Bike Crusader turns a street corner into a dance party with his custom self powered sound system rigged bike. Mission District.
Monday, October 22nd, 2007So, this is how it started. After spending some time dancing under a bus stop , we ended up taking our selves to Cafe Revolution in the Mission District. The usual goatee scratching communist types, hipster girls, and crunchy but not hippie fellas smoking and sippin’ Chamay beer. This place is best known for it’s cool outdoor sitting area and a bohemian atmosphere.
A slick fella in a black leather jacket pulls up roaring some deep soul track in a custom designed colorfully lit bicycle with powerful sub woofers in hand crafted detailed fenders. (Please bare with the phone camera pics) He parked his bike, met a friend, shook some hands, meanwhile a dance frenzy stirred up around his bike, in no time there was a party halfway onto the corner of 22nd and Bartlett. The tipsy crowd became infected by the thumping break beats that this dude’s sick bike provided. So many ladies were dancing.
Meet Paul Freeman. Inventor, bike enthusiast, and owner of Rock The Bike knows how to rock a party like white hip hop star. He has game. He designs bicycles with great intentions and goals. For example, he designed and produced a unique “convertible” bike seat system that allows riders to ride in 4 different positions. You can ride it like a chopper or haul ass in a stand up position so you can get to work quick like me.
One of Paul’s great missions is to educate people on the coolness of riding a bike to music. It’s lovely. Paul offers weekly community rides with the music blaring about town. He is poised to transform bike culture and enthusiasm by showing people first hand how much better it is to ride to music blasting. I would personally love to blast deep sexy baseline driven beats on my way to work every morning.
This street party went on for over 2 hours strong without letting up. Paul had a microphone on his bike which turned the music set into a live performance by Paul and other ‘rappers’. The dancing, hootin’ and hollering were out of control fun. It was an evening to remember. When in the neighborhood of 22nd and Bartlett, keep your eye our for the dude on the music bike.
