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July 19, 2018

Hornby Sunset

I stopped in at Phipps Point on Hornby Island to catch the sunset and encountered my friend Karl, who was keen to see how the Electrom felt to sit in. He liked it a lot, so much that I think he might have spent the night there if I had let him.
 
The MT. bike is on the back because I was dropping the Electrom with a Beta backer for an extended test ride, and I needed a way to get home. I have also found it to be handy to have  a spare bike along when I am teaching someone to ride the Electrom as it allows me to keep up with them to offer advice and answer questions. 
April 12, 2018

Electrom at Latitude Geographics

I was delighted to be invited to make a presentation about the Electrom at Latitude Geographics last week. They have a Brown Bag Speaker program where they provide lunch for their employees and invite a speaker in give a talk about something current and usually tech-related. It was my first such presentation so I hope I didn’t drag it out too much. Many thanks to Steven Myhill-Jones and the team at Latitude for having me.
http://www.latitudegeo.com/

April 9, 2018

Electrom Pitch Video

Elisha Burrows of Kinofact Films and Zsofin Sheehy, https://www.zsofinsheehy.com/, have been helping me make a pitch video for the upcoming Electrom Indegogo crowdfunding campaign. I’m amazed by how much better professionals make film look. Special thanks to Erin McGuigan for acting as our model.

Filming the Electrom lifestyle

Getting ready to roll

March 7, 2018

Vancouver Bike Show

On the weekend of March 3-4, the Electrom made an appearance at the Vancouver Bike Show. The show was very well attended and the exposure for the Electrom was very good. As an ironic twist, the booth I was given was right next to the Trials demo area. Boy did that take me back a few years. Thanks Elisha Burrows for the photos

 
 
 
December 24, 2017

Camosun Technology Access Centre

Made the trip out to The Camosun Technology Access Centre (CTAC) http://camosun.ca/innovates/ on Monday. What a great experience! They are a technology start-up services provider that includes the Babcock Canada Interaction Lab. They will be able to help me with the plug’s and molds for the bodywork on the Electrom production vehicle. They have some very cool and usefull tech, such as a massive foam CNC machine for mold making.

November 15, 2017

MTB Tow

One of my criteria when I built the Electrom was that I wanted to be able to use it to get my mountain bike to our local off-road riding areas. I live in Victoria BC, and sadly, while we have some of the best off-road cyclists in Canada living and training here, our city has not seen fit to allow riding in any of the local parks. As a result we have to put our bikes in vehicles and drive half an hour to ride. I know that doesn’t seem like a big deal, but I just can’t get used to the idea of driving a car to ride my bike. I could get an electric MTB going I guess, but for some reason I still prefer legs-only power for off road.

So, enter the bike-tow system for my electric machine. I’ve fashioned a quick install mount that receives the front axle of my Norco Sight mtb. To install it I simply take out one of my tail-box mounting bolts and fasten the bike-tow with a slightly longer bolt. It takes only a minute to install. Then I can attach the front fork of the mtb, strap the front tire on, and go. It works really well.

you could make a similar system that could fasten to a rear-rack on an upright bike.

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