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Self Balancing Unicycle in San Francisco

dwood — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 00:34:09 +0000

This past week, Focus Designs had the pleasure of traveling to San Francisco to connect with customers, develop our retailer network, and ride the SBU in an urban environment. Needless to say, we accomplished every one of those goals.

Our customers connected with us at places such as the Golden Gate Park, Pier 39, and in and around the city. The SBU caught the eyes of many passer byes and we offered test rides well into dusk. When offering test rides, we asked riders to fill out a contact sheet and add their email address. As expected, many test riders faked their email address; however, one guy asked if he could give us his real email address after enjoying the SBU for a solid 25 minutes.

On Tuesday we walked around pier 39, where we saw the street magician Bob Besmehn perform. We loved his balancing acts, one of which included balancing on a 3 wheeled unicycle. We figured this was the perfect opportunity to introduce ourselves, so we connected with Bob after his performance.

We attended the San Francisco New Tech Meetup, where attendees flocked to our product and asked to hear more. Not only were they fascinated by our unique product, but we ourselves were blown away by the caliber of products and services, such as HashtagSell and Waze, that are being developed.

Thursday was by far one of our biggest days as we visited the San Francisco Motorcycle Club, the second oldest motorcycle club in the US. The club members were extremely welcoming and funny, making us feel right at home despite riding a product that has only one wheel.

Monday was a short, but important day. We met with Gabe Slate, a tech reporter from KRON TV (a local SF news channel). Our SBU was a feature on Monday’s broadcast and can be seen on youtube (we’ve linked it at the bottom for your convenience). We spent maybe an hour on the Embarcadero with Gabe and fans, showcasing the SBU and teaching new riders.

Our trip was very successful and we can’t wait to add new retailers to our dealer page in the next coming days!

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Full Frontal Nerdity Contest

dwood — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 21:52:28 +0000

FULL FRONTAL NERDITY Contest!!!

Reward: Get a n3rdy shirt for you and a friend!

What is the N3RDIEST thing you and a friend could do while riding an SBU?

1. Share this photo + your response.

2. Tag your N3RDY friend.

3. Tag our fb page in your post.

– Ends Friday @ midnight (4/19)
– 10 most creative responses get shirts for winner + friend
– US only

[See image gallery at focusdesigns.com]

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SBU V3 versus SBU V2 (Performance)

dwood — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 19:44:38 +0000

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). The smaller wheel provides more torque and hill-climbing (30% grade) while the increased battery voltage gives users a higher ceiling for maximum speed, now 15mph. Combine these two together and riding the V3 feels like a muscle car.

We took both the V2 and V3 out for a side by side comparison on a small incline and did some official shopping cart push tests in the QFC parking lot… I’m sure they were happy.

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