Recent 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.

Then in a later email, Rich wrote:

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.

Well, everything is on the bike and last night I took the bike out for a full systems test. Both sets of lights were installed and the Soul Cycle Amp was hooked up to speakers. I did not even get a block from my house when I had a person come right out of his house to see the bike. He was laughing the whole time. My nices and nephews are really green with envy. While people on the street did not stop they did slow down. I could hear them asking each other what I was doing. Pictures are coming soon!

Speaking of coming soon, could you please send the new quick charger and return label?

My first night ride is tonight at Liberty Park. I have been training on the bike in the very nice bike lane there. It is 1.5 miles around.

It is friday and it will be a beautiful summer evening and it is time for the public to see the lights and sound I am bringing. Saturday the bike will be at the softball park in my neighborhood.

Thanks for sending the cards and stickers. I will be taking them with.

The wind noise is a little harsh in this You Tube video, but you really get a bucolic sense of the Cruiser Tuesday ride. Skip ahead to 3:30 (1:00 remaining) and you'll see the ride's host Matt Lee using a key feature of the Head Unit -- the volume knob. As the group pulls up to a stop sign, Matt gradually fades out the music, makes a safety announcement about the need to stay together on the next street, and then turns the reggae back up, all without needing to fiddle with his MP3 player. He barely looks at the handlebar-mounted head unit or his MP3 player. He can focus on making the group feel comfortable and safe.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ytdywMXH9Pw

Lots of positive feedback on the ride and the xtracycle/soul cycle/pirate set up. The soul cycle was booming! I put yoga blocks underneath the speakers so that they could aim more at the riders than at the sky. talk to you later-john

I've been using the soul cycle head unit with two Infinity 2 way 6 x 9 car stereo speakers that I picked up on close out special at Best Buy. The system rocks our Southbay Cruisers rides in Hermosa Beach,CA. I've found it loud enough for cruiser rides of 20 - 35 people. People on the ride get a kick out of the fact that there is actually a stereo on my bike too. I love that it is so small - even smaller than the picture makes it seem. And I love that it has just one set of wires to connect to your speakers. And the battery seems to last forever. I've ran it for as long as 5 hours at a time without charging it. I can easily take it on and off of my xtracycle and I don't need a trailer for it.

If you want a stereo for your bike that's loud enough for a cruisers ride, yet quiet enough for your cruisers to hold an audible conversation, and you can't afford a custom built soul cycle, this may be the one for you. You could probably build one yourself for less money, but if time is a valuable commodity to you, and you aren't a bike stereo building guru-check out the soul cycle head unit.