How long does it take to blend a smoothie with the Fender Blender?

It takes about 30 seconds of medium-hard pedaling to blend a smoothie with a Fender Blender. Make sure to layer your smoothie properly! Soft items on the bottom and ice on top.

Can the Fender Blender be adjusted to different resistance levels?

The Fender Blender Pro has only one gear. The way to make it easier or harder is to change what you put in your blender pitcher. For example, smaller ice cubes are easier to crush than larger ones, and frozen fruit is easier to crush compared to fresh fruit with ice.

Spin Art for Fender Blenders

Amaze attendees at your event with Pedal Powered Spin Art. It’s so easy it almost requires no supervision. With just a few pedal strokes, you can get the platter of your Pedal Powered Spin Art station spinning at 1000-2000 RPM, enough to produce dazzling spirals, circles, and streaks as you squirt paint on the paper. […]

Bike Blender parts now made from recycled milk jugs

Rock the Bike is excited to announce that the custom plastic components of all the Fender Blenders are being made from 100% recycled or reused plastic. Historically, these parts have been made of virgin HDPE (high density poly ethylene), and now will be made from a recycled source of the same material – recycled milk jugs. […]

Video shows three different Fender Blenders available from Rock the Bike

This three minute video shows the three different types of bike blenders we make, in use.

Non-Proprietary parts, easy to maintain

  From the gears, handlebars, and bearings on the blender, to the Oster blender blade and pitcher, you won’t have a problem finding and replacing many of the parts on your Fender Blender. Should your chain wear out (after thousands of smoothies, mind you!) Any bike shop should be able to service your bike blender. […]

Enjoyed our bike blender greatly at the retreat.

We have been enjoying our bike powered blender greatly. We used it on saturday for a Minnesota Campus Energy Challenge Retreat and it will be used again this Thursday for a end of the semester party for our campus bike coop.

-Miwa in Minnesota

The kids enjoyed bike blending on the community ride.

“The kids really enjoyed being able to make healthy smoothies as part of their community ride! Our budget is extremely tight and we would love to be able to add this component to our community rides with your support.” -Bike Smart

Wheely Fun Wheels – Pedal Powered Variety

“Last year we bought a bike blender for our Xtracycle and haven’t looked back! It has now taken over as our main business.”
-Alastair of Wheely Fun Wheels

NPR’s Jen Sharpe checks out Human Power on All Things Considered

Seeing human power as a tool for community building, his company: Rock the Bike, sells what might make a good mascot for the human power movement: A pedal-powered bike blender called the Fender Blender.

Habana Outpost profiled on CNBC, owner pedals a Fender Blender

Goodlifer profiles Habana Outpost

Because of its crowd appeal [the Fender Blender Pro] is probably the [eco-friendly feature] that gets the most attention at Habana Outpost.

Sierra Magazine plugs the Fender Blender

t takes just a minute to whip a morning smoothie or an after-work margarita with a pedal-powered blender from Rock the Bike.

A Blast

“Here’s some pictures of the pedal palace! It was a blast.” She and her partner Beda used the Fender Blender Universale to raise money at festivals. Local cyclists pitched in, carrying all the fruit to the Pedal Palace debut. -Ruby from Colorado