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Full Frontal Nerdity Contest

FULL FRONTAL NERDITY Contest!!! Reward: Get a n3rdy shirt for you and a friend! <question> What is the N3RDIEST thing you and a friend could do while riding an SBU? </question> <rules> 1. Share this photo + your response. 2. … Read More >

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Not only is the SBU V3 capable of attracting larger herds of women, it also has a dramatic increase in performance.  This performance increase is due to two main reasons, a smaller wheel (18″) and an increased battery voltage (58V). … Read More >

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California trip #2 was awesome. This time we primarily stayed in Folsom as we were attending the International Segway Polo Cup, AKA: “The Woz Cup“.  We did get to meet Woz (Co-founder of Apple, Inc.) I was really excited to … Read More >

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Many of you SBU enthusiasts know who Trevor Blackwell is but you might not be aware of his most-recent endeavor, the Anybot (a personal robotic avatar).  As we traveled through California on our Left Coast Tour we had a chance … Read More >

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We met with some cool people on Wednesday at Stanford. One of the guys we met suggested that we have promotional pillow fights on the SBU. We are taking applications for the best pillow-fighter at info@focusdesigns.com. Send in your pillowfighting … Read More >

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When we pulled up to the Capitol building in Sacramento a large crowd had already gathered for us and we thought it was really cool that they were expecting us there.  The crowd started cheering after the crowd leader would … Read More >

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We knew we were in Eugene when  the fixie to road bike ratio exceeded 13:1 and half of main street was quarantined off for bicycles only.  After sifting through rows of bicycles we parked right outside of American Apparel and … Read More >

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SBU Left Coast Tour

Update as of 2/16/2011: ♫ “From Oakland to Sacktown, The Bay Area and back down, Cali is where they put they mack down, Give me love… California Love!””♫ No, Focus Designs hasn’t turned gangsta’ (we’re a “n3rd h3rd” not a “gang”). We’re just … Read More >

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Announcing: SBU Version 2.0!

Friends, nerds, countrymen, lend me your ears. Here at Focus Designs, we are proud to announce the release of our much-anticipated and improved SBU V2.0.  Aside from a sleeker look, a safer ride, and more power – the new SBU … Read More >

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You’ve all been waiting for it, and it’s finally here. Here’s a video documenting the trip we took down to San Francisco to deliver MythBuster Adam Savage’s SBU. Click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdhw-MnbbHA to watch it in HD, rate the video and … Read More >

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