| Date |
Headline |
Description |
| 7/10/03 |
XAccess to
appear at Effection, San Francisco Art and Industrial Design
show. |
Effection takes place on Saturday, July 26th. Location:
La Tera Gallery, 511 Harrison Street, San Francisco. View
map here.
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| 2/26/03 |
XAccess prototyping weekend and party: March 15th, 16th.
|
Please mark your calendars for March 15th and 16th,
an XAccess prototyping weekend in Berkeley. This event
marks the culmination of four months' active design work
among our engineers in the Bay Area on a new design for
low-cost agricultural and entrepreneurial transport.
MORE
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| 2/26/03 |
Bike Blended
Smoothies a Fundraising Success at 2/15 Peach March. |
Representatives of the Xtracycle Access Foundation successfully
executed a novel fundraising concept today, making bike-blended
smoothies for the Peace marchers at SF's Civic Center.
Volunteer Nate Byerley and Acting Director Paul Freedman
amazed throngs of drop-jawed onlookers with Byerley's
pedal-powered 'Soul Blender', a home-tinkered prototype
of what is certain to be the next health and fitness craze
in America. Their $5 smoothies were an easy sell, as were
oranges and bananas for a dollar apiece. Several folks
paid $20 for a smoothie and told them to "keep the change."
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| Jan 21, 2003 |
XAccess seeks 1-3 donated mountain bikes
for pilot project in Ghana by February. |
XAccess will ship 1-3 Sport Utility Bicycles in March
to the Asante Akim Telecenter in Ghana as a pilot project
for a larger Low-Cost Agricultural Transport Project later
this year. We are seeking 1-3 donated mountain bikes to
equip with convert into Xtracycle SUB's. The ideal donation
is a mountain bike with a strong steel or aluminum frame,
simple front suspension or no suspension, and high-quality
parts without visible wear. All sizes are appropriate.
No donation will be turned away, though some may be passed
on to our neighbors, the Tinkers Workshop, for their use
with neighborhood youth. Contact Paul Freedman at 510-548-2453
or paul@xaccess.org to let us know you'll be coming.
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| April, 2002 |
Paul Freedman meets Tom
Woods, teacher of Cops-On-Bikes programs in Third World.
|
While attending the annual
conference of the International Police Mountain Bike Association
(IPMBA), Paul Freedman met an
officer named Tom Woods, who has taught Cops-On-Bikes programs
in Russia, Georgia, and most notably, post-genocide Rwanda.
Tom was very interested in XAccess, especially as a way
to learn of more opportunities to volunteer in the developing
world. |
| April, 2002 |
AIDSAccess to donate Sport-Utility Bicycles
to Bay Area AIDS Clinics. |
AIDSAccess, the XAccess program that connects AIDS fighting
NGO's with bicycles that meet their needs, will donate
Xtracycle Sport Utility bicycles to Bay Area AIDS clinics.
The bicycles will help the clinics retrieve educational
supplies at the print shop, take outreach workers to and
from BART, shop for food, etc. This local project will
serve as a basic foundation for future work in Africa,
helping AIDS clinics there with local transportation.
|
| March 20, 2002 |
Welcome WIRED readers!
(XAccess and partner ApproTEC appear in April issue of WIRED
magazine, "How
Low-Tech Can Save the World". |
This feature article discusses
one of our parters, Approtec (see network
page) and their flagship product, the treadle pump. This
low-cost pump enables African farmers to get twice as much
water from the plentiful underground aquifer, and boost
their income. The Xtrabike appears in a side bar entitled
"Low Tech Triumphs." Many thanks to WIRED for
directing their coverage to the technologies needed by the
'rest' of the world. There is still far to go, however.
The back cover of the April issue was an advertisement for
Hummer. |
| March 10, 2002 |
Mike Cobb completes "Ride Along"
with San Francisco Fire Department |
Mike rode in Medic 8 for the day, and closely observed
the team's equipment and techniques. With Mike's help
they were able to save a man from heart attack! Many thanks
to Station 8 and Lt. Juratovac for helping us with the
research for the LifeBike.
|
| February 24, 2002 |
Paul Freedman completes
"Ride Along" with SF Fire Department Medic 5 to
aid design of Life Bike. |
The San Francisco Fire
Department joined the Life Bike collaboration by offering
a Ride Along in a SF Ambulance. During 6 hours on Medic
5 with paramedics Ron, Simon, and Natalie, we answered several
calls around the city. By a stroke of good fortune, paramedic
Ron Johansen was a former bike medic in Alameda County and
is applying to start a bike medic program in San Francisco.
He had great design tips and offered to write a letter of
support for the Life Bike program. |
| January 31, 2002 |
XAccess to host 'Pancake Breakfast' with
Surfrider Foundation 2/9/02. |
On Saturday morning, 2/09/02, Xtracycle and XAccess representatives
hosted a Pancake Breakfast in San Onofre State Park in
San Clemente, Southern California. The event allowed us
to reach the members of our partner, Surfrider, who are
environmentally minded surfers (seeking to protect the
coastlines which are so vital to their sport).
|
| January 31, 2002 |
XAccess to appear in April
issue of WIRED. |
WIRED
magazine will run a feature on our partner, ApproTEC.
The feature will highlight several ApproTEC projects, including
the collaboration with XAccess. Look for a photograph and
a description of XAccess. Pick up the magazine to show support
for the coverage of nonprofit and appropriate technology
issues!
WIRED has a large number
of affluent Bay Area readers who care about technology and
how it affects our future. We are excited to reach this
audience and give these readers an opportunity to get involved
with XAccess. |
| January 9th, 2002 |
XAccess to collaborate with Courier
Disaster Team of San Francisco to design "Life Bike" for
emergency response. |
XAccess is coordinating the design and trial of a specially
designed paramedic's bicycle, 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.
We are working with the Courier
Disaster Team because of their excellent network within
the San Francisco emergency response community, including
the San Francisco Fire Department and other emergency
services organizations.
Other Life Bike project participants include: Mike Cobb,
a Pedal Express rider and expert in custom sewing work
for bike cargo, and Ross Evans, the original inventor
of the Xtrabike.
|
| December 24, 2001 |
XAccess Completes Launch of XAccess.org |
After a three month collaboration with Eric Krauter,
a web designer and producer from Boston, we published
XAccess.org. The site stands as our first major statement
to the world about who we are, what we do, and what we
want to achieve. Thanks also to Genes Sotto, for graphic
design input, and Gregg Osofski for technical help.
Please tell your friends about XAccess.org, and let us
know what you'd like to see on the web site. Email us
: info@xaccess.org
|
| November, 2001 |
Adam French working in Kenya on improved
Xtrabike |
Read all about our Kenya partnership here.
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