| Name |
Description |
Connection |
ApproTec
Nairobi, Kenya
www.approtec.org |
Product design and distribution experts centered
in Nairobi, Kenya |
Cooperating to improve and distribute ExtraBike
in Kenya. Adam French travelled in November 2001 to work
in ApproTec"s Nairobi office, and help full-time with our
primary project. |
ThinkCycle
Cambridge, MA
www.thinkcycle.org
|
MIT group "Creating a Culture
of Design Innovation for Challenges in the Environment and
Underserved Communities" |
Hosted "Think Cycle" conference
in August, 2001, attended by Adam French. May be a key source
for future volunteers or supporters. |
Center for Appropriate Transport
Eugene, OR
www.efn.org/~cat/
|
A non-profit hub for bicycles
and other sustainable modes of transportation |
XAccess visited the Eugene CAT in the summer of 2001. Adam
French, in foreground, with guitar.
The CAT's sister organization, the Berkeley Center for Appropriate
Transport, is home to XAccess' headquarters in the Bay Area.
We headed north to pay a visit to the CAT in 2001. |
Xtracycle LLC
Nevada City, CA
www.xtracycle.com
|
Producer of the world's
first Sport Utility Bicycle |
Sister organization of
XAccess, Xtracycle LLC helped to found our organization,
in order to spread their technology beyond the Western market.
They have provided financial support and the use of the
key Xtracycle product designs. |
ITDP
New York, NY
www.itdp.org |
Non-profit institute for studying and enabling
alternative transportation worldwide |
ITDP worked closely with XAccess on our South
Africa project. Their research and writings lend credibility
to our efforts, and help us identify future projects. ITDP
has also helped us by providing 501c3 status to our organization
during our first year. |
Bikes Not Bombs
Roxbury, MA
www.bikesnotbombs.org |
Community bicycling program
involved with shipping bicycles to poor countries in Latin
America |
Bikes not bombs helped to
sponsor the research and work of Ross Evan's (Xtracycle
founder) in Nicaragua, precursing the work of XAccess. |
Freeplay
Cape Town, South Africa
www.freeplay.net |
For-profit company innovating hand-powered
radios and flashlights, and other human-powered technologies |
Freeplay CEO Rory Stear is an XAccess adviser.
We look to Freeplay, and its non-profit sister organization,
the Freeplay Foundation, as a role model for distributing
appropriate technology to developing countries. |
Patagonia
Southern California
www.patagonia.com |
Adventure sportswear leader
and environmental activists |
Patagonia Environmental
Grants is a potential funder. |
Rep. Earl Blumenauer
(D-OR)
Washington, D.C. www.house.gov/blumenauer/ |
US Congressman representing the 3rd District
of Oregon (Portland area) |
Congressman Blumenauer is the leader of the
Congressional Bike Caucus, and a strong proponent of liveable
communities. His district includes the city of Portland,
held up as the flagship of smart growth in America. Blumenauer's
aides have been introduced to the Xtracycle organization,
and are keen to participate in a joint proposal to US-AID
for further XAccess projects in Africa. |
Pedals for Progress
New Jersey
www.p4p.org |
Non-profit bringing used
bicycles from the west to developing countries |
XAccess and Pedals for Progress
share a goal: economic development without environmental
damage. We have many potential partnerships to bring XAccess
technology and western bicycles to poor people. |
Interbike
Las Vegas, Nevada
www.bicycleretailer.com/
ibike/home_1.htm |
Largest Bicycle Retailer event in the world
|
By joining our sister company, Xtracycle,
at Interbike, we get exposure to thousands of people and
companies who are interested in innovative technologies.
|
Pedal Express
Berkeley, California
www.pedalexpress.com/berkeley.htm |
Cooperatively owned bicycle
delivery service |
Pedal Express shares the
Berkeley center for Appropriate Transport with XAccess.
They are great neighbors, bringing all sorts of fresh food
to the kitchen (mostly donated by PEDX clients and East
Bay nonprofits such as Food Not Bombs). But beyond sustaining
us and giving us a roof over our heads, Pedal Express has
loads of experience with cargo bikes -- both standard designs
and custom, purpose built trailers. They make a great sounding
board for our ideas and projects at XAccess. |
Courier Disaster Team
San Francisco, CA
www.it.isdangerous.com |
Group of San Francisco bicycle messengers
organizing to aid the city in the event of an earthquake
or large-scale emergency |
CDT and XAccess team up to design the Lifebike, a bicycle
transportation system for paramedics and EMTs. Complete
with oxygen, defibrulators, a backboard, and many other
emergency medical supplies, the LifeBike could reach a
victim faster than an ambulance during rush hour, at crowded
events such as parades and concerts, or when roads are
damaged by an earthquake. The bike could improve emergency
services in American cities and developing countries alike,
and represents a fantastic opportunity to raise awareness
about utility bicycles.
CDT has a strong network within the firefighting and
emergency services communities of San Francisco, and will
help us find test-riders for forthcoming Lifebike prototypes.
|
WIRED Magazine
San Francisco, California
www.wiredmag.com |
Successful Technology/Future
publication |
WIRED will run a feature about our partner, ApproTEC,
in the April 2002 issue. The feature will include a sidebar
about XAccess and the Xtrabike technology.
WIRED serves as a great inroad to the mainstream American
press, and will expose us to broad spectrum of intelligent,
affluent readers.
|
Village Bicycle Project
Ghana
www.ibike.org/vbp/ |
Organization shipping used but working American
bicycles to Ghana for distribution through instructional
workshops in rural areas. |
Village Bicycle Project has donated an Xtracycle to an
AIDS education group in rural Ghana called ProLink. The
group uses the bicycle to carry educational material such
as signs and placards, as well as food and clothing for
its volunteers.
Those wishing to organize a bike drive in your community
should contact VBP's founder, David Peckham, at ghanabikes@yahoo.com
.
|
| Workbike.org |
An online network of designers,
entrepreneurs and enthusiasts. A wealth of knowledge about
human powered vehicles. |
Workbike.org connects us
to hundreds of passionate people internationally and locally,
who can make connections for XAccess that lead to great
projects and exposure. |
| Makindu Children's Center |
An orphanage and community center in South
Central Kenya. |
MCC was one of the first customers of Longtails in Kenya.
Schoolkids used the Longtail-equipped bikes to haul corn,
produce, and school supplies.
|
