Adventures
If you've ever tried to schedule a pickup from our shop, you might know we don't make appointments on Wednesdays. That's because Wednesdays are Matthew's cycling days. Running a small business with narrow margins doesn't have as many perks as...
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This spring has been our busiest yet. More orders than we've ever seen, more excitement around our products than we could have imagined, and more appreciation for this community than we know how to express. But we'd be doing you...
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Last weekend, we went camping in the foothills west of Yosemite at Lake McClure. The adjacent Exchequer Mountain Bike Park hosts the NorCal League racing, and our team scored campsites for the weekend. The campground has a number of sites...
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When we started Thunderbolt in 2023, our product line was a single camp kitchen made of plywood, assembled in a basement, and shown for the first time at a Bay Area Rivian Club Christmas party. We weren't sure if anyone...
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We spent the first week of February at King of the Hammers in Johnson Valley, one of our favorite events of the year. Optima Batteries has been hosting a special EV off-road day for the past few years, and this...
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