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1800km later Justin and Robbie have completed their electric cargo bike ride from Vancouver into San Francisco and had a fabulous time meeting up with everyone at the San Mateo Maker Faire over the weekend. All prototype gear under test held up to the task. A big thanks to Frank, Ken, Will, Wake, Otmar, Pete, Bill, Michael, Eric, Patrick, and the many others who took them in and helped along the way make this a trip to remember.

We are registered as "EV Grins" at the Bay Area maker faire, May 18-19th. As part of this we're trying to encourage a small gathering of DIY ebike builders who can make it to participate and show up with their home-brew ebike build. In addition to the custom Edgerunner builds we'll be riding down, we've also got a weight activated power skateboard and a continuously variable geared electric assist unicycle.

On the subject of tours, both Justin and Robbie are preparing to ride a pair of electric Edgerunner cargo bikes down to San Francisco during the first 2 weeks of May. Along the way we'll be meeting up with a number of ebike enthusiasts and businesses dotting the west coast. The trip will be detailed in this endless-sphere thread, and if you are en-route and want to be a part of the adventure or offer up some shelter and charging outlets, then drop us a line.

For those who haven't been following, our intrepid Anne-Sophie has successfully covered thousands of kilometers through Chile and Argentina on her handmade touring unicycle. Other than a few crashes and rough patches, the trip has been a delight of amazing sights and experiences, rendered more interesting by the many locals and friendly travelers on similar journeys.

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.