Somerville Scout: Spaceships and Superheroes: Somerville’s Twist on a Biker Gang
Somerville Scout reveals the inner workings of Somerville’s venerable bicycle chopper gang: and there’s a lot more to it than you may expect.
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Venerable Boston-Area Sci-Fi Fueled Bicycle Chopper Gang Seeks Recruits To Share Glory and Adventure
Want to join a bicycle chopper gang? Read on, fellow space adventurer!
SCUL Mission Debrief: Operation Dawn Patrol
This is a video by SCUL pilot Acehole, documenting Operation Dawn Patrol – stardate 160814 – a 3 a.m. mission to witness the dawn at Castle Island. Quite beautiful! Read the full mission report on scul.org.
Talk at the Robbins Library: Space Exploration by Bicycle: the Adventures of SCUL
Wednesday, May 11th: 7:00 p.m.
Robbins Library
700 Massachusetts Ave., Arlington MA […]
SCUL Flight Formation Drills
Believe it or not, SCUL pilots often hone their chopper-handling skills from time to time. We had the pleasure of being followed by camera-toting drone owned and operated by one of our newest recruits, f-stop For more information visit The Friendly Skies on scul.org.
Somerville Bicycle Committee Presents: Bike Talk at Aeronaut Brewing Company
It was a real pleasure to speak of the amazing group of pilots known as SCUL. I went over the influences, history, and philosophy evolving over the nineteen seasons of hundreds of epic adventures.
A Maker Tale: Podcast Interview
Jacob Larocca and Robert Masek from A Maker Tale got me to sit still for an hour to talk about bikes, art, making, managing, and foolish endeavors.
SCUL at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem
Back in May the friendly neighborhood chopper gang infamously known as SCUL received a transmission from Soniya Tejwani, the Museum Educator at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA, inviting us to participate in event called B.Y.O.B. or Bring Your Own Bike night, on May 15th from 6-9 p.m. While typically we ride on Saturnights, we were excited to travel to a system we had never chopped, and to be involved with something as grand as this event was an offer we couldn’t pass up.
Motherboard: I Infiltrated a Mutant Hacker Bike Gang
It’s 2:00 AM in the morning on a Sunday in Boston, and I’m watching a gang of bike hackers climb a 25-foot bandsaw once used to cut lumber for sailing vessels. We’re in a desolate section of the Charlestown Navy Yard, where the massive Tobin Bridge looms overhead like an approaching supercell.
BDC Wire: On a Mission with SCUL, Boston’s Oldest and Most Mysterious Bicycle Gang
It’s just shy of 22:00 (or 10:00p.m. in civilian time) and Fort Tyler is humming. Pilots are running ships through pre-flight checks, the navigator and tail gunner are intently hunched over a large tactical map, and the flatscreen readout on the wall slowly ticks towards 22:15.
Heavy Haulin’
I haven’t owned a car since before Skunkadelia, sometime around late 1999. While almost all of my transportation is me-powered, my art is really heavy, so I’ve had to rent a car for larger shows.
WERS: Fleet Admiral Skunk of SCUL
Tejas did a fantastic piece on SCUL for WERS 88.9 FM on Sunday, May 19th, 2013. Here’s the clip for the archives.
Engadget: hacked bicycles
Engadget stopped by our secret HQ to give an inside peek into the life of the SCUL chopper pilot.
Hallowheels 2011
Hallowheels is a SCUL tradition.
Trophies for BTWC 2010
I love making indestructible trophies, especially for cyclists.
Mad Rabbit
This is a new prototype for low power lightening field for a ship. 300 LEDs lasted the entire mission.
SCUL: Admiral’s Log: Wrapping up the Season
MRC was very productive. DubbleU replaced the sonic disruptor dishes on Cloudbuster, and Treekiller upgraded the laser mounts for the Disco-Deth Stah. We also replaced some of the mast. Leotard got Lazarus put back together again: no small feat considering it split in two mission before last!