Every Day Adventurers

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I was searching the web for stoker stems, and I stumbled upon this stunning image, a product ‘problem’ that begs for a solution, one few can provide. If you can prove you are the kid in this photo, we’ll give you an Xtracycle.

Electric installer LionTail Cycles in Seattle WA sent us this snapshot of an electrified Xtracycle they built as part of a clean-tech competition.

Here’s the scoop from Henry Kellogg of LionTail Cycles:

I was planning on sending you all a description of the project, but it looks like you found me out first! Yep, I teamed up with a couple other mechanical engineering students and entered a student design competition as LionTail Cycles, and we built a electric bike kit that integrates fully with the XtraCycle and incorporates a high efficiency solar array.

The battery enclosure is made out of aluminum and has snaphooks on the bottom. Inside there’s a controller, a 10 amp hour, 26V LiPO4 battery, and a BMS to manage the current to the battery cells when charging.

The enclosure is topped by 6 of these panels, meaning that in ideal conditions this solar array will output 20 watts — and charge the battery in a breathtaking 13 hours! :) In Seattle’s less than ideal conditions, we measured that 5 hours out in the sun (with a few clouds) charged about 25% of the battery — which is ~ 6 miles of assist. So while solar technology isn’t quite up for the task yet, this not just a toy.

For the full article from which the photo above came, click here.

Questions about this technology? Submit your comments below for responses from Henry.

Bike shops are about people, not bikes.  Here are the people that will be helping Xtracycle riders get equipped this year.  We’ll feature three new folks each week.

These dealers not in your area? Visit a full list of our dealers on our site.

	Holland’s Bicycles, CORONADO, CA Tyler Rowden • 619-435-3153 • Web Site Before working at Holland’s, Rowden was a cyclist. “I was always riding bikes,” he says, but he got seriously hooked while serving with the Army in Germany and doing some two-wheel touring. When he returned to the States, he did a ride from Salt Lake City to San Diego.
	Beehive Bicycles, SALT LAKE CITY, UT Greg Steele • 801-839-5233 • Web Site We love bikes, all bikes. Beehive Bicycles loves the simple feeling of riding a bike, a little wind in your hair, your heart pounding in your chest, and the childlike freedom that cycling provides. Every choice we make is geared towards helping you find that little bit of bliss.
	Boot Doctors, TELLURIDE, CO Becky Reimann • 800-592-6883 • Web Site The BootDoctors is an award-winning family owned and operated small outdoor retailer originally founded in 1986. In summer BootDoctors store transforms into an outdoor adventure outfitter with rafting, mountain bike tours and rentals and fly fishing.

Cemil Hope, creator of the RunningBoards and LT Footsies – has moved to a new shop in Petaluma – the new home to Xtracycle Customs – an affiliated outfit dedicated to the custom-powder-coating and build-out of one of a kind Radishes for enterprise and everyday folks. See the interview below that shows a few of his bikes in production, and explains the vision behind Xtracycle customs.

You’ll notice in this video, Cemil (pronounced Ja-meel) speaks of a few custom Radishes under production – here’s the cheatsheet:

1. Clif Bikes – Clif Bar Co. is having 2 Radishes built that will help them share their amazing Clif bars with folks at events like the upcoming Sea Otter Classic, where the Clif Bikes will debut. These bikes will be designed to be ridden around events, with an adult passenger dispensing product. Yum. Follow the red Radish!
2. Oyster Bike – A Radish that will be parked outside a restaurant – with tin oyster buckets that have togo bags of oysters inside.
3. Baguette Bike – Award winning baker will use this bike to deliver Baguettes.
4. Flower Bike – A flower-sales specific Radish with a custom flower dispensary on the back.

Enjoy!