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Mini Bike Winter 2012 Feb. 16-19th

2012-02-05T11:58:00.000-08:00

A weekend of big fun on small bikes.
If there's one thing Dropouts like, it's Mini Bike Winter!

Thursday:
Craft Night TBA
Join us in making spoke cards and other Mini Bike Winter schwag.Friday:
Dropout Club Ride in collaboration with Bike Smut and Fear Factor.
Meet at Col. Summers Park at 9pm, we ride at 10pm
http://www.facebook.com/events/177181505716537/

We have been plotting with other fun troublemakers to make the most of Friday night this Mini Bike Winter.
Bike Smut + Freak Bikes + Fear Factor + dance party= YES!

Pre-ride Bike Smut @ Clinton St. Theater(SE 26th & Clinton)
Starts 6:45 and ends 8:45pm
If you need something to get your blood pumping before the ride, then checkout the return of world traveled Rev. Phil's Bike Smut film showing.

Dropout Ride always meets at Col. Summers Park 3rd Friday at 9pm.
***You DO NOT have to do the Fear Factor event to join the Dropout ride***

Fear Factor Details:
*Starts at meetup spot 9pm
*2 person teams
*3 stops
*more info TBA

At 10PM, Dropout Ride leaves park and we will have other Fear Factor stops along the way to end spot.

The Tall Tour Crew will be bringing the dance party to the end spot, disco ball will be in full effect. No bands this time just party music.
Saturday:
Chariot Wars
Night Party TBA
Sunday:MBW Olympics
Starting on Mt. Tabor at noon.
Details:
•Mini Bike Winter 2012
http://zoobomb.net/forums/index.php?board=7.0
•Ben Hurt Chariot Wars 2012
https://www.facebook.com/events/277048072349416/

Hope your ready for a wild weekend Oct. 21-23rd.

2011-10-18T17:59:00.000-07:00

Freak Bike Fall 2011

2011-10-10T18:04:00.000-07:00

Freak Bike Fall 2011Oct. 21-23

Freak Bike Fall is fun filled weekend organized by the Portland freak bike community and friends.

More events to be added soon, let's get the wheels rolling so the out of towners get a heads up.

Friday:
*Alley Cat 8:15pm(if interested in doing stop talk to Dutch or Sam), meetup at Irving Park, will end at Dropout Ride meetup.
*Dropout Bike Club Ride, meet at Col. Summers Park at 9pm and we ride at 10pm to mystery location.
----Mid-ride performance by the Sprockettes
----Bike events during bands(Rabbit's Bike Tractor Pull, Freak Drag race, and more)----Live music at 11 brought to you by the Tall Tour Crew with (Grrrl Friend, Saucy Yoda, Drew Slum, White Fang, The Wrong Kind, Feral Pigs)
----at 1am prepare to dance with disco lights and all that jazz.

Saturday:*11am to 2pm Brunch at Irondelles Ashley's, it's her Birthday too. SE 39th/Taylor.*4pm to 10pm Block Party with bands and beer host by Dead Baby BC.*10pm ride to Afterparty
Sunday:
Freak Bike Olympics & Bar-BQ
*2pm under Marquam Bridge on SE side next to HawthorneShow off your projects, bar-bq, and fun bike events
*8pm Zoobomb!
*After races, movie at Elephant House hosted by Ashley.

Dropout Prom ride video

2011-06-29T18:21:00.000-07:00

Dropout Prom Ride - Photobooth

2011-06-21T10:08:00.000-07:00

Big thanks to Dabe for bringing setup to take some awesome photos.Dropout Bike Club Prom Photos

Dropout Bike Club - Prom Ride

2011-05-27T16:53:00.000-07:00

For June we are hosting a wonderful Prom ride!

We will have photo booth, vegan party punch, and your favorite Prom dance party til late with live performances by Ilima & the Sexbots, The Wrong Kind, Lamplight, Crank My Chain, and more!

Over the past 6 years, this ride has become the place to show off your newest bicycle oddities and party til late. ThunderTwins Sound System Collective will be there with bumpin sound systems. All bikes welcome, but the pace is set by the freak bikes.

Some pictures from last year:Dropout Prom Ride

Dropout Bike Club - Bike In Filmfest

2011-04-20T11:24:00.000-07:00

Nice ride, fun films, and naked mud wrestling at 3am.

Birthday Pinata

2011-03-21T17:52:00.000-07:00

Dropout Birthday Weekend was a blast and went off better than be planned.

dropout birthday pinata from deadbuny on Vimeo.

DOBC 6th Birthday Flyer

2011-03-16T11:26:00.001-07:00

It's our 6th Birthday Weekend!!!

2011-03-10T15:56:00.000-08:00

Come celebrate Dropout Bike Club's 6th Birthday, with a weekend of riding bikes and having fun.

Word is Chops is coming up from his Teepee in Southern Oregon for this! Expect the same fun lovin club with focus on freak bikes, outdoors, and beer.

Friday:...We will have our normal monthly club ride starting at Col. Summers Park, meet at 9pm and ride at 10pm. We will have a game stop and The Sprockettes will be performing.

Saturday:Meet at Col. Summers at 2pm for fun bike events til 5pm.-Freakbike tractor pull(Dropout making trophy)-Jousting(Dropout making trophy)-Best mount/dismount(win booze)-beverage chug relay(win more booze).

at 6pm 1st wave can either ride with DOBC for bar-BQ at party spot or go do your own thing.

Saturday Night:2nd Wave, Meet back up at Col. Summers at 7:30pm, we ride out from park at 8pm for a night with more bike fun at party location and performances by:

Karl & The Jerks(Garage Soul)Crank My Chain(rock'n'roll)Blake Hicks(Flatland)NostalgiaDMLH(Hip Hop, Tall Tour street team)Ivizia and special guest JesusThe Sexbots(sexy electro)DJ Sysfail playing dance music inbetween and after.

Sunday:Sunday of Slack Bar-BQ, come hangout with Dropouts and grill.Location: meetup at Col. Summers at 1:30pm, we ride at 2pm

Will have more info ASAP but mark your calendars.

Thunder Twins review of FM transmitters on bike rides.

2011-03-04T09:58:00.000-08:00

Thunder Twins has been bring sound systems on bike fun rides for about 5 years now in Portland and we have tried A LOT of different things and learned much. Pre-amps, amp/speaker configurations, splitters, and FM transmitter.
A lot of people have asked me about using FM transmitter on bike rides lately and I really have wanted it to work but have to say FM transmitters have a number of downsides that make them sort of lame especially for dance music.

Our Thunder Twins setup(3 or 4 sound systems) have experimented with FM since last year. At this point, we plan on using it for is our upcoming Dropout Bike In Filmfest April 16th but not planning for rides.

Stuff we use:2 watt transmitter.Sounds systems range from 100 to 400 watts.

Why it sucks for bike rides:
1. Interference, lots of static. Cause everything is moving around. Even when people walk between the transmitter and receiver it will make some static.
2. You can't have sound source(aka magnets) near the transmitter, creates electro magnetic interference....noise.
3. Lack of Bass, even when setup in flat non moving place, there is a noticeable loss of bass response.
4. Noticeable delay, which has a few factors. Most digital music players have a conversion delay in FM receiver. So with a mix of digital and analog receivers it can sound like a racket. Mostly if there is one or two louder system.
5. Battery is Non regulated power, so as your battery get's lower it sounds worse.6. Typically in a ride you go out of range, buildings, and etc.

In summary it just don't sound good.

-Sysfail

Recap: Feb. Dropout BC ride to Chariot Wars and MBW

2011-02-23T12:22:00.000-08:00

First off, have to say Mini Bike Winter 8 was off the hook. Not surprising.

Chariot Wars was crazy and brutal,anybody that made it to the 2nd spot is a winner in my book. Rabbit and J-Rock made it down to the last few, pulled out by medics due to bad nose bleed. Justa and Esther also made a good run. Big ups to J-ryde and Lee for heading up organizing, and Goon Squad did a great job handling that unruly crowd keeping Chariot Wars rolling.

Though our brothers in North Freak "Bear Force One" where the last ones rolling.

Get the latest and greatest on Chariot Wars here

After Chariot Wars we rode to a spot not too far way and had a nice fire til 5am. Had a great time reminiscing with another dirty dozen zoobomber Eliza(currently of Derailers(SF)) about the first MBW and how big it has gotten from the handful of zoobombers to people coming from all over the country. Truly Rad America!

Should also announce, DOBC has a new prospect Georgia, she's been a hanger for awhile now, always positive, crafty, and fun. She's currently got a broken leg from urban pallet skiing last month but hopefully she will be back riding bikes soon. Though for now Buny, added a seat and hand cranks to Tom's cargo bike so she's still making it around by bike.

Ride Bikes

2011-02-06T23:02:00.001-08:00

Swing Bike stolen, plus 6 frames and some wheels

2011-01-24T13:21:00.001-08:00

**Notice for Bikes Stolen from Buny/Dag's place**

There are like 6 frames missing from a Dropout House in SE Portland. Nothing to be too upset about, maybe that one GT frame. Dags back wheel for his red chopper is also gone.

Especially be on the look out for Buny's old Swingbike(multiple colors) which is also missing, but we think this happened at a different time.

Secret handshake

2010-12-22T14:10:00.000-08:00

Didn't really happen but still funny.

Secret handshake

Dropout in Momentum

2010-10-19T09:20:00.000-07:00

I think about 10 of us showed up for the Circus de Circling ride this last year. It's our 2nd maybe 3rd year of doing it.

Dead Buny on Parade

On the Horizon

2010-09-20T11:41:00.001-07:00

Just a little update to keep all the hang around's up to date and mark your calenders.

October 10:
Freak Bike Fall moved back to weekend of Dropout Ride(Oct. 15th) so we are going to do it up big. We got a bunch of surprises that I'm sure will rock your socks off...hint hint. Saturday and Sunday are going to have a bunch of bike events, eating stuff, and fun too..we like that stuff.
Freak Bike Fall III

February 2011:
It's Mini Bike Winter and Chariot Wars was moved to Friday night this year. We are leading ride to Chariot Wars end spot. Meet at 9pm Col. Summers Park and ride at 10pm-ish. More than a spectator sport. Prepare for battle!

March 2011:
It's our Birthday, last year was our 5th which we made big noise about it and probably going to do something special again. More info TBA.

April 2011:
Dropout Bike Club is super excited to announce our first official Dropout Bike-In Film ride(April 15th). It's going to be all ages, 3 mile ride to outdoor location, and only accessible by bike or foot. Looking for submissions for short films.(sysfail.dobc@gmail.com) Currently films from Dropout Bike Club, Dan Kaufman, Rev. Phil, Joe Biel, and B-media collective.
The ride will be leaving from Filmed By Bike. Clinton Theater at SE 26th and Clinton, at 10:30.

The Tall Tour

2010-08-16T20:20:00.000-07:00

Has it's own freaky blog of rockin out in public.
http://thetalltour.blogspot.com/

Monsters of Rock by Bike

2010-04-17T12:27:00.000-07:00

Straight from the underground and into the street, Sysfail at Dropout R&D has been cooking up a plan to do it, in short "over the top". From the club that built the first wave of solid 400+ watt mobile sound systems four years ago, which have been feeding the fun movement of Zoobomb, WNBR, Critical mass, Monday Funday's, and too many rides too list.

But much like tall bikes, mobile sound systems have been popping up more and more this past year. Which now makes it possible to do something a few of us have been talking about since pedalpolooza 2 years ago.

The time has come for "MONSTERS OF ROCK BY BIKE!

So....we got a bunch of rad bands, dancers, and multiple mobile sound systems including Sysfail's new emergency broadcast PA(aka pepper PA). Now we are setting up a Portland Summer tour in the most fun rockin ride way possible.

"Total recall playing under Hawthorne bridge at Mini Bike Winter 7"

Currently the bands/performers are looking something like this:
Total Recall, Crank My Chain!, Lung Collapser, Riot Cop, Hammercize, members of Sprockettes, and more TBA.
Interested in performing please email: sysfail.dobc at gmail dot com

First tour date is May 16th in NE Portland, starting point TBA. Complete tour schedule to be posts ASAP.

Also Pedalpolooza is right around the corner, hope to see you all at Dropout Bike Club Ride.
http://shift2bikes.org/cal/viewmonth.php?month=6&year=2010#18-1388

Rides of Dropout - March 19-21th

2010-02-26T10:27:00.001-08:00

Rides of Dropout - A 5th year celebration weekend

2010-02-20T14:33:00.000-08:00

Dropout Bike Clubs 5th year anniversary, Rides of Dropout.

Come celebrate with a weekend of rides, bike events, performances, and surprises!

Events

Club Ride Friday night

meetup at 9pm
Ride leaves at 10ish

Saturday

Mobile Events - Saturday 2pm Col Summers, ride to locations

flag derby
tall bike egg/bean relay
ladd circle race
save the baby/firechicken
jousting
race riding different freak bikes (not your own!) race
tallbike mount/dismount contest (w/ celebrity judges)
barbeque at col summers then ride to party

Party meetup at 8pm at Col summer

Ride to party location with Sprockettes, Total recall, AZ the phonomancer, Sysfail, and more TBA

Sunday

Dropout Sunday Slacker Ride: Theme: Sunday of Slack. Ride starts at Col. Summers at 2. Ending at Backyard bar-bq. Mystery location ride later with downhills, also close to Max if you want to go Zoobomb!!

Mini Bike Winter 2010 Weekend

2010-01-26T23:35:00.000-08:00

Mini Bike Winter 2010 is fast approaching. Here's the Saturday night party flyer looking quite amazing. Rumor has it we will have a frying booth.

November Dropout Club Ride

2009-11-17T01:16:00.001-08:00

Same place Same time

Col. Summers Park by the pavilion.

meet 9pm and ride at 10pm

should be a chill ride

Dropout pile at Mystery house in Outer SE Portland

2009-11-17T01:11:00.000-08:00

Just thought this was amusing picture of the shed in our backyard. Carports are pretty awesome for outdoor shelters. I just used one section of the frame and my friends used the other 2 sections to cover a half-pipe skate ramp down the street.

Dropout Club Ride October..welcomes Dag to the club

2009-11-17T01:02:00.000-08:00

It was a really nice ride down the Springwater corridor to Johnson Creek. Where we kicked it Dropout style with friends, some background music, fire, and tasty beverages.

Our new connection to the Interweb

2009-10-16T13:14:00.001-07:00

More to come..