The Loadrunner: Updated, New Wheelbarrow Kit, Now on Presale!

Electric wheelbarrows are one of those landscaping, garden, and jobsite tools that make you wonder how you ever lived without one.

Moving soil, mulch, gravel, compost, tools, and firewood across a yard or worksite is hard enough. Add a slope, a long driveway, soggy ground or a full day of hauling, and suddenly your humble wheelbarrow starts feeling less like a helpful tool and more like a personal fitness challenge you did not sign up for.

That is exactly why we built The Loadrunner: our updated, purpose-built electric wheelbarrow kit. Conveniently powered by LiGo batteries or your favourite brand of 18V powertool packs.  

Check out the Video below for full details!

Presales Are On — Save 20%

Our parts production is now being queued up, with deliveries expected to start at the end of June.
That means now is the time to order while the Loadrunner is still in presale.

Get your Wheelbarrow Kit Today at 20% off!

Use coupon code LOADMEUP at checkout to get 20% off.

This presale discount is valid until June 15th.

Try It at the Grin Open House

Curious about how they handle in real life? We will have a number of electrified wheebarrows at our upcoming Grin Open House, and will make riding them and racing them up hills and around obstacles as part of the festive afternoon activities!

So yes, come to our Open House this Saturday June 6th! For those who prefer 2 wheel cargo moving without feet on the ground, we'll arrange a little cargo championship contest among the load carrying ebikes too.

More info and Registration for the open house here!

Sign up here! https://luma.com/tii7aimk

Join us Saturday June 6th, 2:00 - 8:00 for a Grin open house, show & shine, group ride, and for a sunset potluck at the Beach!

​Everyone is invited! This is a family friendly community event (we have a kid zone!) where everyone can come together to learn about DIY electric bikes and show off their cool builds. Whether you are an old afficianodo or have recently heard of Grin and are curious what we're about, this event is for you. 

​On Saturday, June 6th, we’re opening up Grin Technologies HQ for an afternoon of ebikes, test rides, technical demos, garage sale treasures, snacks, kids, cargo bikes, electric wheelbarrows, and wrapping up the day with a group ride to New Brighton Park for an evening at the beach.

• ​Grin Technologies HQ, 1290 Odlum Drive Vancouver https://maps.app.goo.gl/kmB7KZugjkjAaGsd8

• ​New Brighton Park: https://maps.app.goo.gl/EXFhgyXEwxv9Ze7KA

​This is part open house, part community gathering, part test ride zoo, and part “bring that weird ebike you built and let everyone admire the clever/frightening choices you made.”

​If you’ve been curious about Grin kits, family cargo bikes, electric wheelbarrows, the latest freegen and magic drive developments, or what happens when a bunch of DIY ebike people are put in the same physical location with refreshments, this is the day.

​We’ve got lots going on!

​Register here! https://luma.com/tii7aimk

​Schedule of Events​

2:00 PM — Doors Open
Come by Grin HQ, poke around, chat with the team, check out the space, and enjoy free refreshments and snacks. There will be bikes, parts, people, and likely several conversations about torque arms happening simultaneously.

​3:00 PM — Magic Drive & Freegen Systems: Explanation, Q&A, and Test Rides
We’ll be doing technical explanations of the developing Magic Drive and Freegen systems, followed by Q&A and test rides. Get up-to-date about the latest inventions Grin is involved with!

​4:00 PM — 15-Minute All-Axle Motor Kit Installation Demo
Watch a Grin all-axle motor kit go from loose components to installed on a normal bike in about 15 minutes! Once you have seen this done live, it will dispel every doubt you have about it getting an All-Axle for your bike! Yes, there are wires; but mostly just familiar hand tools do the trick.

​4:30 PM — Show & Shine Bike Awards
Bring your ebike build and enter it in the Show & Shine. We’ll be giving out awards (your choice of store credit, products, or merch) in categories like:

• ​Best Family Bike

• ​Most Raincouver-proofed

• ​Most Inspired

• ​Cleanest Build and most Mad-Max

• ​and other categories based on what actually rolls through the door!

​We expect practical builds, overbuilt builds, beautiful builds, deeply strange builds, and at least one bike where someone says, “Wait, that actually works?”

​5:30 PM — Group Ride to New Brighton Park
We’ll roll out from Grin HQ as a group and head to New Brighton Park.

​6:00 PM — Potluck BBQ at New Brighton Park
Bring something to share, bring your kids, bring your bike, bring your appetite, and continue the ebike-geekery in a spacious park setting.

​Test Ride the Grin Fleet

​We’ll have a selection of Grin showpiece and demo bikes available for test rides, including builds like the Santana Tandem, Max45 Fatbikes, narrow Brompton All-Axle, Dual Motor Trikes, and Edgerunner cargo bikes.

​We’re also planning to have at least 3–4 Edgerunner cargo bikes built up with rear Grin motors, available for people with kids to test ride — and potentially purchase. If you’ve been wondering whether hub motor cargo bikes are actually practical for family transportation, this is a good chance to try one with real people, real weight, and real-world handling.

​Bring Your Kids

​This is intended to be a family-friendly event. We’ll have cargo bikes available for family test rides, and we’re planning a kids zone with one or two adults on duty so kids have somewhere to hang out while parents talk motors, batteries, controllers, racks, trailers, rain covers, and all the other pieces of the “can this replace a car for some trips?” puzzle.

​And if you've got a family ebike already, Bring your kids on the group ride and to the New Brighton Park potluck afterwards!

​Garage Sale + Clearance Items

​We’ll have a garage sale area with assorted items: bikes, kits, and parts that we’re clearing out. Some things are easier to sell in person than online because they’re odd, bulky, used, experimental, hard to categorize or otherwise just very Grin.

​Come rummage. Sensibly.

​Get Grin Merch

​We’ll also have hoodies, T-Shirts, caps, and other merch available, because sometimes the most efficient drivetrain is the one attached to a person wearing a good shirt.

​Electric Wheelbarrows Exist Now

​We’ve also got a new and much more polished electric wheelbarrow system ready to launch, and will have these available to try out too. Everybody could use an electric wheelbarrow! Think about hills, loads, garden work, construction sites, aging backs, and the general unfairness of gravity while moving stuff around.

​Come on out!

​This event is for current Grin customers, prospective Grin customers, DIY builders, cargo bike families, technically curious riders, people with one normal bike and three experimental bikes, and anyone who wants to learn more about practical electric mobility from the people building and using it.

​Come meet with other riders, ask questions, compare builds, test ride unusual machines and see what the Grin community has been up to.

​Bring your bike, your favourite ebike build. Bring your kids. Bring your questions. And most importantly bring your cherished presence. It’s the folks like you that make Grin do what we do!

​We’ll bring the snacks, motors, parts, sundry odd contraptions, and the usual deluge of cool Grin tech information!!

​See you all soon! ​