Video of New Single-Wheel ADV Trailer - S10 Pulling It

[Superraid]

We had a great question recently that I realized we have never addressed: how to secure/lock up your ADV1 so it remains your ADV1.

To answer that, I needed to explain our latest/greatest hitch clamp first (one pic of it above); the hitch clamp provides 3 of the 5 ways you can lock the ADV1.

Check out the blog post here.

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Would love to see one in the UK.

 

[roddesu]

Hello @Superraid,

We will get there! I wanted to go to the ABR Festival this June, but it's not going to happen. Do you have any other similar rallies/festivals later in the summer that you know of? I suspect we will be at the ABR in 2025, but that's a long way off.

This summer, in the US (sorry @Superraid), I'll taking the ADV1 to the BMW MOA Rally and the RA Rally, as well as the Touratech Rally. Not sure where we'll be beyond that. We need to get out to the Mid-Atlantic area somehow as well. In the past couple of years we've gone to Overland Expo West, Pacific Northwest, and Rocky Mountain West, but they are quite expensive and the "moto camp" just doesn't get enough traffic to justify the price of the booth + all the cost of getting there.

As we get started with production, we will be selling direct-to-consumer (D2C) and using UPS or DHL, we will be able to ship anywhere in the world. I know you want to see it in person, but just in case you're interested in buying one, we can get you one.

 

[roddesu]

We have had several people ask on a variety of social media platforms if the trapezoid hinge on the ADV1 impacts handling or braking. I've put together a little blog post explaining that it doesn't change the handling at all when compared to a fixed hinge, which we used on our very first prototype. You feel the weight of the trailer and what you're carrying on it, but the ADV1 acts like a perfect pillion—leaning with you and not impacting your line—even if you're emergency braking.

Click here to read our blog post on Braking & The Trapezoid Hinge.

And as always, Ask Me Anything!

 

[roddesu]

A question we're being asked more and more is...

Since the Pasq ADV1 is made in the US, will its fasteners be metric or imperial?

Here's a blog post with the—hopefully—obvious answer: metric.

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[Tenman]

METRIC!

 

[roddesu]

METRIC!

Anything else would be silly!

 

[Cycledude]

What’s really silly is that the USA hasn’t switched to the metric system like most of the rest of the world

 

[roddesu]

What’s really silly is that the USA hasn’t switched to the metric system like most of the rest of the world

In the blog post, there are two links to YouTube videos of comedians making fun of how ridiculous the imperial system is.

I have lived and traveled outside the US for about 14 years of my life. The only metric unit I could never "feel" and not have to convert was Celsius. For some reason—perhaps the smaller gradations—Fahrenheit has won over Celsius in my head. Yes, yes, I know that freezing at 32° and boiling at 212° is crazy, but saying 76° feels more precise that saying 24°C. While in Germany a couple of months ago, as if the Germans were admiting a degree in Celsius is pretty big, I saw temperatures listed on my weather app as half degrees, like 6.5°C. I had not seen that while living or traveling anywhere else. So I guess that solves my issue!

And it's not "most of the rest of the world." The only countries in the world still using the imperial system are the U.S., Liberia and Myanmar. And Liberia and Myanmar mostly use imperial...they are more of a mix than the US.

 

[thughes317]

What’s really silly is that the USA hasn’t switched to the metric system like most of the rest of the world

Well....there is this:

 

[roddesu]

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[OldRider]

 

[roddesu]

LOL, speaking of space and the metric system...then there's this story,

When NASA Lost a Spacecraft Due to a Metric Math Mistake

 

[roddesu]

What’s Happening At Pasq?

After nearly three years of research, development, testing, and lots of detail work, we have officially moved out of the alpha testing phase of the ADV1 and are solidly into beta testing! The design details are locked, and we are in the process of ordering components and starting assembly.

We have partnered with 10 beta testers and are starting to work with them to get their bikes ready with an electrical connection to the ADV1. Thanks to our partnership with Denali Electronics, we are able to get the beta testers CANsmart Accessory Managers and they are starting to install them.

We have ordered nearly all of the components for the Beta Test ADV1s, and they’re starting to come in. Here’s what the conference room of our partner company, Pilot Digital, looks like at the moment. The conference room has never looked better than with a bunch of Warp9 wheels and 80/20 tires stacked against the wall!

We have all the major frame components cut out. Here’s a quick look at one of the sides, hot off the press CNC router.

Here’s what “making chips” looks like as the frames are drilled, counter-sunk, chamfered, and cut out.

And here is what a bunch of finished frame sides look like!

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[Chav]

I’ve been following this closely. I signed up for beta testing and heavily considered it when the time came but I knew I was going to be spending time and money most of this riding season up to July building my bike and I would be able to do the testing any justice.
For use it would mean a way we could haul our dog with use by moving luggage to the trailer in back. It’s neat idea, good work.