Category: KBOO Bike Show

  • KBOO Bike Show: Summer Reads

      Listen to the show (mp3, 26.6MB) Alon talks with Michael Kranish, author of The World’s Fastest Man: The Extraordinary Life of Cyclist Major Taylor, America’s First Black Sports Hero. In the second half he interviews Evan Friss, author of On Bicycles A 200-Year History of Cycling in New York City.

  • KBOO Bike Show: The Science and Physics of Cycling

      Listen to the show (mp3, 27.2MB) We take a nerdy, deep-dive into how bikes actually… well, work! Join us for a fantastic look into the physics and science of bicycles and how it is we manage to stay upright when we’re on them. Guests Dr. Joseph Connolly, author of Understanding the Magic of the Bicycle,…

  • KBOO Bike Show: Helmets and Brain Injury

      Listen to the show (mp3, 26.3MB) Tori and April chat with Dr. Michael Bottlang and Dr. Steven M. Madey of the Legacy Biomechanics Laboratory about how helmets interact with the head injury and the differences between impact, shear and rotational (“spin”) forces. Their work has led to the development of Wavecel helmet technology now being…

  • KBOO Bike Show: Reversing Auto-centrism

      Listen to the show (mp3, 27.3MB) April and Alon have wide-ranging conversations with WSDOT Active Transportation Division Director Barb Chamberlain and Milwaukie (Oregon) Mayor Mark Gamba. Both include the topic of moving away from the belief that automobiles are the primary way to go anywhere. And both ride ebikes!

  • KBOO Bike Show: 2030 is Almost Here!

      Listen to the show (mp3, 26.7MB) Alon and Tori talk with Jillian Detweiler and Judge Kemp of The Street Trust along with Marshall Runkel, chief of staff to Transportation Commissioner Chloe Eudaly. The conversation about transportation in Portland includes progress on the Bicycle Plan for 2030, a road diet on 122nd Ave and freeway expansion…