Judah Schiller, inventor of Schiller X1 water bike, gives a demonstration at St Francis Yacht Club (Mark Andrew Boyer / KQED) Mill Valley resident Judah Schiller pedaled into the national spotlight ...

Riding the waves is taking on new meaning in Florida, as several water-bike rental outlets have popped up over the past couple years. Unlike the boxy paddle boats popular in tourist areas, water bikes ...

Mary Catherine O’Connor (@mcoc) is a freelance journalist who writes the Adventure Ethics column, about the intersection of adventure and environment, for Outside online. New perk: Easily find new ...

Jessica Schiller, founder of Schiller Bikes, demonstrates one of her electric water bikes on Richardson Bay in Mill Valley. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal) Jessica Schiller, founder of Schiller ...

The Bay Area is packed with short-term, bike rental operations these days, but all of these startups have necessarily stopped at the water’s edge. Until now. Schiller Bikes, local manufacturer of ...

Last year, US entrepreneur Judah Schiller crossed San Francisco Bay on a bike – and no, he didn’t ride that bike across the Golden Gate Bridge. Instead, he mounted it on a Shuttle Bike kit, which adds ...

MILL VALLEY, Calif. – Almost every new company wades through dark days when its captains are required to dive into the deep end of the start-up pool. But this is ridiculous. It's almost 10 p.m. and ...

Not all of us are great at swimming, nor at cycling, but most of us enjoy both. What if we’d tell you there is a device that could offer the thrill of cycling on the open water? Mill Valley, ...

Silent, fast, and environmentally friendly, Envo’s Hydra water bike wants to take electric mobility to a whole new level. As innovative as the Hydra bike looks, it is not even the most impressive ...

Editor’s note: This tour of small businesses across the country highlights the imagination, diversity, and resilience of American enterprise. ‘Twas a week before Christmas, 2014. The sun had set hours ...