If you are thinking of buying one ConferenceBikeand you want to make a business out of it, think again! Don’t quit your day-job! One CoBi qualifies you as the coolest guy on your block! You will make friends and influence people, but you won’t make a living on 1 CoBi.
You COULD make a living if you lived in a metropolitan area and had 3 or more CoBies to rent. Please inquire about the model we are developing for that. Like the Marines, we are looking for a few good men: converts to a sharing cause. People buy our bikes simply to give and get joy.
You have to have a little Santa Claus in you to own aCoBi. Kids come running, adults are transformed into kids.
CoBi owners have come up with uses for our bikes that even we never dreamed of. Some of our favorite uses:
- VOYAGE POUR LA PAIX: CoBies used by a mid-east peace organization in Paris with Palestinian and Israeli kids riding and laughing TOGETHER.
- HELEN KELLER NATIONAL CENTER and FLORIDA SCHOOL FOR DEAF AND BLIND: institutes for the deaf and blind using CoBiesfor recreation and as a tool to teach trust.
- GOOGLE CAMPUS: getting executives out of the boardroom and thinking outside the box. Also used as ‘soft transportation’, when it’s too far to walk, but too near to drive: take theCoBi!
- THE ROYAL ENGINEERS OF THE BRITISH ARMY are using a CoBi to raise awareness and money for soldiers injured in Afghanistan and Iraq.
- THE BRICK CHURCH in St. Louis uses one for Sunday school.Young people getting some excercise and getting to know one another.
- Since 1996 Eric Staller has evolved a series of ‘sculptures to ride’. These are objects that are pleasing to look at and even more pleasing to ride. The first model is the 7-person ConferenceBike or CoBi, which is great for city parks, boardwalks, pedestrian malls, rail-trails, bike tours routes and city streets where traffic is already moving slowly.
The 5-person Quintette was inspired by beach cruisers and streamlined sports cars of the 1930’s. It is half the weight of theCoBi and handles like a sports car, with hydraulic brakes and steering, spoked wheels and cool colors. This is a bike for the family…and its intimate face-to-face design will soon make any group feel like family! It is great for team-building and sports training; it fits in most bike paths and can climb hills.
After creating bikes for 8, 7 and 5 people Staller wanted to offer a bike that 2 people could use – the LoveBike; a romantic and whimsical ride inspired by hotrods and valentines. Like the song: “Daisy, Daisy, you’ll look sweet upon the seat of this bicycle built for 2!”