@scottsthoughts asks:

Q2. Are there any #musicians here who get to gigs via bike? What do you play? Do you carry your instrument with you? And perhaps most challenging - how do you keep your instrument safe if you go out with your band mates/friends after the show?

I'm thinking of getting back in to playing, but as someone who plays piano, carrying around an 88-key keyboard seems... difficult.

#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite

@ascentale @scottsthoughts @bikenite

A2) Mr. B's Joybox Express put a piano on a bike trailer for a trip down the Mississippi.

story

https://annarborobserver.com/joybox-express/

interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGUI1Jxem1E

YouTube with some of the adventures in Michigan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_qRAW58u9s

"Award-winning boogie-woogie pianist, Mr. B, talks about his different adventures while riding his 600 pound piano-bike, also known as the Joybox Express."

#BikeNite #Biketooter

Joybox Express - Ann Arbor Observer

Mark Braun’s nearly 2,000-mile bicycle ride along the Mississippi River almost didn’t happen. Ann Arborites have long known Mr. B for his boogie-woogie, blues, and jazz piano concerts, including, for the past thirty-five years, playing on the street during the art fair. But every summer since 2009, Braun also has pedaled his Baldwin Acrosonic Spinet […]

Ann Arbor Observer

@w8emv @ascentale @scottsthoughts @bikenite

This is amazing! Thank you for sharing it!

@scrottie

Eventually you should look at this.