The Pleasant Revolution is an ongoing world tour that began in 2007 and ends in?

The Ginger Ninjas, guest bands, and crew travel by bicycle, primarily, carrying all their equipment on their own bikes, unsupported by automobile. Occasionally, we make use of buses and boats and hitchhikes, though no planes in a couple of years.

Tours, upcoming and past

Leg 1 (N. Cal to S. Mex)

November 1, 2007 to May 25, 2008, biked from North San Juan, CA to Palenque, Chiapas, México, returned primarily on bus with some stretches of biking and hitchhiking. Played 100 shows, in plazas, bike shops, schools, and seasides, all but one of which were human powered on the band’s bicycle generator system. Guest bands/acts (who traveled on some portion of the tour) include: Shake Your Peace!, Cello Joe, Fossil Fool, Tobin, StitchCraft, Somer Moon, Bear Dyken. Ginger Ninjas on the tour (in order of appearance): Kipchoge, Eco, Jessie, Enoc, Curtis, Cello Joe, Brock, Jared (and disappearance) Enoc, Curtis, Jessie, Cello Joe. The tour started with 15 members, had as many as 19 riding through Mexico on a given day, and averaged about 10. Around 40 people participated in some leg or other. An album called “the Pleasant Revolution Sampler” was put out before the tour, and a live album as well as a film are upcoming.

Leg 2 (East Coast USA)

August 15 to October 8, 2008, Millie the veggie oil bus from Oregon to Northern California to Denver for the Democratic National Convention, Amtrak to New York City, bicycle around New York and New England playing colleges, boarding schools, health food store parking lots, punk basements, and bike advocacy events. Part of band returns west via Amtrak. Part of band quits. Part of band stays in Florida home for vacation. The band: Kipchoge, Jared, Brock, Eco. The guest: Crystal Stafford.

Leg 3 (Mexico to Panama Guatemala)

January 10 to April 29, 2009, ride from North San Juan, CA to Sacramento, CA, bus to Guadalajara, Mexico City, Cuernavaca, Cholula, Oaxaca, and San Cristobal de las Casas, bike to Panama, return by bus. We made it as far as Antigua, Guatemala before an illness in the family forced us to return home. The band: Kipchoge, Jared, Dave Scandurra on drums, Cory on lead guitar. Crew: Laughter, Josh, Matt, Andrea. We’ll continue this tour in 2010.

Leg 4 (Cascadia and Burning Man, North America)

August and September 2009, Millie from North San Juan to Eugene, OR for Bicycle Music Festival, Millie to Portland for BMF, ride to Seattle for BMF, ride to Vancouver BC for BMF, Amtrak to Portland, Millie to Burning Man for BMF.

Leg 5 (Mexico, Guatemala to Panama)

Winter 09/10: Ride from North San Juan to Sacramento, bus to somewhere in Mexico, ride to Sayulita, create BMFs in Guadalajara, Mexico City, Puebla and Oaxaca. Bus to Atitlan, Guatemala, ride to Panama.

Leg 6 (European Bicycle Music Festivals)

Originally planned for June 1 to October 25, 2009, postponed to 2010: get to Europe by boat from Panama and ride. Create 10 bicycle music festivals throughout Europe over the Summer and Fall. Tour with several invited acts.

Leg 7 (Florida and Mexico)

Winter 2010-2011