Sprocket Smoothies.]
I first met Kyrstin Westwind at a Share the Road rally in Beaverton back in September. We shared a ride home on the MAX and her spirit and enthusiasm for biking left a lasting impression.
She shared the challenges and triumphs of being a carfree single mom. Kyrstin and her 11 year-old son Leo live out at SE 82nd and Glisan, and she commutes by bike to Portland State. With classes that start at 9am, that means she’s up by 6 and on the bike by 7.
These days, I keep up with Kyrstin’s adventures on her Wheel Revolution blog where I recently read about the arrival of her B3 bicycle blender.
Kyrstin hopes to turn her B3 Blender-equipped XtraCycle bike into a pedal-powered smoothies business. She wants serve up healthy drinks at community events and farmers markets this summer and peddle/pedal her “Sprocket Smoothies” into a way to help pay for college,
“…by hiring out as a bike-based bartender, whipping up margaritas and other mixed drinks at private parties. I figure, at the very least, I will be a very popular guest and have a lot of fun.”
She gave the system a test run over the weekend by dropping in on volunteers at the BTA. She said the drinks made “quite an impression.”
Good luck with the smoothie-mobile Kyrstin! Can’t wait to see you and your blender at more events soon.