Urban Velo may officially run on the unorthodox combination of punk rock and hip-hop, but we have a soft spot for any and everything music and bicycle related. From September 10-20, Milwaukee singer-songwriter Peter Mulvey will again take to his bike for a concert tour around Southeast Wisconsin. By biking, rather than driving, the roughly 535 miles to the seven shows on this Wisconsin tour–with mileage ranging from 35 to 95 biked miles a day–he will save .15 metric tons of CO2. While that might not sound like much, take a closer look: a typical seven-show tour for Peter involves driving close to 3,000 miles, and/or an airplane flight, all of which ultimately emit roughly one full metric ton of CO2. So on this tour, he’s saving .15 metric tons vs. emitting one ton, so let’s go for broke and say he’s actually saving 1.15 tons by leaving the car at home. No too shabby for a bike ride. The tour is sponsored by Wheel and Sprocket who not only provided and recumbent bicycle, but also a custom aluminum guitar case. Have at it Peter, we wish you the best!
That sounds like a lot of fun actually. I wish him all the luck on the tour!