by admin | Oct 11, 2012 | Fitness, Health, How do we do it?, Other fun stuff
Blog by: Tricia Chandler I’m going on a little bike ride in a couple weeks. OK, it’s not a “little” bike ride — it’s a very, very long bike ride. In fact, the longest bike ride of my entire life! I’m talking about a 100-mile ride along the Southern California Coast,...
by admin | Oct 10, 2012 | Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jim Turner Selected as Judge at the The DaVinci Inventor Showcase October 10, 2012 (Boulder, CO) –. Optibike founder Jim Turner has been selected as a judge for the 2012 DaVinci Inventor Showcase. Optibike, Turner’s company based in Boulder, won...
by admin | Sep 14, 2012 | Blogs by Optibike Team, Jim's Blog
I always love an adventure with my two boys. The arrival of the US Pro Challenge in Boulder on August 25th was to present one of those opportunities. I had never watched a Pro cycling event live, in my life. I had watched the Tour de France on TV, but live was always...
by admin | Sep 14, 2012 | Ask Optibike!, Blogs by Optibike Team, Jim's Blog
As a consumer, the new world of electric vehicles continues to require us to learn a new vocabulary. Last issue, we learned about how volts and amps are like water flow. In this issue we will learn how to determine the size of an Electric vehicle “gas tank”. The...
by admin | Jul 30, 2012 | Ask Optibike!, Fitness, How do we do it?, Jim's Blog
After first investigating hub motors in 1996, Optibike developed this first mid drive unit 12 years ago in 1997. This unit featured 24 volts with a 15 amp -hr lead acid battery and about 350 watts of power. The motor was off board on the crank axle and drove...