Karmic Bikes

I was raised in a typical Asian-American immigrant family, so my parents never talked about money. Even so, it wasn’t hard to figure out that we were poor. The big blocks of government cheese and food in generic white boxes are dead giveaways. Similarly, we don’t really talk to our…

the reasons behind a reasonable decision — “Why did you get the e-tron?” I knew that someone would ask as soon as I posted pictures of our new Audi on Facebook. Well, it’s a long answer, but I’ll try to address it with this post. I’ve started a car company (and sold it) and am the Founder…

you are not what you drive — It was actually silver. The Lincoln Town Car that my Dad had bought. I was about 9 or 10yrs old and I couldn’t understand how we could even afford it. Our family were immigrant refugees from Vietnam. We had been operating a small coin-op laundromat in Queens for a few…

Part one of observations, lessons, and living with an eBike Another sunny weekend, and there are a few errands on deck. As usual, the headwind is much stronger than the tailwind. And yet, after cycling around the small town, there’s a smile on my face. The ease at which the…

I haven’t written much in the last year, and have been especially busy these last six months. Something happened in early 2018, and to be completely honest, life hasn’t been the same since. That’s a story for another day, and a smaller audience. All I can say is that the…

Karmic Kyoto Prototype (2016) — This is a phrase every Parent knows well. Why are the kids up at 7am on a Saturday? It’s way too early. This is how I feel about the Kyoto when we launched it in Spring of 2016. We were way too early. The market wasn’t ready for a women’s…

Karmic Koben M Prototype (2016) — $Sold — The Koben S was a success from day one. Our Kickstarter backers preferred it to the regular Koben by a factor of 4 to 1. We ended up making only a small number of singlespeed Koben in that first production run. I knew we had to make it better. So…

Karmic Koben Prototype (2015) — This bike is mine. I nearly forget it was sitting in the back of the garage until someone mentioned it on Twitter the other night. It sort of finishes off the singlespeed segment of the collection. Technically it doesn’t have gears. The NuVinci is a CVT, like you would find…

Our Taiwan Cycling Adventure, Day By Day This is the third of a three part series outlining our electric bicycle ride circling Taiwan (huan dao). Part 1 covers the Karmic Koben e-bikes and e-bike touring. Part 2 looks at planning out your own Taiwan tour and cycling around the island…