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XAccess Projects

Kenya -- BiggaBoda Load-Carrying Bicycle Trial Market (In Progress! Beginning April 2005 - March 2006)
Based in Kisumu, Kenya, on the shores of Lake Victoria, we are producing and selling the world's lowest-priced utility bicycle, and creating dozens of bicycle transport jobs. The goals of the trial market are to:

Produce 75 load-carrying bicycles
Test several sales, rental, and financing strategies to see which is the most affordable to individual entrepreneur delivery cyclists
Monitor the individual customers to measure the effects of the BiggaBoda on poverty: food security, access to health care, access to education, and overall income.

Read more about BiggaBoda Trial Market

Kenya -- ApproTEC Partnership.
Our product development collaboration with ApproTEC in Spring '02 resulted in the development of a new technology: the Longtail. Our goals were to improve the Extrabike's design and prove, on the open market, that it could serve the transportation needs of small businesses in Kenya. People in Kenya have a huge reliance on bicycles, but few options for carrying heavy loads. Together with ApproTEC, we prototyped and tested the Longtail design, and researched ways Kenyans can use utility bicycles to start and improve businesses.

Read more about ApproTEC partnership | See pictures of XAccess bicycles in use in Makindu, Kenya.

South Africa -- Afribike Partnership.
Our partnership with Afribike in South Africa has been the first international project for XAccess. In 1999, the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy connected us with Afribike, a Johannesburg-based nonprofit focused on cycling advocacy and development in Africa. XAccess has assisted Afribike in developing an ExtraBike program. more

USA -- Surfrider Foundation Partnership.
Surfrider Foundation is an organization of Environmentally minded surfers. XAccess has facilitated donations of Xtracycle FreeRadicals so that SurfRider members can bike their surfboards to the beach and set an example for environmental care of the seacoasts. more

USA -- Xtracycle Donation Program
XAccess donates new Xtracycle FreeRadicals to interested nonprofits. An Xtracycle FreeRadical can help your organization move boxes of supplies, pick up people from the train station, publicize events, run errands, host picnics, etc. The list goes on and on. more

UPDATE: Xtracycle Donation Program no longer active. If you represent a nonprofit group and you would like to inquire about getting a discounted or sponsored Xtracycle FreeRadical, please call 1-888-537-1401.