Archive for June, 2005

Old is new

Thursday, June 30th, 2005

My family bike, Xtravois, looks a little peculiar, but I’ve discovered recently that the frame design has some precedent in historical bikes, along with with the passenger-capable assisted longbike concept embodied in Xtracycles and my Stokemonkey product together.

At speeds above about 12 MPH, the biggest retarding force on a typical bicycle is wind resistance. Drafting [...]

Entrance

Tuesday, June 28th, 2005

So I’ve developed a product, and am starting a company to bring it to market. I have a patent pending, and my first inventory is now coming together. I plan to capture and share here many of the thoughts about this endeavor that seem to fit nowhere else, or not yet. There’s not a hard [...]