Soul Cycle Party Bikes: Custom Mobile Audio for Bicycles
photo: Ben Sarrazin
Soul Cycle Models:
Many of us fantasize about being rock stars. But what are we really after? Is it the money? Appearing on the covers of magazines?
Or is it just the feeling of rocking our way through life, of turning up the volume and turning heads?
That feeling is yours every time you ride a Soul Cycle.
When you go cruising with a Soul Cycle Party Bike, you feel like the City has a soundtrack, and you're the DJ.
A Party Bike is a self-contained party on two wheels. You take it out on July 4th, New Year's Eve, Halloween, or any warm night, and roll it to a place where people are out walking. If the situation is right, and you're playing good music, you'll start a party.
Soul Cycles are great for enjoying on social rides, too. Picture a group of people cruising along the beach, listening to some groovy music, and you're halfway there.
Soul Cycles can be made to serve as PAs for street performers or for playing songs off an iPod. They are a great way for street performers and other musicians to draw audiences in to their act. They're great for building community, either around a specific cause or just around the love of music. They're great for unwinding after a long day, for a hot date, or for giving rides to the neighborhood kids.
Soul Cycle Models:
Soul Cycle Slim
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60 Watt personal audio system
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Lightweight (commuter friendly for 1-5 mile commutes)
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Sleek, translucent integrated subwoofer with mesmerizing backlighting
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Passenger seat with wooden backrest
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All controls on front console
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Cosmic clarity from high end amplifiers, crossovers, and speakers.
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Safer than headphones.
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Compatible with Xtracycle bags and accessories.
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Works with iPod or MP3 player
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For lots more photos, check out the Soul Cycle Slim photoset up on our Flickr account.
Inquiries welcome. Soul Cycles are a labor-intensve product and have a 6 month lead time.
Soul Cycle Head Unit
Key Features:
- Fastest on-off time of any Soul Cycle. This is the simplest way to go cruising with music on a bicycle.
- 30-watt integrated digital amplifier great for personal listening or small party rides.
- Satisfying bass response -- big enough to be felt, not just heard.
- Compatible with household bookshelf speakers or car audio speakers. You can start with bookshelf speakers and later build a custom wooden cabinet to fit your bike.
- Contains rechargeable battery good for 5-8 hours of music.
- Attractive wooden head unit is light weight (2 pounds) and compact (about the size of 4 CD cases stacked on top of one another).
- Works with your iPod or MP3 player.
- Uses Klickfix handlebar mount system - compatible with many front packs. You can use a front pack on the days you're not Soul Cycling.
- Short lead time -- this item is either in stock in the fossilfool store, or we can make to order in about 1-2 weeks.
Customer testimonials:
"I took it out for a good 4 hour ride yesterday and it rocked! Many smiles and comments from the people. Much of where I biked was an amazing commuter greenway that has been in the works for the last few years - it travels along old railroad tracks which are banked on each side with either grass/landscaping/gardens or buildings. The sound was HUGE there especially. I'm excited to take it to a festival this Saturday."
"On Saturday I rode 44 miles with the Soul Cycle, to and from the Summit Brewing 20th Anniversary concerts/festival. Fantastic! Biked along the Mississippi river through heavy woods for many miles and on the Greenway as well... Lots of smiles and comments once again. The sound was incredible."
Bamboo Soul Cycle
photo: Ben Sarrazin
The new Bamboo Soul Cycle took center stage as the Fossil Fool team met the public at the Interbike trade show in Las Vegas.
The new Bamboo Soul Cycle in action at Halloween in San Francisco: "You Gotta See this! There's these people down here, and they're partying with their bikes! No Joke, listen up, I'll hold my phone up to the speakers..." Click the photo to see video from the party!
Bamboo Soul Cycle Features:
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Fits any bike. Not limited to Sport Utility Bicycles. Uses a modified
Jandd bike rack for support.
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Curved Plywood cabinet is extremely strong for its weight.
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Blaupunkt Transparent Series Speakers give great visual effect with Down Low Glow backlighting.
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All switches and controls on the handlebars.
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400 Watt amplifier, 250 watts RMS power.
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Four speaker system with four separate tweeters. Two tweeters on handlebars for surround effect.
The Soul Cycle
Photo: NinjaCat
Photo: Brian Slaughter
Transparent Series speakers from Blaupunkt
maximize the effect of the backlighting. Photo: NinjaCat
Soul
Cycle. The world's first fully integrated mobile audio system for
a bicycle. So you can party in the streets.
Soul Cycle: The Self-Contained Mobile Party Apparatus.
Soul Cycle Features:
- 250 watts
of party Power
- Built
on an Xtracycle S.U.B. chassis
for high performance and a smooth ride.
- Integrated
Controls on the handlebars for lights, bass, Track Selection, and
volume.
- Down Low
Glow downlighting and speaker backlighting.
- Transparent Series speakers from Blaupunkt for Hi-Fi audio and mesmerizing neon backlighting.
- Built-in FM broadcasting capability for surround sound group rides, live musical performances or movie
audio.
- 100 watt subwoofer delivers thump from below.
- Wireless Microphone and miniature 2-channel mixer on handlebars allows the Bike Rapper to rap over the music.
Soul Cycle Artwork
pictures of Soul Cycle Odysseys:
street party culture!
Featured Street Party Sound Systems
Music Man Mike, a staple of the Boulder, CO, moonlight cruiser ride.
Click for more photos
and info.
Also check out Moz's double-decker Critical Mass Sound Bike from Australia and
Mondo Designo's Audio Bikes from England
Laughing bike from Switzerland
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