Justin Lemire-Elmore

Just a short shout-out to some people who have helped us recently. Thank you to Eliza, a former engineering physics classmate who just finished a 2 month stint here in between her outdoors ed program. And thanks also to Abraham of Glow Worm Cycles in Australia, who came to visit for a week in April and helped us restore our cargo trike back to life.

We've also got a new mounting option available for the Cycle Analyst that attaches directly to the steer tube of a 1 1/8" bicycle. So for those with threadless headsets on their bikes this can provide a clean, centered, and theft-proof attachment point.

We've now got a range of common Xtracycle accessories on hand for those wanting to more fully deck out their Edgerunner bikes, foot rests and wideloaders and even the front Bread Basket.And while we still have some quantity of eZee hub motor Edgerunners left, we expect them to be out of stock well before the next shipment comes in. So if you are waiting until spring to purchase, be aware that they could be sold out until much later in the summer.

And on that note, while the Stokemonkey really shines in assist with cargo bikes, it's not confined to that role. Paul Brodie recently built a sporty suspenion bike using the Stokemonkey motor mounted mid-frame along with a THUN torque sensor for throttle-free control. If you want to see a metal craftsman at work, have a look at the build sequence CycleEXIF website.

We mentioned the 2nd generation Stokemonkey motor last year thinking it would just be a short while before getting the remaining hardware piece sorted out with CleverCycles in order to re-release the kit. But then something unexpected happened. Partway through this process we worked out an elegant use of the motor on a right-hand drive with a Patterson crankset in a way that doesn't force the cranks to turn. Here it is on one of the Edgerunner prototypes:

So the complete Stokemonkey kit is now getting a hardware redesign in order to accommodate both classic left side AND freewheeling right side installations. We don't expect the full package to be ready until late March or early April now, but we have listed the motors only for sale for people either making a DIY mount or replacing the motor on an existing Stokemonkey setup.