August , 2025

We're only halfway through digesting the stories of Aaron's west coast shop tour road trip earlier this year and compiling them into shareable vidos for you. Most recently released is part one of our visit with Paul Freedman and his Rock the Bike operation from Oakland California.

We've known Paul since the early days of longtail cargo ebikes and have rocked out at many pedal generated sound stages over the years. His profound interest in creating a broader appreciation of power and energy usage is something we share to a great degree, but we were simply blown away at the scale of his activities coming from his Oakland operation.

And if you missed them we've captured Mike Lee with his motorized Whisky Charriot, Paul Daniel of Revel Propulsion who fabricates a custom mid-drive system, and Brad Davis of Nomad Cycles, a ebike shop in Portland that does much more than meets the eye.  

You might only hear about big brand ebikes and cheap import ebikes, but peel back from the consumer noise and there is a thriving community of small businesses out there doing original stuff!