GeoOrbital – How A Serial Entrepreneur Designed A Wheel That Makes A Bike Electric And Raised $1M On Kickstarter

Michael Burtov isn’t an engineer, but he had an idea about how to make a wheel that would turn a regular bicycle into an electric one. So Burtov, 37, built a prototype in his kitchen, showed it around, and, two years ago, quit the last company he’d founded to focus on it. The way it works is simple: Just snap off the front wheel of any bike and attach Burtov’s special electric wheel in its place, and the newly powered bicycle can go at 20 miles per hour for up to 50 miles.

GeoOrbital https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1266381423/geoorbital-wheel-make-your-bike-electric-in-60-sec

Amy Feldman, Forbes Staff

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