Thursday, October 04, 2007

Silvio Frame Numbers

I'm happy the first lot of Silvios are now in customers hands and on the road. We promised to track frame numbers, so for the record, here they are:

001 JP (display bike)
002 MP (demonstration bike)
003 HC
004 DI
005 JL
006 RL
007 KL
008 MH
009 DS
010 DC
011 JR
012 LG

We were going to put actual individual numbers on each frame, but in the end settled for a Certificate of Authenticy:

which reads:
Manufactured for Cruzbike Inc., North Carolina, U.S.A.
Designed in Perth, Australia by John Tolhurst.
Manufactured under license by Yoan Technologies, Taiwan.
Production Date: 10 August, 2007.
Original Edition: The presence of this certificate on your
Cruzbike Silvio indicates that your product is one of the first
batch of twelve produced for the commercial market.
Description: The Cruzbike Silvio is the world's first
commercially produced pivoting boom front wheel drive
recumbent bicycle built to accommodate today's leading road
bike components.
Cruzbike Silvio encompasses the best technology available.
The rear suspension system is a patented system by Yoan
Technologies, Taiwan and was awarded a prize by the Taiwan
International Bicycle Design Competition in 2001. The same
panel awarded a similar prize in 2007 for the front air shock
suspension system, developed by Kind Shock Hi-Tech,
Taiwan. The integrated frame and seat shells and the front
triangle system is subject to a patent by Cruzbike Inc.