September , 2026

Recumbent Cycle-Con Wrap-up

September 27, 2026| Posted in News| Justin Lemire-Elmore| 106

Here's a shout out to everyone who we met in Ohio last weekend and who helped make our participation possible!
Cycle-con Ohio Group Pic

From Marshall and the event organizers, to the customers who in some cases rode hundreds of kilometers to bring their demo bikes to our booth. From the dealers and businesses who were happy to exchange info, to the many potential customers who peperred us with great questions. It's encouraging to see how relevant our products are to people all over.

We came away with many ideas on how to serve the trike and recumbent community even better, and a fresh perspective on the unique needs of this scene. Here's to an even bigger cycle-con event in 2027.

One of our highlights was meeting with owners of specialty bike shops all over the US to better understand their concerns and questions in the ebike retrofit business. Some we had already had some relations with.
https://www.facebook.com/people/Grumpys-Bike-Shop-LLC/ — Grumpy's Bike Shop

Just about every trike manufacturer was represented at Cycle-Con and it was nice to know them and their backstories a little better. Trident is particularly impressive in having a very affordable product line while still doing ALL of their frame manfuacturing in house. — Trident Trikes

Another shot of the titanium tandem. This system has it all: independant pedaling, easy conversation between captain and stoker, uninterupted views for both riders, LiGo battery modules, torque sensing all-axle hub motor with regen braking. — Bilenky Viewpoint Tandem

One of the most epic builds at the show was this custom one-off Titanium viewpoint tandem made by the legendary Bilenky Cycle Works. The owner Tony had just returned from a 3 week european touring trip with his wife after outfitting the machine with 10 LiGo battery modules and a rear all-axle hub motor. The S&S Couplers allowed the bike to fit in two suitcases with the LiGo batteries in carry-on. — Bilenky Viewpoint Tandem

Chris is test riding one of the the impressive locally manufactured all titanium TiTrikes. They are exquisitly tough and gorgeous machines, and suprpsingly affordable for fully american-made product. — Chris on a TiTrike

This only captures about half the recubment riders who got to tastef the Ohio bike trail network on the group ride. We had a great time with the group before splitting off to a fantastic brewery in Yellow Springs. — Recumbent Group Ride

Trikes as far as the eye can see. And at least one Velomobile! The paths were next level, going miles and miles without interuption. — Trail Ride

While the rear All-Axle hub motor is our go-to these days, there were many folks sporting other Grin systems that we've sold over the years. This trike has the small G310 hub motor on the rear which is ideal for riders who mostly pedal without assist and just use the motor for a boost when needed. — Ice Trike with G310

Volodymyr rode an impressive 120km from Cincinatti on sunday morning just to attend the show, and arrived with 30% charge remaining! He originally picked up this used 2016 Bullit bike from a clearance sale and electrified it last year with a rear all-axle kit to great effect, from camping trips to even moving houses. It's clocked over 6000km. — Bullitt Cargo Bike

Greg showed up on Sunday having cycled 100+km from Columbus with the most epic dual motor cargo bike. Loaded with over 6kWhr of battery capacity, enough stuff to survive the apocalypse, and his Pomeranian to boot. We were happy to help with some dual motor wiring and setup configuration, — 1 Cargo Bike, 2 Motors, 100 amp-hours

Grin Tech is heading to Recumbent Cycle-Con in Ohio, Sep 18th-20th

September 10, 2026| Posted in News| Justin Lemire-Elmore| 171

Calling all recumbent bike and trike riders! For the first time ever, Grin will be participating in the Cycle-Con show coming up soon, September 18–20, 2026, in Xenia, Ohio.

This is the largest gatherings of recumbent bikes, trikes, and specialty bike brands in North American and we're happy to be present at last. Our All-Axle motor kit with bidirectional throttle control for regen and reverse mode has been extremely popular in this space and we'll be keen to demo the power, simplicity, and utility of direct drive hubs.

Check out the recent video on this very topic:

Justin will also be doing presentations on topics such as future drive topologies and regen braking, and will be looking forward to meeting folks and answering any questions on what we do.

Are you attending and already have a Grin converted trike?

Given the logistics of bringing demos from Canada to Ohio, we're also canvasing to see if show attendees happen to have a bike or trike with a Grin motor kit that they'd be willing to have present at our booth? If so, please send us an email and we'd be happy to make it extra worthwhile!