| Blackbird Bikes, Blackbird Designs, and EZ Quadribents have been featured on TV, including: |
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CBS NEWS The Early Show |
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Lean, Green Transport Machines - NEW YORK, July 22, 2005
David Gregg and co-anchor Rene Syler on The Early Show Friday (CBS/The Early Show)
The Quadribent was one of five transportation alternatives featured on TV from New York on CBS The Early Show on July 22, 2005.
"In recent years, innovative companies have been developing modes of transportation that promote monetary, fuel and environmental conservation.
"Record gas prices and an increasing interest in preserving the environment have motivated consumers to search for affordable and clean transportation alternatives to the family car for getting around town."
--See entire CBS article and VIDEO New Ways to Get Around (on the right side of the page in the middle you will see CBS NEWS VIDEO New Ways to Get Around). David Gregg, senior editor of Best magazine, tells THE EARLY SHOW about some fun alternatives to typical transportation that just may keep the family car in the garage. |
Million Dollar Idea Contest |
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Channel 45 - Million Dollar Idea Contest 2003.
Blackbird Designs side-by-side sociable Quadribent™ made it to the finals.
Million Dollar Idea, hosted by Todd Golden and Jean Walker debuted locally in 2003 on KSTC-TV, Channel 45, and now is syndicated to about 125 stations nationwide.
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MILLION DOLLAR IDEA Concept
Inventors compete for a prize package to help bring their idea to market.
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Filming on the Quadribent
Filming in the park near Lake Harriet, Minneapolis MN.
The show is hosted by marketing and product launch professionals Todd Walker and Jean Golden, who take each product for a test drive and get reactions from people on the street. |
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Oops, the sprinkler!
Todd Walker and Jean Golden get wet. If you are riding your Quadribent across the grass, make sure nobody turns on the sprinkler! |
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At The Galleria
Jim Black of Blackbird Designs and inventor of the Quadribent is shown here on the Quadribent with Todd Walker, one of the hosts of the Million Dollar Idea show during the filming at The Galleria in Edina, Minnesota.
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Who's Got the Million Dollar Idea?
Todd Walker and Jean Golden, hosts of Channel 45 showcase of inventions, on the cover of Twin Cities Business Monthly magazine, March 2004. |
KARE TV Channel 11 Backyard Story |
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KARE
Channel 11
KARE films a TV story on the Quadribent recumbent bikes for two by Blackbird Designs at KARE Channel 11 Backyard,
2003. |
