bike Month, Clarence Eckerson, Jr. of SteetFilms resurrects this 2003 bikeTV classic. It was his first work to gain worldwide noterity in the alternative transportation world.

They hit the streets of Soho with the help of Bicycle Habitat’s most famous mechanic Hal Ruzal - who humorously grades the bike locking ability of New Yorkers. Sure he’s harsh, but also damn funny while dispensing useful anecdotes from his many decades in the biz. Hopefully you’ll learn how to keep your bike safe and avoid a failing grade.

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The Bicyclist - Act 5: Late Night Picture Show

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PORTLAND, OR - As Steve carefully picks out her outfit. Conrad makes the scene at Jose's Space Party in a big way.

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How to Fix a Flat

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Here is another great how-to video from Carlton Reid at QuickRelease.TV.

Fixing a flat can be a daunting task the first time especially if you are not mechanically inclined. Just remember to take your time and learn to do it yourself.

If you have someone more experienced nearby let them give you moral support but don't let them do it for you. When you find yourself miles from home you'll be glad you learned how fix flat and carried a patch kit and tire inflator.

If you use your bike to commute to work you should definatley consider puncture resistant kevlar tires. They are costly but so is showing up late for work.

Let me know if you have any tips or tricks regarding flat repair or preventing punctures.

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Kraftwerk: Tour De France Video 2

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Here is another Kraftwerk Tour De France composition and video. You can watch the first one here.

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Project Pedal #4 - This is it, Two months left...

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NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA - This is the fourth in series from a documentary film project with the working title "Project Pedal". The filmmakers plan to follow a group of cyclists this summer as they trek across the nation. Click here for previous episodes.

Excerpt from ProjcetPedal.com:
The idea of Project Pedal came about, thanks to Amanda, almost exactly four years ago - and for the last three years, I've been pouring myself into it with my fair share of difficulties along the way.

But thanks to the encouragement of close friends, family and the readers/viewers of this site - I've always picked myself up and kept trying when things dead-ended with Pedal.

I can't imagine where I would be without this site and without everything it has directly been instrumental in sending my way. My amazing crew, the Black Sheep... the professional advice and support of Matt... the much needed and much appreciated relationships with total strangers who've stumbled onto this site in there own ways.

I've learned so much in the last three years, and if I had any advice to pass on to people reading - it would be, whatever your passion or personal project may be, don't go it alone. Start a blog, and be as transparent and inclusive as possible.

I'm excited about these last two months and the two that will follow - I can't wait for the trip to come. I'm nervous. I'm excited. "Breath in pink, exhale blue". There's a lot of details to get into place - but... this is it, two months left. Here we go.

tags: pedal, documentary, indie, vlog, blog, coast-to-coast, community, network2, blip.tv, the black sheep, the flux, von 2007

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Monday Morning Update

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PORTLAND, OR - Just a quick post to let you know about April 14th, Oregon bike day and very special day for me personally.

Also, The Reverend Phil "Naked Justice" trial is postponed until May. This is the 5th set over.

Keep on crankin' those chains.

DK

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Celebrity Perp Haircut - Rev Phil

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TRIAL SET OVER UNTIL MAY
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PORTLAND, OR - Reverend Phil gets a haircut in advance of his trial (next Wednesday). (Trial has been set over until May.)

He's facing 2 1/2 years for various misdemeanor charges. Reverend Phil alleges and eyewitnesses will testify that an apparently drunken driver stuck him with her vehicle during the 2006 World Naked Bike Ride in Portland, Oregon. She then had her boyfriend, an off duty police officer, attack him.

This will be the fourth attempt at a jury trial. Stay tuned to CrankMyChain! Cycle TV as we follow the proceedings.

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The Bicyclist - Act 4: Missed Connection

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PORTLAND, OR - In the fourth episode Steve reluctantly tries to inform Conrad that he has the repair gig. We get a behind on set look at Bike Girls from Mars and the Demon SUV has a message for Conrad.

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Kraftwerk: Tour de France Video 1

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FRANCE AND GERMANY - Enjoy the vintage moving pictures of Tour de France set to the retro-futuristico sounds of German synth band Kraftwerk.





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The Bicyclist makes TV Guide

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PORTLAND, OR - "The New TV Guide is here! The New TV guide is here! We're somebody now," shouted Sharon and Carl "The Jerk" Jameson, producers of The Bicyclist as they ran around the room waving the vastly circulated magazine. Their show has been listed one of the "best of the web" in the US print version of the magazine.

Later that day Carl was found by the side of the road clutching a Thermos and TV remote after he'd blown the Jameson fortune (okay, actually no).

Stay tuned, Episode Four of The Bicyclist airs Wednesday right here on CrankMyChain CycleTV. Catch a quick and "asstastic" preview of episodes 4-6 below.


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Who Wants to Visit a Sprawl Guru Tonight?

PORTLAND, OR-
RECAP:I had an facinating time at the executive club meeting tonight. I rode out with Reverend Phil and met up with fellow cyclist, Toby. We shot some video, saw Mr. Cox's slide show presentation (we may digest that later). For now let's just say he made some points that are worth looking into. We also had some interesting and sometimes lively converstaion with the executive club folks.
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Anyone wish to accompany me to the lion's den tonight (see below)? I'll probably ride out along the I-205 path or I could meet folks a Lloyd center for a max ride.

Shoot me an email or call me if you wanna come along.

Dan Kaufman
dan (at) pdxk (dot) com
503 267 2862 mobile

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From Portland Tribune Story by Jim Redden.

...the Executive Club, a social organization founded by conservative tax-limitation advocate Don McIntire, is bringing a nationally known [public transit and urban planning] skeptic to town.

Wendell Cox will speak to the group at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Shilo Inn Suites Hotel, 11707 N.E. Airport Way. It is free and open to the public, although there is a charge for those who order dinner.

Cox is the principal of Wendell Cox Consultancy, an international public policy firm based in St. Louis and the editor of three Web sites, Demographia, The Public Purpose and Rental Car Tours, which urges travelers to rent cars and avoid traditional tourist tours.

He also serves as a senior fellow at the Heartland Institute, a Chicago-based think tank that describes itself as a free-market advocate.

“Planning is a religion in Portland. Metro sends missionaries around the world spreading the message, which is false,” Cox told the Portland Tribune.

Cox grew up in Hillsboro before moving to Los Angeles, where he originally championed light rail as a member of the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission. Cox said he changed his mind after realizing that light rail in Portland and other cities does not carry enough people to make a difference.
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Bicycles Give Room To Breathe: NYC

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New York, NY - Transportation Alternatives (T.A.) gathered a gaggle of cyclists on 42nd Street in Manhattan to stage a dramatic visual that shows how much street space is gained if more people rode bicycles or took mass transit instead of driving personal cars.

"Room to Breathe" is borrowed from a poster featuring a dramatic series of photos taken by Portland's Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) in the mid-1990s. There have been numerous permuatations over the years in myriad cities, but this is the first we have documented in NYC.

In this StreetFilm, you'll get a little sneak peak into how this event was staged and hear from volunteers and T.A. staff on why spatial efficency is so important to the livable streets movement. T.A. aims to have the poster available by Summer 2007.

Video hosted and produced by Clarence Eckerson.

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Trek Boss "Sees The Light" of Cycle Advocacy

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Taipei, Taiwan - Video provided by QuickRelease.TV.
This may seem like a typically dry trade show presentation. To cycle advocates though, Trek President, John Burke's, 23-minute video-taped speech is industry shaking.

Burke's inspiring slide show (seen here at the Taipei International Cycle Show) earned him the title of the "Al Gore of the bike trade" from Jonathan Maus at BikePortland.org. He implores the bicycle industry to divert cash from marketing and R&D to help advocates and politicians create a 'bicycle friendly world' as a way to combat obesity, congestion, pollution and, of course, earn profits. Burke clearly shows how increased bicycle commuting has a direct impact on these issues and the bottom line of the cycling industry.

Many thanks go to Carlton Reid of quickrelease.tv for editing this video and adding graphs, photos and videos to the presentation.

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Is this not Art? or just "My White Bicycle"

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WARNING: THE FOLLOWING VIDEO IS NOT INTENDED FOR ALL VIEWERS. IT'S NOT PORNOGRAPHIC OR ANYTHING (THOUGH THE SPEEDO CLAD CYCLIST HAS A NICE BOD). NO, IT'S JUST A BIT OF DA DA DECONSTRUCTIONIST WARHOL FULLERISM, YOU KNOW "ART" OR MAYBE NOT "ART" BUT CERTAINLY PERFORMANCE AND SOUND or PERHAPS NOISE. OKAY IT'S NOISY AND SIX MINUTES. AND YOU MIGHT JUST WATCH THE WHOLE THING AND ENJOY IT. or not. BUT YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - "My White Bicycle" aka Godspeed 2004 from Seahorse Liberation Army. An ode to duchamp and the provos and futurism rideing a bicycle next to a theremin in san francisco art institiutes studio 9, diego riveas painting studio, new genres.


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