Tag: kickstarter
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Crowdfunding: Seattle-based bike lights pass $100K, Redmond-based commuter bike passes $30K
Seattle area bike product Kickstarters are seriously kicking ass this month. The Seattle-based Orfos Flares bike lights demolished their $20,000 goal, passing $100,000 recently with seven days still to go (ends November 18). The lights are a novel take on designing bike lights in a couple ways. For one, they are completely waterproof (their video…
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Seattle Bike Style Updates: Iva Jean launches new line + Model Citizen adds women’s t-shirt
If you want stylish threads that stay that way even as you slog up a hill or pedal through a downpour, then perhaps it only makes sense that you should be looking to Seattle. Right now, there are (at least) two Seattle-based designers working on lines of clothes that look good on and off the…
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Seattle-based wool clothing company launches via Kickstarter
Joshua Weinberg’s car broke down a few years ago, so he decided to hop on his bike and give the half hour commute to his job in Bend, Ore., a try. He wasn’t sure what to wear, so he bought a compression-fit bike jersey from REI. “I looked ridiculous,” he said, and his coworkers told…
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Wallingford company launches heavy-duty chain lube on Kickstarter
A Wallingford company is hoping to change the way you keep your bike chain in tip-top shape. Runaway Bike Industries, a company lead by brothers Bob and Doug Montclair, has launched a Kickstarter for a paraffin-based bicycle chain lube that requires a little more work (and, they say, reaps more benefits) than simply drizzling some…
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Seattle Bike Crowdfunding Highlight: Pedal, Stretch, Breathe
Crowdfunding has played a huge role in the ever-growing bicycle economy in Seattle and around the world. From Iva Jean to Peddler’s Brewing, the Pedaler’s Fair was full of local businesses who used Kickstarter to help get off the ground with a running start. Be sure to let us know about your Seattle biking-focused or…

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