OSO Cycles opens
Local company sells e-bikes with ‘HyperRange’ to extend more than 100 miles
OSO Cycles founders Steve Felts and Allan Feifer talk with Wakulla Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Michael Alexander. The sheriff’s office obtained e-bikes for work on school campuses and other uses.
Special to The Sun
The pressure is already mounting, and we’re less than two months from the holidays.
What am I going to get my spouse?
Well, what if you found a gift that could do the following:
• Bring an outdoors-centric couple closer together
• Help the environment
• Keep you in better physical shape
• Provide maximum travel flexibility
• All while having great fun!
Now, what if we told you this present also supports the Wakulla economy and comes with upgrades that could literally change the way you look at travel? Then let us introduce you to e-bikes and one local company’s new “HyperRange” technology.
The “e” stands for electric, which means a battery can help you as much or little as you’d like with pedaling. Get a full work out or just feel the breeze in your hair as a battery powers your pedals for hours.
At Wakulla’s own OSO Inventive LLC, you can purchase a fully functional e-bike – or a husband-and-wife pair -- with a battery-assisted range of 40-50 miles. OSO’s facility is right on the bike trail in Panacea and features local sales, service, and parts.
OSO was founded by Wakulla’s own Allan Feifer and Steve Fults. Feifer and Fults are entrepreneurs, inventors and cycling enthusiasts. Their question for e-bikes became: How far can you go?
“So many cyclists are limited by their endurance and have a fear of not being able to make the return leg of their trip,” said Feifer. “E-bikes change that whole equation. Now, you can take the hilly route and not worry about running out of battery power.”
E-bikes sales are soaring. In fact, between 2020 and 2023 and estimated 130 million e-bikes will be sold worldwide.
How about this stat: According to the Light Electric Vehicle Association, more e-bikes were sold in this year in the U.S. than electric cars and plug-in hybrids combined.
E-bikes are truly altering the way people get around, but if you want a completely game-changing experience, check out the OSO’s exclusive HyperRange e-bike technology.
With the addition of OSO’s HyperRange technology, the range for an e-bike can be extended to a staggering 180 miles!
A small generator, fueled by just a half-gallon of gas, is used to power the battery for an extended life that can bring all sorts of new destinations in play. For the 10 million or so Americans who have a “survivalist” plan, these HyperRange-fitted bikes can assure that you’ll never be stuck in a mass automobile exodus.
And if you currently are an e-bike owner, OSO has a special kit that will allow you to retrofit your e-bike with OSO’s HyperRange capabilities.
“HyperRange is a total game-changer for cycling,” said Fults. It’s environmentally friendly and means your cycling range extends well past 100 miles.”
Area law enforcement are already using the bikes and report back strong satisfaction.
Now, go ahead and check at least one gift off your list.
Learn more about these e-bikes and HyperRange technology at osocycles.com