· John Burkhardt · 2 min read
XYZ TRIKE Product Launch
We finished the demo XYZ TRIKE!
At long last our flagshop product demo model is complete! The XYZ CARGO TRIKE is a workhorse, designed to carry heavy loads up to 300lbs! It is fully electric with pedal assist. It is also a versitile platform that can be built upon; get inspiration from the XYZ ADD-ON add-on project.
We’re still in pre-production as we finalize all our material sourcing. One of the goals of the project is to source materials locally. For aluminum that means from this contintent instead of shipping across the ocean from Asia. One major challenge we ran into on this front was finding metric sized tubing! It turns out that this is extremly hard to find in this country. We considered re-designing the bikes using S.A.E. units but that would have added weight due to thicker tube widths, as well as complexity of adapting the existing design. But we now have a great supplier of tubing designed to our specs and we’ll be ordering around half a ton of 25mm x 25mm tubing from them!
Another challenge has been the electric motor system. When we brought the Trike back from our Copenhagen trip we could not take the battery on the plan with us. So we had to order one here which requires special handling. The motor system is high quality and robust but installation is not straightforward and it took many weeks of trial and error, sharing photos back and forth to Denmark and a fair amount of frustration. But it all came together and works beautifully now!
We’re heading out to JP Open Streets this Sunday, July 21, 2024. We’ll be riding the Trike around and offering test rides. We can also take pre-orders now and that will put you in the queue for buying one when they are available (it is also not an obligation!). Checkout the XYZ product pages and then add your name to the waitlist. We’re on our way to making our city cooler with one less truck or van on the road.
