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Our First Accessory - A Backrest for Your Bike Seat

3/30/2014

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Introducing the first accessory for our bike seats - a backrest! This is of course only a proof-of-concept at best, assembled from parts available at the local hardware store down the street. The goal was to create a backrest that "installs" directly onto our bike seats, and the concept worked beautifully!

The next step is to spec out the backrest and start prototyping with our factory. If all goes well, we're aiming to have the Companion Bike Seat Backrest available for purchase sometime this fall, just in time for Interbike!
Companion Bike Seat Back-Rest Proof of Concept
Companion Bike Seat Back-Rest Proof of Concept
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Custom Companion Bike Seat Covers

3/27/2014

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One of our customers in New York decided to spruce up her Companion Bike Seat and add some color to her ride by making a custom bike seat cover! This is the first design she came up with, and she's working on putting together several more, all with different colors and patterns.
custom companion bike seat cover
custom companion bike seat cover
We originally envisioned offering our bike seats in a variety of different colors when we launched the business, but quickly realized that this would be difficult to do at scale (especially when our factory increased our minimum order size to 500 units). These seat covers are a great way to customize your Companion Bike Seat so that it matches your bike, and we think it's going to catch on quickly!
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Save Citi Bike

3/25/2014

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There was an article in The Wall Street Journal last week about Citi Bike, New York City's bike-share program and the financial woes it's facing after it's first full-year after launching. Citi Bike, Needing Millions of Dollars, Looks for Help implies that without raising more revenues from tourists and short-term riders, the program may face being shut-down due to the tens of millions of dollars it lost last year. Interestingly enough the company isn't seeking public money yet to help cover the short-fall. With almost a hundred thousand annual subscribers to the program, it would be interesting to see how much of usage has come from shifting away from other forms of public transportation, namely buses, cabs, and subway. The article points out that most other public transportation systems are publicly subsidized and operate with losses every year - it would also be interesting to see what the average loss per rider is typically and how Citi Bike compares.

In either case, it is great to see that almost a hundred thousand New Yorkers jumped on-board for annual memberships in the first year alone. Let's hope that people in New York and in cities all over the US see it for all the benefits it brings to the city and find a way to make it a permanent fixture across America. Not only do bike-share programs reduce stress on existing mass transit systems, they also reduce traffic and pollution and increase general health and well-being of the community. It's too bad these benefits are much more difficult to put a dollar value against ... losing tens of millions of dollars last year could actually be saving New York just as much money over the long-term!
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Companion Bike Seats at Interbike

3/23/2014

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It's official, Companion Bike Seats will be attending Interbike this year in Vegas as an exhibitor for the first time. We are making a big push to get our bike seats into local bike shops this year, and Interbike should be a great opportunity to meet bike shop owners and introduce them to our bike seats. We're also hoping to debut a new accessory for the Companion Bike Seat (with more info on exactly what this will be coming very soon)!
interbike
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Biking to School in NYC

3/17/2014

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We received this note from one of our customers in New York City today and I just had to share it with the world:
riding a Companion Bike Seat in New York City
riding a Companion Bike Seat in New York City

Photo disclaimer - riding on the sidewalk is strictly prohibited in New York City, and children should always wear a helmet.
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"I took my daughter to school, had been looking forward to that so much. She had never ridden on the back of a bike. I realized that this morning. Very strange that I hadn't thought about that till this morning. I was practically taken home from the hospital when I was born on the back of my mom's bike! Jumping on the back of your friend's bike is something that you do regularly in Holland. And of course people jumping on the back of yours.

Riding with her hanging on to me this morning felt so right! I think she  had a few nervous moments (morning traffic on 2nd & 1st Ave in Manhattan can be a little intimidating). She had no way of knowing how good of a bike rider I am. We got to school in less than 5 minutes.

I am so happy with my backseat!"
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riding a Companion Bike Seat in New York City
Bike commuting in the US is not anywhere near where it is in other countries (particularly in Holland), and this proves that all it takes is a culture-change, and nothing more. We're already well on our way, but we still have a long way to go. Hopefully our bike seats make it that much easier to shift from cars to bikes!
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A Bicycle Built for Two

3/13/2014

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A fan on YouTube earlier today suggested that we use this song to help promote Companion Bike Seats ... love it!

"Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do! I'm half crazy, all for the love of you! It won't be a stylish marriage, I can't afford a carriage but you'll look sweet upon the seat of a bicycle made for two."

Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Built for Two) was written in 1892 by Harry Dacre and is the earliest known song to use computer speech synthesis. It was recorded and released in 1893 and topped the charts at #1 for nine consecutive weeks! The song is probably most familiar nowadays from a reference in '2001: A Space Odyssey.'

I wonder if they somehow knew that in 2011 we would launch Companion Bike Seats and make "bicycles built for two" a reality?!
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