Bike ride with EMU cycling club

Here's a pic from a fun 15 mile ride we took between classes with some Eastern Mennonite University students before our show with Anais Mitchell. A couple guys brought an old tandem and blasted some tunes from some backpack speakers. Group rides are where it's at. Stay tuned for a ride near you with the Wheels.

New Video Chronicles Last Year's Adventure!

Here's a great video put together by our good friend, Neil Bontrager.  It's a quick and dirty look at the fun of last year's bike tour.  Some great moments and memories right here!

Spring Rides/Bike Tours

The time for riding has begun in the Shenandoah Valley.  With daylight savings giving us another hour of afternoon light and the gift (though perhaps a curse on the long-term) of extremely warm early temperatures, it's been great to get out on the bike.  The Big Dummy is still my favorite bike to take out when I'm home.  Even when it's empty, I like tooling around on the monster frame. 

This year's bike tour might look a little different than our first three.  We practically booked ourselves right out of a traditional tour because piecing two weekends together in close proximity to each other is already an impossibility.  But we're planning to take our rides public and instead of a sustained tour, we want to ride with YOU on a few chosen dates throughout the summer and fall.  Stay tuned for more on that.

-Trent

New Bike and New Album! Best Way to Deliver Vinyl...

So, a lot happened over winter.  I bought the Surly Big Dummy, cementing my complete dedication to the long-tail life, and we finished our new album, "Lay Down Lay Low".  It is available as of March 2012 on CD, digital, and vinyl.  This picture is the first delivery of 25 records to our distributor.  It's good in so many ways!  Get your vinyl with digital download now at www.thesteelwheels.com

A Few More Pics from the Tour

Trent's Xtracycle fully loaded with guitar, banjo, hatbox, stompbox, washer stick, and some clothes in the front panniers.

Full band and crew riding, including Trent's dad, Howard, on the way to Kalamazoo, MI

Show at Bells Brewery in Kalamazoo, MI.  Still looking good.

Brian with his bass rigged up to his Burley Trailer and on his Lemond Road Bike

Jay on his Surly Long Haul Trucker and pulling his Burley Nomad with the Mandolin and Baritone Guitar on or within.

Oliver loading up his Surly Cross Check after The Ark show in Ann Arbor.  

Siderail Support for the Burley

With a little help from a roadside neighbor named Jim, we got a nice makeshift splint from scrap boards for Brian's trailer. Tim, our master mechanic was brilliant. Thank you to duct tape and zip ties.

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Mechanical issues outside of Chicago

Whether it was the potholes of Chicago or the accumulation of 10 days hauling his bass and cargo, Brian's Burley flatbed lost a siderail this morning. With some duct tape and a wrench, Tim and Brian are splinting it and we will try to ride on.

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