You might think you've got an obssession with bikes and touring, but how many of take commuting that seriously? These guys are a
bluegrass band who travel all over the world
and make a point of commuting from gig to gig by bike with all their instruments loaded when possible. I knew they were going to be in town and after stretching my legs for about 30 miles in the morning, I ran across them filling up the parking lot at Bell's Brewery.
They were scheduled here for a Saturday night gig and travel out again on Sunday. Look around and you find quite an assortment of loading styles, a couple of burley trailers, an extracycle, a Big Dummy, a Lemond and a couple Surly LHT's. I assume the cases themselves had to be custom made from waterproof material, but never got a chance to ask
A few of the guys were salivating over my Rivendell Hunqapillar until I got upstaged by
an innocent passerby who unwittingly took the conversation to a whole new level with the possibility of their bikes spooning also. You think you have issues? Be in a band on the road!.
To say the least, these are a nice group of people and we talked bikes for quite while before we parted for lunch. I was interested to see if their music was as good as it sounded on their website and made their show that evening.
They were great on stage, kickin' out well written, rockin' folk music and it was even more amazing to know they had carried all that equipment
between gigs by bike. It's probably good that bluegrass doesn't necessarily demand a drum kit, that would have been a sight traveling by bike. I stayed through most of their first set, but realized they didn't start work until after my bedtime. I made it home through the dark city streets before midnight feeling content to have found someone with a similar brand of insanity.
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