Strida Folding Bike donated by savedbybikes.com to A Mine Free World Foundation
Lisa McCoy is the executive director of A Mine Free World Foundation, which distributes bicycles to rural children in Cambodia. The organization also provides education and vocational support to land mine survivors.
Even though Lisa has given over 300 bicycles to rural students to get to school, she doesn’t have a bike of her own for travel throughout rural Cambodia.
Excerpt from an article in What’s Up Muskoka:
“McCoy knows the monetary and practical value of the donation, and was amazed when she received the news.
“I was just in awe when I got an e-mail saying they were going to donate one to me for getting around the villages and around the city in Cambodia,” says McCoy, remembering the moment.
The versatility of this bike has McCoy excited for her return to Cambodia in October. It can go on the
airplane with her checked baggage, and even on a bus. “They can even go on the back of a motorcycle, and in Cambodia,
everything goes on the back of a motorcycle,” she laughs. She’s anticipating some double-takes as she travels with her Strida.
“They’ll never have seen anything like this before, and it’s going to be a novelty for them as well. I’m sure I’ll
get some interesting reactions when I start my six-month term this coming winter.”
Here’s the link to Lisa’s blog, thank you and your colleagues for your wonderful work Lisa.
Strida Folding Bike (and legs of steel) Conquer The Ride To Conquer Cancer
…as an update to this post. We were fortunate enough to be able to supply a demo Strida Sport Duo for Dave’s fundraising ride.
The 2010 Enbridge Ride to Cure Cancer in Alberta was absolutely spectacular ! Well over 2000 participants and in excess of 7.1M dollars raised makes it the largest fundraiser in Alberta ever.
Some of Dave’s impressions, riding a Strida for the 1st time and going 220 kilometres yet.
“There were no other “folders” in the ride. I was surprised by some of the first impressions people had: The racer/high performance crowd in general figured that I must be putting out twice the energy…until I let them ride it, and they were blown away by its performance. I was invited by one “high performance” team to join them for next years ride ! The mountain bike riders were typically embarassed to be passed uphill by a “folding” bike and figured I must have legs of steel.
Downhill I was hard pressed to get much over 55Kph, and glad of it…Uphill was really good…There was one hill in particular, at about 80 K, that challenged the best and defeated many, yet this Strida allowed me to simply keep pumping away and cleared the top in good shape ! Very sweet ride!”
Our thanks and congratulations to Dave, and all the riders in the event!
Strida Folding Bicycle, Design History and Background
It’s amazing to explore the early stages of an industry changing idea. 
Mark Sanders, the designer of the Strida Folding Bicycle has posted his Master’s Thesis on the Strida’s design, and his Business Plan. Thanks to Treehugger.com for posting, The Fascinating History of the Strida Bike
