If you've seen that futuristic-looking pod above cruising the streets of Columbus, that's the Pedalist: http://wp.me/p1131t-2WL

Clintonville's Orbit City Bikes, 3030 N. High St., is responsible for bringing the electric contraption to Columbus. Owner Tom Bennett first saw the Pedalist at annual cycling show Interbike in 2014. Two years later, some of the first runs of the bikes will soon be for sale in Central Ohio.

The Pedalist is hand-made in San Francisco and hails from the minds at Virtue Cycles. Orbit City marks the maker's largest order to date, and the shop is thereby helping Virtue by providing feedback about the process.

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