BBB Blog

Andy Hunter, owner of Canadian Bike Box Trailers has embarked upon his own bicycle blender enterprise, using his modular trailers to haul coolers behind the Xtracycle. In addition to making drinks at paying gigs around Vancouver, he's leasing his set up to a local sandwich distributor who will now be able to sell sandwiches and smoothies...by bike! Andy's also hooked up with Pedalworks, a .org that's using recycled materials to create human powered solutions to every day energy needs. Andy's passion, besides ultralight modular trailers, is mixing music, and Pedalworks has pioneered a bicycle powered PA system to power Andy's dj set up. Pretty nice life, it seems.

Shane Rhodes, long time Xtracycle tourer and B3 user is testing a new prototype of a super low profile, lighter weight, Xtracycle-based blender. On tour in the Yucatan peninsula with his new bride, Missy, she has this to say about adventuring with a bicycle blender:

"...last night, Shane ordered a fancy blended drink but the power was out and they said they couldn't blend it as the blender wouldn't run. Shane, being the ever ready traveller, grabbed his Xtracycle and our new travel bike blender and blended his own drink. the restaurant used his bike blender for the rest of the night for other blended drink orders."

A similar model is also being prototyped for a regular bolt-on style rear bike rack. Still havent figured out how to stationary-ize a standard bicycle without using a bulky, heavy, folding bike trainer. Comments on this would be appreciated.

Nate