E399 – Jessie Rides for Causes

The Sprocket Podcast

Jessie Blanchard rides for a cause: to defeat ALS. What’s it like to ride Oregon’s Reach The Beach charity ride? This, and other centuries, all casual-like. Impressive!

Aaron compares cheating on his diet to “sex with your pants on.”

Calendar
2nd THURSDAY of every month Joyful Rider’s Club in minneapolis
2nd Friday of Every Month Boston Bike Party
Also 2nd friday of Every Month Indianapolis Bike Party
Every 2nd Sunday of every month Corvidae Bike Club Ride
Feb 24: Menagerie in Motion Kinetic Derby Gainsville, FL
Feb 24: Not-So-Noisy Community Festival Bike Ride Daytona Beach, FL (including the FL premiere of the film “Why We Cycle”)
April 8: Pedal Pursuit
April 14: Ladd’s 500 Team Sprocket Podcast will interview you!!
April 29: Monster Cookie Metric Century
May 19: DC Bike Ride
June 23: Petal Pedal*
August 19: Portland Century*
Sept 2: Tour de Lab*
Sept. 22: Lowell Kinetic Sculpture Race Lowell, MA

UPCOMING Filmed By Bike TOUR DATES:
Boise, ID – February 8, 2018
Aarhus, Demark – March 3, 2018
SXSW, Austin, TX – TBD around March 9-12, 2018
Copenhagen – March 10, 2018
Albany, NY – July 22, 2018
Seattle, WA – TBD
Vancouver, WA – TBD
Arcata, CA – November, 2018
Bendigo, Australia – October, 2018

Headlines
From trimet.org
Adding and Expanding Bus Service Through Spring 2019

From the Chicago Tribune via Anna
Black neighborhoods still see most bike tickets, police data show

Mail
Pics from Andre Johnson in MN:

From Jeremy Kitchen backpacking in NZ: a postcard!
“Day 14 ???km in, 1000km to go.”

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