This last weekend was a busy one for us here in Berkeley. On Saturday we attended the annual bike festival
Pedalfest at Jack London Square in Oakland and on Sunday we went to our first family baseball game, also in Oakland. It was an Oakland weekend all round!
More about the baseball later, let's have a look at Pedalfest...
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| I bike Oakland |
Pedalfest is relatively new to the annual Summer festival schedule being only in its second year. This bike centric festival is full of all sorts of two-wheeled (and three-wheeled) fun.
The highlights for us were watching the crazy riders in the Whiskeydrome, creating Spin Art artworks, viewing and riding the many up-cycled bicycle contraptions, and helping to power the pedal powered stage.
As usual, I went a *little* snap happy and ended up with a tonne of photos. So many crazy bikes to see and my little posers needed a photo on each and every one of them! Here are some of my favourite shots of the up-cycled bikes. Most of these we just sat on but a few were available for kids to ride.
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| The girls and I try out the "Sociable", a three seater tricycle |
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| Ava tries out the "Sociable" on her own |
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| Two hands, two handle bars! |
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| Another bike for the family? |
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| Can't quite reach those pedals! |
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| Pedals for the feet AND the hands |
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| Big wheeler |
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| An idea for our dining chairs? |
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| Hand pedal power. Lola couldn't quite work this one out but Ava had loads of fun. |
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| Ava pedalling |
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| Trampoline bike |
The riders in the Whiskeydrome were pretty impressive and looked like they were having a great time. We whiled away quite a bit of time watching them ride around and around in circles, somehow avoiding collisions.
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| The Whiskeydrome |
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| The Whiskeydrome |
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| The Whiskeydrome - Look, no hands! |
Part of the fun at Pedalfest is just seeing some of the interesting bikes (and their equally interesting owners) that ride around the Bay Area. Here are a few of my favourites.
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| Pimp my ride! |
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| Stereo trike |
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| That's a big speaker on the back |
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| More decorated bikes following the musical trikes |
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| This one's just like our bike but with an extra seat and windshield on the front. |
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| Hmm... |
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| What's cooking? |
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| Bicycle Coffee Co |
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| The girls try out the bike churned ice-cream |
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| Ava has a go at churning the ice-cream - pity she can't reach the pedals |
After we filled our bellies with pretzels, ice-cream, coffee, beer and hot dogs (not necessarily all together) it was time for a little entertainment. As well as the bike churned ice-cream, local company Rock the Bike provided fun for the kids with Spin Art. You can read more about Spin Art in
this earlier blog post from the Color Run.
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| Ava's Spin Art in action |
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| Lola's Spin Art in action |
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| Spin Art creations drying |
Rock the Bike also provided entertainment in the form of a pedal powered stage. All the power needed for the bands playing on the stage was provided by festival goers pedalling as they listened to the music. A great way for the audience to be part of the show - and to get a little exercise at the same time!
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| Pedal powered stage |
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| All that pedalling powers this little box which powers the stage |
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| Lola watches the band |
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| Lola says "Pedal harder people" |
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| Kim and Lola watching the band |
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| Kim helps power the stage on this crazy bike |
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| Kim powering the stage |
It was a long day for us all and it got the better of Lola on the 10km bike ride home. She napped most of the way home, waking only briefly when we stopped to snap a photo of this stop sign below.
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| Stop! Hammer time! |
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| Sleepy Lola |
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| Kim and the girls on our Yuba Mundo |
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