Meet Jean from Portland, Oregon and her Sun X-3 AX delta trike she calls Tootles. She purchased here EcoSpeed system and trike in 2009 and calls it “the most amazing addition to my life”. Jean added, “I had long given up on ever riding a bike again and today, because of the assist, I ride [...]
Get to know some key players in today's US cargo bike industry in this article in the October 2011 issue of Bicycling magazine. Bicycling writer Tom Clynes describes EcoSpeed's system on a Catrike (photo below) as "impressively torquey" (pg. 5). You can also see photos of our system on the Bullitt box bike and trailer [...]
Many of our customers find EcoSpeed because they love riding and would ride more....if only it wasn't for that darn hill. Julia, a nurse, had a daily commute up "Pill Hill" in Southwest Portland to get to Oregon Health Sciences University. She wanted a high quality electric bike that not only gave her a boost [...]
Listen to Brent Bolton, EcoSpeed founder, describe why he started EcoSpeed and what our technology can do at a personal level and community level. (Audio File) Interview with EcoSpeed founder, Brent Bolton on Coast Community Radio. 8/31/2011
You can listen to EcoSpeed customer Pierce Hoover detail his experiences riding across the country with an EcoSpeed co-powered tandem Microcar. (Audio file) Interview with Pierce Hoover who rode an EcoSpeed powered Microcar across the United States on less energy than a 100 Watt light bulb uses. On Coast Community Radio, 8/24/2011.
We had two velomobiles powered with our systems for this historic, cross-country velomobile journey. What fun to send them off from Portland! EcoSpeed powered velomobiles go across country in the Roll Over America ride. From Sustainable Business Oregon, 7/28/2011.
Thanks to Pete and Gary for this great story on one of our customers and why he likes his electric recumbent bike more than he ever liked his recumbent bike alone... E-bike stories, the Case of the Pedaling Professor. Electric Bike Report, 7/6/2011.
EcoSpeed loves cargo bikes and matching cargo bikes with our electric assist, with it's superb hill-climbing power, really makes sense. We are so grateful to be working with many local cargo bike advocates, retailers, and builders. Here's another article from the folks at Bike Portland. Portland's flourishing cargo bike scene. Bike Portland, 6/23/2011.
Father and son team uses EcoSpeed assist on cross-country ride to promote energy conservation. Bright Idea. Father, Son Ride Cross-Country on the Energy of a Single Bulb. R&D, 6/17/2011
We were lucky to have a special visitor on our big cargo bike group ride for Pedalpalooza. Cycling advocate, Congressman Blumenauer, was walking through the neighborhood and decided to stop by for a visit and an EcoSpeed test ride. Congressman Earl Blumenauer gets first hand look at Portland's bike industry. Bike Portland, 6/17/2011
