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Darby’s Lightfoot Cycles lands new contract for San Francisco pedicabs

June 4, 2014 /

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Lightfoot Cycles http://www.lightfootcycles.com/, which has been building pedal-powered machines from its Darby-area home for more than a decade, landed a contract this past week that owner Rod Miner calls "transformative."

The contract is with Coaster Pedicabs, a San Francisco-based company that produces pedicabs – three-wheeled, human-powered taxis – and that operates pedicab services in nine U.S. cities. Lightfoot will be building a refined pedicab prototype, based on Coaster’s specifications, which they have simplified for ease of production.

The second phase of the contract involves actually building the machines, possibly in large quantities, beginning this year. The pedicabs will be distributed throughout the U.S., "and eventually internationally," according to Miner.

By RUSS LAWRENCE – for the Ravalli Republic

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