Limited quantity available as we are clearing these out below cost for $150 each.  Bought OEM New for our product development, but never used. No documentation included.

Specifications:  8×24mm bushing,  50mm stroke, 180mm eye spacing, 200psi max, Adjustable rebound.

Contact:  Brian   b.gobrogge@berserkercycle.com for additional details.

X-Fusion 02RL 50x180mm air shock

We at Berserker Tricycle design believe that everyone is different and that everyone should be able to get their new tricycle in the color of their choice.

We now offer you the choice of 188 standard colors at no charge.
Or if you want to be totally unique we offer special effect and metallic powder coating finishes for a slight premium. Visit our specifications page for complete details.

Title: Green Car Show
Location: Ventura, CA
Link out: 4th of July Green Car Show in Ventura
Description: Sierra Club to organizes the “Green Block” for the Ventura 4th of July Street Fair. Located at Oak and Main. Come Visit us.

Held on our Nation\’s birthday, this popular annual event attracts up to 50,000 people to Downtown Ventura, with a children’s Pushem - Pullem Parade at 10:30 a.m. This event is sponsored by the Ventura East Rotary Club. The event covers seven blocks of Main Street and several side streets filled with over 250 fine artist, crafters, nonprofit organizations and food booths. The 4th of July Street Fair has three stages of continuous live entertainment. The Street Fair takes place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event is free to the public. A free shuttle service to the event from the Ventura County Government Center is available from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. The last shuttle leaves the Street Fair at 5 p.m.

Start Time: 10:00
Date: 2009-07-04
End Time: 17:00

Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

June 16, 2009
Berserker Cycle Design LLC sponsors Central Coast Cycling Classic
San Luis Obispo, CA — Berserker Cycle Design, a local manufacturer of comfort full-suspension recumbent tricycles, will be sponsoring The BerserkerTM Block during the SLO Downtown Criterium Festival - the capstone event for the Central Coast Cycling Classic weekend held on July 5th in San Luis Obispo.

“The Berserker Block will be a family fun destination, offering kids and family members the opportunity to ride Berserker Tricycles and four-wheel Spider Bikes - human powered Go-Carts. We will also have lots of fun kids’ activities, contests and prizes,” says Brian Gobrogge, co-founder and COO of Berserker Cycle Design. “Don’t miss out on this great local event. We look forward to seeing everyone having fun!”

The SLO Downtown Criterium Festival transforms four city blocks into a whimsical playground, putting smiles on faces of all ages. See San Luis Obispo’s downtown in a different light as streets are closed to auto traffic and the crowds come out to enjoy bike demos, an industry expo, the Solstice GreenWay, a go-kart and recumbent tricycle track, a beer and wine garden, a kid’s magic show, and more.

The Berserker is all-terrain tricycle with an extra wide ergonomic seat and a long travel full suspension that enables everyone to enjoy cycling in comfort. The Berserker trike is a long awaited transportation solution for older people and those with back, balance and wrist issues who can not ride regular bikes. Electric Assist options are available and integrated at the factory. The tricycle is hand built from premium components in San Luis Obispo, CA to give customers a long lasting cycling enjoyment. Many different color options are available.

Join Berserker for San Luis Obispo county’s premiere cycling race and festival providing a positive and active experience for all! Test ride a Berserker to see how comfortable riding a tricycle can be.
For more information about the Berserker tricycle and upcoming events, visit us at www.BerserkerCycle.com, e-mail info@berserkercycle.com or call +1.805.441.0975.

Title: Night Moves - Exercise and Entertainment
Location: Santa Barbara, CA, Leadbetter Beach
Link out: Visit the Run Santa Barbara Website for more information
Description: NITE MOVES - Swimming, Running & Biathlon events every Wednesday evening starting at 6pm at Leadbetter Beach in beautiful Santa Barbara, California May through September. Each week features a Presenting Sponsor, a Featured Buffet Host, local Santa Barbara Entertainment and a Sunset on the shore of The American Riveria. Our backdrop is a fantastic view of the SB Channel and Anacapa Island, and the sails of the Wet Wednesday racing fleet.
Start Time: 18:00
Date: 2009-06-24
End Time: 20:00

The Central Coast Cycling Classic includes 2 days of Racing, More Family Fun, and Bigger Cash Prizes on July 4 & 5, 2009

San Luis Obispo County lights up with fun activities on Independence Day weekend. With firework displays strewn throughout the coastal regions, community parades, beach parties, and Concerts in the Plaza, SLO County is on the map for a lovely summer getaway for people all around the state.

Add exciting road racing to the scene and it’s a cyclist’s perfect vacation scenario. The Camp SLO Road Race has joined the SLO Downtown Criterium Festival to create the Central Coast Cycling Classic weekend on July 4 and 5.

In its fourth year since its revival, the SLO Downtown Criterium on Sunday will host the SCNCA Elite Criterium Championships and is proud to be increasing its purses, including equal cash amounts of $3000 to both Men Pro/1/2 and Women Pro/1/2/3, and over $11,000 cash throughout the weekend to Elite, Masters, and Pro categories.  Junior’s categories are back and a Master’s Women’s race has been added on Saturday.

The SLO Downtown Criterium Festival is the capstone event for the Central Coast Cycling Classic weekend. The festival at the Criterium transforms 4 city blocks into a whimsical playground, putting smiles on faces of all ages. See San Luis Obispo’s downtown in a different light as streets are closed to auto traffic and the crowds come out to Enjoy the ‘SLO’ Life. You’ll enjoy meandering through the festival blocks to enjoy bike demos, an industry expo, the Solstice GreenWay, a go-kart and recumbent tricycle track, a beer and wine garden, a kid’s magic show, and more.

And don’t forget the intermission community event this year: athletes and fans alike can get in on the 2-wheeled fun by signing up their 4-person team for San Luis Obispo’s very own version of the Little 500, taking  place on the criterium course! It’s a costume contest on wheels…Get more details and sign up your team at www.SLOLittle500.com.

Get involved in the race – sign up to volunteer! We need course and traffic marshals throughout the day.  You do a great deed by helping us put on a fantastic event on Sunday in Downtown SLO, and you receive in return the 2009 Criterium T-shirt with original artwork, a pass into the New Belgium Brewing Hospitality Tent, and a 20% off coupon from GH Sports.  Click here to sign up for a shift and thanks!

Join us for SLO County’s premiere cycling race and festival with a mission of providing a positive and active experience for all! See www.CenCalCycling.com for all information.

Congratulations to John Angelico the winner of our Make Faire Raffle.

John loves to ride his bike to and from work, play and everywhere else.  He loves cycling, and plans to continue to ride everywhere as long as he can.

Congratulations to Ken Messerich he is the winner of our raffle for a new Cateye Light Kit.

“Ken has cycled some years more than other but for at least 25 years.  (We met on bicycles but not built for two!)  He hopes to do the TransAm if he ever really retires.  He likes making OLD bikes keep on going.  ( I told him we need to think about your Berserker for when we really retire and just use it for all our local travel!)”   – a quote from  Jane,  Ken’s counter-part.

We are proud to be voted the winner of the best recumbent award during the 45th Annual Great Western Bicycle Rally. There were over 1500 participants at the rally that was held in Paso Robles, California.

When Adam Stephens flew over a 12-foot ledge on his mountain bike two years ago, he had no idea the resulting injury would spin off a business.

Stephens, an avid cyclist, broke the front end of his mountain bike and compressed two disks in his lower back, which made traditional cycling too painful for him. Stephens used his injury as a catalyst to create a prototype for an off-road, recumbent tricycle that could tackle the terrain he loved while taking the pressure off his spine. “The original trikes just didn’t fit me,” he said.

The result was the Berserker trike, which is a beefed-up version of a normal recumbent tricycle. The trike’s wheels can handle obstacles of up to 6 inches with its suspension, and has a wide reclining seat with more than an inch of foam padding on the back, which Stephens said was crucial to distribute weight evenly.

“On a normal bike, you’re applying all your weight in a critical zone,” he said.

There are other companies that sell recumbent trikes, but Stephens said Berserker is the only company tackling the off-road concept. “Just about anything that gets in your way, it can handle,” he said.

The young company was formed after Stephens met Brian Gobrogge at an MIT Enterprise Forum in Santa Barbara in April 2008. Gobrogge has helped take numerous products to market for clients such as Miller Brewing, Proctor & Gamble and Merck Pharmaceutical, and offered to help Stephens with the trike.

“We sat across the table from each other, hit it off right away, and within a couple of months we had formed Berserker,” he said. In the past 10 months, they’ve been working on prototyping the tricycle, which is now available to the public.

Stephens is a faculty member at Cal Poly in industrial technology, and has his shop set up to make the trikes in a workshop in San Luis Obispo, where two interns help him build the trikes. Gobrogge handles marketing of the bike in Santa Barbara. The company makes tubing for the frame of the trike, cutting it to length, bend and weld the frame together.

Gobrogge says one of the most effective ways to get people interested in the trike is just riding it out in the community. “It always gets a lot of attention when we take it out in public,” he said. The trike has been a hit at several Earth Day events, including the one in Santa Barbara.

The Berserker’s wheels can handle obstacles of up to 6 inches with its suspension, and has a wide reclining seat with more than an inch of foam padding on the back. (Brian Gobrogge photo / Berserker Cycle Design)

The original prototype was made of aluminum, but the frames that the pair brought to market and now sell to the public are made of recyclable Cro-Moly steel.

“That steel is very recyclable,” Gobrogge said, and more if it can be reclaimed as a frame made of aluminum. The trike is also equipped with a heavy-duty rack that can handle up to 150 pounds and is tied directly into the main frame. The ability to carry that much cargo has garnered interest from the Santa Barbara Parks & Recreation Department, he said, as well as several organic farmers looking at the trikes for hauling produce and equipment.

The trikes start at about $5,000. Gobrogge said the biggest market so far, according to surveys the company has conducted, is riders about 55 years old. “As cyclists get older, it’s really common to see people with carpal tunnel and problems with their fingers,” he said. The trike also appeals to people who have balancing problems or never learned to ride a traditional bike.

As for the price, “It’s a lot cheaper to put a $5,000 new tricycle in your garage than a new Porsche,” he said.

Gobrogge said the Berserker team will make the rounds at community events, including the Santa Barbara Bicycle Festival at Elings Park on June 5-7, where would-be riders can try the trike.

“At first, they’re scared of it, because it looks so different,” he said. “But they all come back with big grins on their faces.”

— Noozhawk staff writer Lara Cooper can be reached at lcooper@noozhawk.com.

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