CrankMyChain! Two-Way TV - Freak Bike Fall + New CX Vids

Cyclocross Today on CMC! Live

Watch, listen, and conference with us for race #1 of the Cross Crusade at Alpenrose Dairy.

CMC Live from Burgerville and a Ride with Mia Birk

Is cycling going mainstream or just selling out?

Join the discussion/ride NOON TODAY here at CrankMyChain.com OR bring your bike meet us at Burgerville on Hawthorne Blvd.

I'll be talking to Burgerville spokesman Jack Graves. From there we'll do a gentle tour of Ladd's while we interview Alta Planning's Mia Birk about her upcoming book and preview tonight's forum with David Byrne, Jonathan Maus, and Timo Forsberg (we'll be giving away a couple copies of David Byrne’s new book to the first two web viewers to connect their video feed and ask for it).

I am trying to arrange some goodies from Burgerville for those who show up on bikes. If that falls through, I’ll buy you a hamburger or something. Vegan? That’ll be a future show.

CMC Live - Naked Bike Ride Flaming Lips Video at Mt. Tabor

The Flaming lips are shooting a video up in Mt. Tabor park from 10am-10pm. It's a naked bike ride video. We're hauling up the disco trike and setting up the live feed. Let's hope we can get a good signal and not violate the terms of the Stickam service agreement to badly. Join in virtually and say hello.

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Recording from the webcast - It's very choppy because of our connection issues:



NOTES:

We had a blast up at Mt. Tabor park and it's still going on (as far as I know). The broadcast was a surprisingly a bit choppy due to the location and we almost got shut down on Stickam.com cause we showed butt cracks on the first take. I thought that would be okay.

The ranger didn't like the butt cracks either. He forcefully said, (and I'm paraphrasing), "put on bottoms or we'll put on handcuffs".

He felt that FL were pushing the limit of their permit with the park. Ya think?

I think if the city wants more Naked Bike Ride movies and the massive budget$ behind them they need to lighten up. Who hasn't seen genetalia in the Portland park before, anyway? ;) Eww, it sounds nasty that way. Well, it was actually quite beautiful today.

In the first scenes the band leader, Wayne Coyne, was carried around by (TEAM BEER) John Howe's trike in a in a big plastic ball (fully clothed) above the crowd of 120 or so naked (and later topless) riders. I was concerned that he was going to roll off the zip-tied milk crates that were holding him up and down the hill, but several strong Portland Cyclists prevented catastrophe during each take. By the look on his face I'm not so sure Wayne was convinced of the safety on his self-designed contraption.

Wayne says he'll get naked later in future scenes.

It was (and is) a perfect day for a naked bike ride video. You can still ride up and let the Flaming Lips exploit your body or catch the video at some later date.

Live with Icicle Tricycle's Ryan Hashagen

Join us at noon for a ride with Ryan Hashagen proprietor of Portland Pedicabs and Icicle Tricycles. We'll discuss his business and bike based businesses in general. We'll also talk about his taxi permitting fight with the city. Of course, we'll have music and videos to watch as well. It's time to CrankTheChain!

Two-Way TV -Mid Day Myster Ride with Rev Phil

Mid-day Mystery Ride with the Rev -(BTW, The midnight Mystery Ride is this Friday).

Live from Downtwon Portland's "Cycle Track"

CrankMyChain! Two-Way TV live at noon from downtown Portland's new buffered bike path.

Heading Downtown - Trying Out New Systems

We had a great show and few glitches and a surprise guest at the end of the show. FUN!

Two-Way TV Live - From the Alpenrose Velodrome

Broadcasting here at noon (pacific time) from the Alpenrose velodrome. Special guests are Jason Agar from Safe Routes to School who is Portland for their National conference and John Howe promoting Team Beer's track race this Saturday.

CrankMyChain! Two-Way TV Live - On a Trike Down by the River

sorry if you missed the show - best one yet!!! We actually broadcast from the disco trike on a dock on the river and were visited by ducks and a group from Americore.

CrankMyChain! Two-Way TV Live - Maintenance Edition

The weather is a bit iffy so we're hosting from the garage for this week's show (Wed. noon PDT).

You don't need an account to chat with us. Pick a user handle and come talk bicycle maintenance or get a Stickam account and join us by webcam.

We're also bringing in ETK talk about the MTB short track series at Portland International Raceway.

CrankMyChain! Two-Way TV Live Independence Edition

Live from the Portland, Oregon Waterfront. Today we're talking American Independence - Please join the discussion right here. No need to register just start a chat or login with Stickam.com if you want to send us your video feed.

Update: our most watched show yet!

CrankMyChain! Two-Way TV Live from the Bikini Bike Wash @ Noon

Report from the Irondelles bikini bike wash:

Our most watched show yet: 3000+ viewers!
Lots of bikinis, tall bikes and washing.

We chatted with Rev Phil and Ron Richings and interview fabulous Irondelle's Tall Bike grrlz Meghan and Emily! Hope to have some pics soon.

CrankMyChain! is not Dead

we are undergoing metamorphsis.



Watch Wednesday's at noon!

CrankMyChain! Two-Way TV Noon-1PM PDT Today

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Here is last weeks show condensed to 30- Seconds

Watch this weeks live show here or join at Stickam.com/crankmychain

Stay Tuned this June for Pedalpalooza.


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Breakin' the Rusty Cage

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Yeah it's rusty.  It's time to bust out.  How about submit a movie to the Filmed By Bike Film Festival.

Also stay tuned to CrankMyChain for live webcasts.  Follow twitter.com/pdxktv to see when we are live.

Have a great 2009!

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CrankMyChain! Live - Sept. 20

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Here is a lightly edited version of last Thursday's show. RevPhil couldn't make it because of his Pacific Northwest Bike Porn Tour.

The show is still not ready for prime time but I thought I'd post it anyway and get yer thoughts.




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CMC! Live - A View from Madison

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MADISON, WI - You might remember Roger Bindl of HEM Productions. He's the 21st century Renaissance man who has a special fondness for electric bikes.

I decided to give him a ring and find out how he got his camera so steady while riding dirt roads on his show Rural Roads with Roger (you'll have to watch the next Disco Trike Live show to find out how).

Turns out we both are very interested in video telecommunications, cycling, and adventure. He watched live show Monday that I did with Johnny Stardust and used a video capture software called Camtasia to record some of the show.

Here is Roger's description:

This video is a story with three topics in disguise... A question on how to get attention, a demonstration of real time and stored video streaming, a touch on web casting with Stickam, and a case of bicyclist that share their enthusiasm in video and singing.

Thanks for the video, Roger. The answer to your question is... Internet. But, I have not tried cable access yet. I'm certain the two distribution mediums with meld soon and cable access stations create that bridge. I know it is already happening at Portland Community Media.

The cable access stations have the production equipment and volunteers to make independent broadcasts happen connecting it to the web seems a short step.

I'll be exploring this subject much more and I am sure Roger will, too.

Catch CrankMyChain! Live tomorrow from 10-11 AM PDT. The Special Guest tomorrow is our FreeGeek in Residence and bike pornographer, Reverend Phil.

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Disco Trike Montage

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PORTLAND, OR - Johnny Stardust and I rolled out the disco trike for a little live broadcast beta testing and fun in the sun.

I had the camera set to take a few seconds of video every minute so you can see just a bit of what you missed.

We're building CrankMyChain! Live and we want you to watch and participate. Check out the show Mondays and Thursdays (so far) at 10 AM PDT and get updates at http://www.twitter.com/crankmychain.

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CrankMyChain Goes Live!

No, CrankMyChain! is not fade-casting we've been toying with this live broadcast thing and will beta a semi-daily LIVE show here on the site. We'll turn the web-cam at 9AM Pacific or so and play some cuts and then start the show around 10AM or so. Join us Monday for a special show with Johnny Stardust. And watch the video above for a special code!


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Tour De Fat and the "Disco Trike" Debut

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PORTLAND, OR - In case you were doing better things then looking at your computer, this Saturday, like parading around Tour De Fat then you missed my live webcast and the debut of the "Disco Trike". It was quite an adventure. It was truly pushing the envelope, the bleeding edge, if you will of live webcasting disco trikes.

Enjoy the sample video from the feed of March Fourth Marching Band.

Please forgive the Audio cutouts. Our crack team of engineers at CrankMyChain.com busy are working on it. Just watch Tomorrow and see.

Below we have a video (pulled from the stream) of one of the fabulous Acrobats from Seattle's Circus Contraption.



Oh, the Sprockettes really kicked ass, too. I just didn't have a good shot :(

If you'd like to find out more about the live webcasting Disco Trike shoot an email to dan (at) pdxk dot com

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Disco Trike and Live Broadcast from Tomorrow's Tour De Fat

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PORTLAND, OR - Come say hi to me at the Tour De Fat Tomorrow. You can do it in person or in cyberspace because we'll be broadcasting live from the disco trike.

That's 8/18 in waterfront park north of the Hawthorne Bridge. 11a-12p.

Entertainment includes The March Fourth Marching Band and The Sprockettes!



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Live Broadcast fom MCBF

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LIVE STREAM BY STICKAM

PORTLAND, OR - IF the geek gods smile, CrankMyChain! will be a doing a live webcast from Col. Summers tomorrow (Saturday). So, if you can’t make it to the Multnomah County Bike Fair check out CrankMyChain! from about 2-5PM PDT.

If you wish to simulcast on your blog or website, view page source below or I'll be happy to email the code to you.

This is all very “bleeding” edge so please be patient and crafty.

If you are at the fair please stop by and say hi to me and the folks out in cyberspace.

Dan Kaufman
dan@@pdxk
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