Band of Bicycles

You can help us to continue bringing you awesome bike culture coverage in the form of Radio Podcasts, Videos & Bike Music…We Need:  Music and Film Production Equipment for On-the-Go Bike Reporting, and Professional Sound and Film Editing Equipment and Software. Hard Drives!

We are also in the midst of founding a Bike Share Program for Women in Transition in the Bay Area. We need: Bikes, Bike Lights, Helmets, Bike Lights, Bike Locks, Bike Tools, Bike Pumps, Multitools, Bike Racks, Bike Accessories, Bike Bells and Bike Fashion!!!

Our Sponsorship Opportunities are great for Promoting via Social Media and Grassroots Networks of Bike Lovers.

For Bike Companies/Brands/Allies:

$500 in product= Airtime with an original Ditty.

$500 in product + $500 cash =Sponsor a Segment of our Show. Each Show has 3 Segments: Bike, Beauty, and DIY.  You will get a Ditty  (aka an original small jingle) About You or Your Product with Air Time in the form of a live on bike review or interview.

$500 cash=Bike Delivered Singing Telegram or Personal Greeting (delivered anywhere in Oakland!) This is the perfect way to embarrass a co-worker, celebrate a loved one, or surprise someone special in your life. We will customize a musical greeting and show up when and where you say by bikes to perform it live.

$500 in product + $1000 cash=Sponsor an Episode .  When you sponsor an episode you get a custom Jingle, An on Air Interview,  and a Live on Bike Product Review.

$5,000 cash=(Sponsor an Episode +) Bike Delivered Party. We bring you a custom bike delivered singing telegram to the event of your choice (in Oakland) plus Bike Blended Libation with the ultimate Bike Blender, the Fender Blender Pro. Imagine your co-workers or sweetie bike blending up some margaritas or lemonade while we croon you an original tune.

$10,000 cash=(Sponsor an Episode, Bike Delivered Bike Party +) Personalized Music Video Featuring a Custom Jingle Professionally Recorded as well as your bike schwag rolling around the Bay Area.

——–Sponsorship Ideas for Individuals———

$1-$99: Shout Outs Invites to Events and Bike Salon Spoke Cards

$250: Personalized Greetings (a new song about you or someone you know or don’t know) we will deliver it to you in the form of an MP3 which you can post where you like.

$500: Co-Sponsor a Segment of an Episode.  Your Personalized Greeting or Song incorporated into an Episode.

$1,000: We will cover your event live on our  radio show.

$5,000 Bike Blend Libation with a personalized Singing Telegram.

$10,000 A Musical Flash Mob staring everyone you know or a bunch of complete strangers to celebrate you or the event or person of your choice.

Check us out in this awesome news report from Analisa Harangozo of THE PATCH

It wasn’t difficult to find Waldo as hundreds dressed up as the children’s book character Friday night for East Bay Bike Party.

Starting at 8 p.m., the pack of more than 400 riders trekked the route, which included 50 turns of direction.

Beginning at South Hayward BART station, the group of bicyclists rode through the streets of Hayward and Castro Valley, ending up in front of Area Cycles and the Adobe Plaza’s parking lot off Castro Valley Boulevard.

After the journey, riders socialized in the parking lot, feasted on food truck fare from MoGo BBQ, played games like bike jousting and pedaled their way to frozen drinks (see video above).

It was the first time Bike Party passed through and ended up in Castro Valley. Organizers said they received plenty of support from the police and community and hope to host in the unincorporated area again in the future.

The goal of these monthly rides is to have a themed, “community-oriented, people-positive, law-abiding ride” for the local bicyclists.

To find out when and where the next East Bay Bike Party will be, click here.

Roll with Sarah & Larken of Bike Salon to 90′s style East Bay Bike Party, Rock the Bike Valentine’s Day & learn about cool bike activism projects with the first part of a series of conversations with Portland based ARTivist: Katherine Ball.

Mentions in this episode include:  i hella love oakland!

Portland Bike Swarm

Solutions Revolution

The best Kickstand in the world from Rock the Bike

<3 Bike Love 4 Eva!

Sarah and Larken are artists who create participatory experiences that empower women to be self sufficient, healthy and engaged through do-it-yourself lifestyle. We encourage women to choose bicycling as their main form of transportation. This week on Bike Salon we talk about the economic and spiritual advantages of selling one’s car that they never drive, ARTNUNS, our first time at Spokeland, the bouncing blue el wire bike bunny, Blake Hicks and his Tron Bike, d.i.y. cosmetics and our desire to Kiss Lead in Lipstick Goodbye. Next week join us for a CALL IN. We will start with guest, Katherine Ball, an amazing Artivist from Portlandia. We will be accepting call ins from Bike Lover’s every where Tuesday, February 7th, starting at 4:20 PM PST (7:20 PM EST, 1:20 AM CPH). Skype LaurenLarken and tell us your Bike Fantasies, Bike Happenings and the way you Bling your Bike Style.