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2016 Pleasant Revolution Bike tour

Pedaling the Revolution, combining music, bikes, and a 100% fossil fuel free sound system!

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2016 Pleasant Revolution Bike tour

2016 Pleasant Revolution Bike tour

2016 Pleasant Revolution Bike tour

2016 Pleasant Revolution Bike tour

2016 Pleasant Revolution Bike tour

Pedaling the Revolution, combining music, bikes, and a 100% fossil fuel free sound system!

Pedaling the Revolution, combining music, bikes, and a 100% fossil fuel free sound system!

Pedaling the Revolution, combining music, bikes, and a 100% fossil fuel free sound system!

Pedaling the Revolution, combining music, bikes, and a 100% fossil fuel free sound system!

Carolyn Herlehy
Carolyn Herlehy
Carolyn Herlehy
Carolyn Herlehy
1 Campaign |
Oakland, United States
$11,003 USD 201 backers
44% of $25,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal

Greetings community, 

A bike journey of a thousand miles begins with a single revolution.

Our Story:

This summer, we’re touring the pacific northwest from Vancouver to the bay - twenty of us, 3 bands, sound engineers, dancers, painters, puppeteers, clowns, and jugglers, all on bikes!  

The Pleasant Revolution has been putting on musical bike tours from 2008-2014, traveling through The Americas, and Europe.  More than a bike tour or music festival, this project has been the inception of a movement for an evolving culture of transportation cycling, renewable power, and greener music/community events. The entire experience is all human powered by setting up our bikes on stage, connecting them to generators, and having audience members pedal to power the system.  This summer 2016 our crew will pick up their torch as the next generation of Pleasant Revolutionaries!  

For the past three years we have been organizing bike tours from California through Mexico.  On these tours we have carried all our musical equipment on bikes, but wherever we played, we had to rely on electricity.  This year, we hope to abolish our dependence on external energy sources by purchasing a pedal-powered sound system from the good people of Rock the Bike, a Bay Area based small business who’s been working for years to develop a sound system which runs completely off of kinetic energy generated by people riding bikes.  

Purchasing a sound system from Rock the Bike not only supports their ingenuity and innovation, it also allows us to share our message in the most authentic way possible.  

Your donation:

By donating to this summers Pleasant Revolution Tour you will aid in supplementing the cost of our two month bike tour; this includes cargo bikes, touring gear, musical equipment, food, camping and ferry fees.

Cost breakdown:

3 bike Pedal Powered sound system: $10,000
Nesting Drum Kit: $2,600
2 E-bikes: $2,000
4 Cargo Bikes: $4,000
Ferries: $200
Food, gear, maintenance for twenty people over 2.5 months: $6,000

Why we need you!

Bike touring, and performing with a pedal powered sound system is 100%  community effort, which is only possible with your support.  Not only are we learning to live through alternative means, we are also realizing the power of a group of passionate people joining together to accomplish magnanimous feats.  Every donation counts, even a small amount will get us one pedal closer to our goal.  Please follow us, share our story with your friends and loved ones, and donate if you can.  We are so grateful to you, our conscious community, for helping to create the vibrant fuel free world that future we all deserve.
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Stickers

$10 USD
Bicicletas Por La Paz, Heather Normandale, and Luminescent, stickers
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May 2016
16 out of 200 of claimed
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MP3 Download

$20 USD
MP3 Download of three bands on tour, Bicicletas por la Paz, Heather Normandale Band, and Luminescent.
22 out of 40 of claimed

1 hr Thai Massage

$100 USD
1 hr Thai Massage session. Available in the Bay Area
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November 2016
5 out of 6 of claimed

Stay Connected!

$350 USD
A video chat from the road. A bi-monthly postcard from our tour!
0 out of 5 of claimed

Face Paint Event

$500 USD
Face paint at a private event by Molly Keen paintingmolly.com
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December 2016
0 out of 2 of claimed

A Song Just for you!

$600 USD
A song recorded and dedicated to you!
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December 2016
1 out of 3 of claimed

Catering by Peoples Kitchen

$850 USD
We will cook an exquisite 4 course meal at your home for you and 10 of your friends anywhere in the Bay Area. Plus we will bring you some free merchandise as a bonus to show our gratitude towards you.
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December 2016
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Original Painting

$2,000 USD
A painting by Molly Keen http://mollykeenart.com/ 36x24
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December 2016
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Join Our tour!

$2,000 USD
Come on a leg of the tour for up to 7 days where you will be taken care of with food and bike blended smoothies. Also we will personally hand you a Pleasant Revolution custom decorated bike helmet by Nikki Lazio.
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December 2016
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Private Pedal Powered Concert

$5,000 USD
Private pedal powered concert anywhere in the Bay Area, CA featuring our Bicicletas Por La Paz, Heather Normandale, Luminescent.
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December 2016
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All the perks!

$10,000 USD
Private concert on our pedal-powered stage at your home anywhere on the west coast where we'll be travelling from Vancouver to Oakland, CA and a Bicicletas Por La Paz CD, Heather Normandale CD, Rock the Bike Live on Bike CD, a bi-monthly post card. A song recorded and dedicated to you. A shout out in our music vid. Homemade earrings. You will be listed as the lead producer of our pedal-powered system. You will permanently be on our guest list for all of our shows we have anywhere in the worl
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December 2016
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Handmade bike tube earrings

$40 USD
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June 2016
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Stone Fruit Tree

$50 USD
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May 2016
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Vocal Lesson with Heather

$65 USD
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June 2016
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1 hr Reiki Session

$75 USD
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June 2016
1 out of 1 of claimed
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Sonic Acupress Aroma Massage

$100 USD
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September 2016
4 out of 4 of claimed
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Bike Powered Blender

$300 USD
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September 2016
1 out of 1 of claimed
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