Kickstarter

Hello Kickstarter Supporters,

Many thanks for your generous support and well wishes. We are very thankful for all our backers!!

We’d like to show you our thanks by sweetening the deal a bit. If our goal is met and bikes are shipped out, we’ll guarantee this will remain an exclusive frame to Kickstarter. We may come up with different styles in the future but this style of frame will only be available for order through this campaign. Not only that, but we will also be able to offer a small (50cm), medium (56cm) and large (60cm) version of the frame. We couldn’t stand leaving some people out based on their height.

Over the past two months, we have been doing the best we can to get the word out and would like to thank everyone for the support. We brought our prototype bike to several local “hot spots” for bicyclists and had a great time riding, meeting people and talking about our frame. We would like to thank the reporters who interviewed us for the following publications, all to be available in July, 2012:

Snips Magazine: http://www.snipsmag.com/
De Ingenieur:http://www.deingenieur.nl/index.html
Bicycle Retailer: http://www.bicycleretailer.com/
Machine Design: http://machinedesign.com/
Travel Channel interview coming July 17th: http://www.travelchannel.com/

We appreciate all the interested donors and hope that the news continues to spread.

So, please pass the word and see if we can’t get another 80 people to go for the fully loaded donation!

Best Regards,


Ronin Gang

Over the last couple of weeks, the Ronin Gang took the bicycle frame to different locations around the bay.  Here are some photos of some of the trips to San Fran, Los Gatos, Santa Cruz, and Palo Alto..   

Next, we will be at the annual Makers Faire in San Mateo on 5/20/12.  http://makerfaire.com/

So, if you are in the area, please come and see our frame.

The comments made were all very positive.  "Wow, it is really light!" and "This is a really stiff frame!"

We also have had several interviews that will be posted soon and we will hope to get a video together as soon as we can.   Please help spread the word so we can get this frame into production and into the hands of those who are hoping for Ronin Aluminum frame.. !!  

Many thanks to our current supporters and hope to see you around the bay!!

Thanks,

Ronin Gang...

Hi Kickstarter Supporters, 

First off, we are very happy for all the support you have given us!!  Every bit helps and every order is greatly appreciated!  We are doing our best to get the word out and appreciate all the attention from some great blogs. Here's a sample of some of the great coverage we've received:

http://www.gizmag.com/ronin-folded-sheet-metal-bicycles/22120/

http://road.cc/content/news/56842-tech-round-garmin-vector-delay-hand-folded-bikes-hbb-custom-kit-craft-clothing

http://www.kineticshift.com/2012/sheet-metal-bikes-ready-to-roll

http://www.nwevolution.com/2012/04/14/sheet-metal-bicycle-frame-by-ronin-bicycle-works/

http://www.thefancy.com/brands-stores/gizmag

http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/2012/04/hand-folding-its-not-just-for-laundry.html

http://www.autocarfixes.com/your-next-bike-could-be-made-from-folded-sheet-metal/

http://www.fiz1.com/your-next-bike-could-be-made-from-folded-sheet-metal/

http://www.autonewsx.com/2012/04/11/your-next-bike-could-be-made-from-riveted-sheet-metal/

http://www.fallyo.com/2012/04/11/your-next-bike-could-be-made-from-folded-sheet-metal

http://www.linecom.com/science-tech/technology/51536.html

http://www.youunity.com/articles/gizmag/22041-your-next-bike-could-be-made-from-folded-sheet-metal.html

http://geekfreak.in/robotics/2012/your-next-bike-could-be-made-from-folded-sheet-metal/

http://www.moma.gr/your-next-bike-could-be-made-from-folded-sheet-metal/

http://yelekci.com/2012/04/12/your-next-bike-could-be-made-from-folded-sheet-metal/

Also, we got an opportunity to be interviewed for Snips Magazine, which is very well known in the sheet metal industry.  We hope that will go a long way to help us get our message out to the world.   While we were meeting, we were getting many positive responses to our bike. We loved the responses so much that we're planning on going out to film some real life testimonials. Look for us out on the streets in the next couple weeks. Don't be shy, come on over, ride the bike and tell us what you think.

Many Thanks,

Andy, Mark and Rob