Ben Sollee, Marty, Katie and Jordon kicked off their tour across the United States, playing shows, seeing fans, friends and family and “re-humanizing” the musical experience. Ride on!
This tour is not about going “green,” even though it will have a smaller over all carbon footprint than a more traditional tour by van. Instead, its about re-humanizing the pace of the road. The bicycles provide the limitation on a local level. However, we have to be real. I have a family and we all have bills to pay so we can’t afford for this tour to be a musical vacation by bicycle. And, it’s important to us to demonstrate that biking to our business can be financially sustainable. We want biking to be a compelling choice to other businesses and artists. So, through some trial and error we’ve discovered a few things.
Ever since Motocross International started distributing Xtracycles in Japan, we’ve noticed some excited new Xtracycle owners and it’s inspiring us to no end.
Ross and the Holishift Tour return to their roots in Tucson for a whole week of fun, test rides and family. Drop them a line at holishifters[a]xtracycle[dot]com to meet up.
The Xtracycle Holishift Tour is rolling though Tucson next week and they will be hosting two events with Yoga Oasis and BICAS. Xtracycle got its start in Tucson and several of the first Xtracycle prototypes were built at BICAS. I am hoping to schedule an interview with Ross Evans, the president of Xtracycle, about the company’s Tucson connection.
People’s Grocery, a non-profit organization based in West Oakland, is raising funds to build their longtail fleet. Xtracycle is matching all donations allocated for their fleet program, so donate today and double your donation!
80% of the world’s population now lives in cities. Urban and peri-urban agriculture is emerging as a more viable solution to meet the fresh produce needs of communities living in urban centers. Whether on abandoned city blocks, rooftops, or aquaponics systems; urban agriculture is a hot potato.
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