Peaceful Revolution Bike Concert Tour
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Lara Martin writes in Sacramento News & Review about joining the Ginger Ninjas bicycle concert tour:
The bicycle lifestyle was something I was forced to endure for two years when I found myself unable to keep up with my car payments and the repo-man stepped in. I mixed public transportation with bicycling and discovered that my employment opportunities were limited because there wasn’t enough time in the day to bike where the bus didn’t go. Thank goodness those years are behind me.
Now, I cruise around in my comfortable Buick, impervious to weather and small animals that go bump in the night, occasionally pawning a piece of jewelry to pay for another 10 gallons of gas (I’m not kidding) because I commute more than 50 miles every weekday for work as a data processor in Chico, Calif.
Bicycling is only for kids and athletes and people who can’t afford a car, right?
That’s what I used to think until the rock band Kipchoge and the Ginger Ninjas challenged my perceptions.
Read the rest. Lara finds a bike and signs on to a bike-powered concert tour.
This is what Sherilyn the documentor, photographer, recorder, radio assistant, percussionist, web manager, and general road warrior imagines the tour will be like:
We started pedaling on November 1st, 2007 in the Sierra mountains of Northern California, and we’re going to keep pedaling over 5,000 miles, all the way down to the ancient pyramids of Chiapas, Mexico. No sag wagons or cars to help us haul our stuff – we’re carrying it all on our bikes! Right now we’re riding to a FREE concert up on the hillside of your town, and this is your invitation to come and watch the sunset with us! Rock the bike with The Ginger Ninjas, Shake Your Peace!, and your local bands too!
You’re invited to pedal our 800-watt human-powered P/A! That’s right – our sound system runs on YOUR leg power. Sexify your biking legs while making some noise!
Looks as if they are in Monterey on Friday.
