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What we saw at Maker Faire 2018

Maker Faire Bay Area is a really great opportunity to show off the interactive technology that we’ve been working on. It’s also a trill to see and hear about new ideas from attendees and Maker exhibits. Here’s what caught our attention: TapGlo Ping Pong Crazy day @makerfaire #tapglo #pingpong #lightuppingpong #realsocial #interactivepingpong #interactivetabletennistable A post [...]

Maker Faire 2018: Here’s what we did

A little different Maker Faire 2018 was a different experience this year. In the past, the dark room was set up in the larger Fiesta hall. This year, we were located in Redwood hall. It’s quite a bit smaller. The vibe was a little different, but we had a grand time as usual with our [...]

New USB Rechargeable Monkey Lights

The R-series We’re excited to launch an upgrade to our bicycle wheel lights. We call them the “R-series”. The M204R, M210R, and M232R are the same great Monkey Lights you may already know but with an important upgrade: a USB Rechargeable battery. Even more convenient but still waterproof and durable When you’re ready to [...]

VIDEO: K. Alice Fox’s Incredible Bike Commute

Alice rides to work all year in Syracuse, New York: the snowiest city in the USA. She decided she needed a change, and used cycling to change her life. Watch the video below, and then read our full interview with her.

Monkeylectric Earth Day Giveaway

Making cycling safer and more fun for everyone is our passion at MonkeyLectric. With Earth Day coming up, we hope we can encourage more of you to ride your bike more to minimize our impact on this planet. We’re sponsoring a giveaway to help foster more Earth-friendly transportation! To celebrate Earth Day, we made a [...]

Customer Profile: Alice of Syracuse, The Paragon of Resilience

K. Alice Fox cycles year round, even in the depths of winter. Considering she’s up in Syracuse, the snowiest city in America, it’s quite a feat. She caught our attention with a Facebook post of her fat bike sporting a set of M232s, the lights playing on the surrounding snow. Intrigued by the image and [...]

Where There’s a Wheelie, There’s a Way

Photo courtesy George McCall For the past four years, George McCall has been poppin’ and sustainin’ wheelies to raise funds for and awareness about childhood cancer. He got in touch with us last month, asking after the Monkey Light Pro to advertise his cause as he wheelies 108 laps (27 miles!) at this year’s Relay [...]

A Nice COLD Shower

We had posted a video on Facebook featuring a tough little Monkey Light undergoing some duress—getting knocked about with a hammer, soaked in water, smashed on the ground—and taking it all like a champ. While the resilience of the light may have impressed some, one commenter wanted more. Thus it was that the suggestion came [...]

Win a Burley Trailer and Monkey Lights in the Bike Through the Night Giveaway!

The Burley Flatbed makes it easy to carry cargo on your bike. We’ve got one here in the shop, and it took less than 5 minutes to install. We currently have it connected to our Karmic Koben S e-bike for delivery runs. Win this trailer and some of our M210s and M232s. Open to residents [...]

Filmed by Bike Takes On South By Southwest Film Fest in Austin

The Filmed by Bike film festival is on a mission to inspire people about bikes in a creative way. That’s why they’re headed to SXSW– the South By Southwest Film Festival in Austin with a Popup event. To support this cool endeavor, we’ve given them some Monkey Lights to put on a fleet of pedicabs. [...]

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