All figures are founder base-case projections. Modeled, not guaranteed. Actual results depend on occupancy, snowfall, resort schedules, pricing, and other factors. Read the full disclaimer.
RIP Ski Bikes Pod OpportunityCurrent proposed structureSeparate from RIP company equity
Invest $30,000.
Earn it back in Season 1.
Keep earning through Season 5.
Payback in Season 1 · Revenue share through Season 5 · 50/50 net on the Certified Pre-Owned resale. A RIP pod is a 15-bike rental fleet placed with an established shop. You fund the bikes. RIP funds the GoPro systems, runs demand and bookings, supports the partner shop, and manages the planned five-season fleet exit.
Base-case 5-year MOIC
3.35x
≈ $100,625 total cash received on $30,000 · modeled, not guaranteed
Base-case annual IRR
~82.8%
Payback in Season 1 · then revenue share through Season 5 · modeled, not guaranteed
Investor contribution
Proposed$30,000
Planned term
Proposed5 seasons
Season 1 cash back
Founder base case$40,100
Modeled — not guaranteed
Cash above contribution
Founder base case$70,625
Modeled — not guaranteed
How you make money
Four steps. One pod. Five seasons.
A pod is a revenue-share arrangement, not a loan and not company equity. Here's exactly how a dollar of rental revenue reaches you.
1
Invest $30,000
Your capital funds construction of 15 hand-built RIP ski bikes in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. RIP funds the GoPro systems on top ($6,000).
15 bikes · $36,000 total equipment
2
Earn 15% of gross rentals
From day one until you've received $37,500 — that's 125% (1.25×) of your original investment. Base case: this hurdle is cleared in Season 1, around operating day 119.
≈ $40,100 in Season 1
3
Earn 4% of gross rentals
Every rental season after the hurdle, all the way through Season 5. Same fleet, ongoing revenue share, no additional capital required from you.
≈ $12,600 per season
4
50/50 Certified Pre-Owned exit
After Season 5, RIP rejuvenates the fleet, sells the bikes as Certified Pre-Owned, and splits the net proceeds 50/50 with you. Then the pod is retired.
≈ $10,125 to you at exit
All dollar figures shown here are founder base-case projections and are not guaranteed. Actual results depend on occupancy, snowfall, resort operating days, rental pricing, and other factors detailed in the risks section.
Return build-up
Your cash, season by season
Cumulative cash received against the $30,000 initial contribution.
Season 1
$40,100
15% until $37,500 hurdle
Cumulative$40,100
MOIC1.34x
Season 2
$12,600
4% ongoing
Cumulative$52,700
MOIC1.76x
Season 3
$12,600
4% ongoing
Cumulative$65,300
MOIC2.18x
Season 4
$12,600
4% ongoing
Cumulative$77,900
MOIC2.60x
Season 5
$22,725
4% + 50/50 CPO resale
Cumulative$100,625
MOIC3.35x
Base-case 5-year total
$100,625· 3.35x MOIC· ~82.8% IRR
Founder base-case projection — modeled, not guaranteed.
Terms
Pod terms at a glance
Current proposed structure. All items become binding only in the final legal documents.
| Term | Current proposed structure | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Base-case payback timing | Season 1 | Founder base case |
| Base-case 5-year MOIC | 3.35x | Founder base case |
| Base-case annual IRR | ~82.8% | Founder base case |
| Investor contribution | $30,000 | Proposed |
| Bikes funded | 15 | Proposed |
| Build cost per bike | $2,000 | Founder base case |
| GoPro systems funded by RIP | $6,000 | Founder base case |
| Total initial bike + camera equipment | $36,000 | Calculated |
| Planned term | 5 rental seasons | Proposed |
| Initial investor distribution | 15% of gross rental revenue | Proposed |
| Initial cumulative distribution target | $37,500 | Proposed |
| Ongoing investor distribution | 4% of gross rental revenue | Proposed |
| Revenue-share end | After Season 5 | Proposed |
| Planned resale price | $1,500 per bike | Founder base case |
| Planned refurbishment cost | $150 per bike | Founder base case |
| Net resale split | 50% investor / 50% RIP | Proposed |
| RIP company equity | None | Proposed |
The website does not claim the investor owns the bikes. Legal ownership, title, any security interest, and rights following damage or loss remain TBD.
Roles
How the parties work together
Four parties, one pod. No signed partner-shop agreements exist yet.
Pod investor
- •Contributes $30,000
- •Funds construction of 15 bikes
- •Receives the proposed gross-revenue share
- •Receives 50% of planned net fleet-sale proceeds
- •Receives no RIP company equity
RIP Ski Bikes
- •Pays $6,000 for 15 GoPro setups
- •Controls the brand
- •Runs marketing
- •Manages bookings
- •Processes payments
- •Produces the content system
- •Supplies replacement parts
- •Supports partner shops
- •Pays fleet transportation
- •Retrieves and warehouses pods
- •Performs offseason rehabilitation
- •Coordinates the planned fleet exit
Partner rental shop
- •Stores the pod during the winter
- •Checks bikes out and back in
- •Handles local customer interaction
- •Performs routine repair labor
- •Receives 30% of gross rental revenue
- •May operate multiple pods when demand supports it
Customer
- •Books through RIP
- •Pays $200 base rental price per day
- •Rides the bike
- •May create GoPro and social content
- •May become a repeat renter, buyer, competitor, or ambassador
Rental split
Where one $200 rental goes
The partner-shop share and investor share are separately calculated from gross rental revenue.
Season 1 rentals — 15% to you (until $37,500 hurdle)
- Partner shop — 30%$60
- Pod investor — 15%$30
- RIP before its own costs$110
Season 2–5 rentals — 4% to you (after the hurdle)
- Partner shop — 30%$60
- Pod investor — 4%$8
- RIP before its own costs$132
“RIP before its own costs.” RIP's costs include payment processing, advertising, photography, editing, parts, insurance, transportation, support, staff, and company overhead. The $110 or $132 shown is not pure profit.
Timeline
Five-season timeline
Relative stages — actual calendar dates depend on the pod's launch season.
Stage 0
Review & documentation
- •Investor reviews the pod overview and financial model
- •Final offering documents must be completed before funding
- •Legal ownership, payment timing, reporting, insurance, transfers, and tax reporting remain to be finalized
- •No money is accepted through this website
Stage 1
Fund & build
- •Investor contribution: $30,000
- •15 bikes built at $2,000 each
- •RIP contributes $6,000 for 15 GoPro systems
- •Total initial bike + camera equipment: $36,000
Stage 2
Place & launch
- •RIP selects a partner location
- •The pod remains at one partner shop for the winter
- •RIP pays transportation and setup (amount TBD)
- •Partner shop handles local rental operations
- •RIP launches marketing, booking, payments, and content support
Season 1
Initial revenue share — 15% until $37,500
- •15 bikes · 150 operating days · 70% occupancy · $200/day
- •1,575 paid rentals · $315,000 gross rental revenue
- •First $250,000 × 15% = $37,500
- •Remaining $65,000 × 4% = $2,600
- •Season 1 distribution = $40,100
- •Original $30,000 economically recovered around operating day 95
- •$37,500 hurdle reached around operating day 119
Assumes revenue is earned evenly across operating days. Actual booking timing will vary.
Offseason 1
Retrieve · warehouse · rehab
- •RIP retrieves the fleet
- •RIP warehouses it at no rental cost
- •RIP inspects and rehabilitates it
- •RIP supplies replacement parts
- •Exact parts cost per pod remains TBD
Season 2
Ongoing 4%
- •Base-case investor distribution: $12,600 (4% × $315,000)
Season 3
Ongoing 4%
- •Base-case investor distribution: $12,600
Season 4
Ongoing 4%
- •Base-case investor distribution: $12,600
Season 5
Final rental season
- •Base-case rental distribution: $12,600
- •Planned fleet resale follows the season
Exit
Fleet resale & split
- •Gross resale: 15 × $1,500 = $22,500
- •Refurbishment: 15 × $150 = $2,250
- •Selling-cost assumption: $0
- •Net resale proceeds: $20,250
- •Investor share: $10,125 · RIP share: $10,125
- •Season 5 investor cash including exit: $22,725
- •Investor revenue share ends
- Stage 0Review & documentation
- •Investor reviews the pod overview and financial model
- •Final offering documents must be completed before funding
- •Legal ownership, payment timing, reporting, insurance, transfers, and tax reporting remain to be finalized
- •No money is accepted through this website
- Stage 1Fund & build
- •Investor contribution: $30,000
- •15 bikes built at $2,000 each
- •RIP contributes $6,000 for 15 GoPro systems
- •Total initial bike + camera equipment: $36,000
- Stage 2Place & launch
- •RIP selects a partner location
- •The pod remains at one partner shop for the winter
- •RIP pays transportation and setup (amount TBD)
- •Partner shop handles local rental operations
- •RIP launches marketing, booking, payments, and content support
- Season 1Initial revenue share — 15% until $37,500
- •15 bikes · 150 operating days · 70% occupancy · $200/day
- •1,575 paid rentals · $315,000 gross rental revenue
- •First $250,000 × 15% = $37,500
- •Remaining $65,000 × 4% = $2,600
- •Season 1 distribution = $40,100
- •Original $30,000 economically recovered around operating day 95
- •$37,500 hurdle reached around operating day 119
Assumes revenue is earned evenly across operating days. Actual booking timing will vary.
- Offseason 1Retrieve · warehouse · rehab
- •RIP retrieves the fleet
- •RIP warehouses it at no rental cost
- •RIP inspects and rehabilitates it
- •RIP supplies replacement parts
- •Exact parts cost per pod remains TBD
- Season 2Ongoing 4%
- •Base-case investor distribution: $12,600 (4% × $315,000)
- Season 3Ongoing 4%
- •Base-case investor distribution: $12,600
- Season 4Ongoing 4%
- •Base-case investor distribution: $12,600
- Season 5Final rental season
- •Base-case rental distribution: $12,600
- •Planned fleet resale follows the season
- ExitFleet resale & split
- •Gross resale: 15 × $1,500 = $22,500
- •Refurbishment: 15 × $150 = $2,250
- •Selling-cost assumption: $0
- •Net resale proceeds: $20,250
- •Investor share: $10,125 · RIP share: $10,125
- •Season 5 investor cash including exit: $22,725
- •Investor revenue share ends
The exact legal commencement and termination dates must be defined in the final documents.
Cash flow
Base-case investor cash flow
Founder base-case projection — modeled, not guaranteed.
Total cash received
Founder base case$100,625
Modeled — not guaranteed
Cash above contribution
Founder base case$70,625
Projected cash above initial contribution, before the investor's personal taxes and expenses.
MOIC
Founder base case3.35x
Annual IRR
Founder base case~82.8%
| Period | Investor cash flow |
|---|---|
| Initial contribution | -$30,000 |
| Season 1 | $40,100 |
| Season 2 | $12,600 |
| Season 3 | $12,600 |
| Season 4 | $12,600 |
| Season 5 (rental + resale) | $22,725 |
Waterfall
Investor distribution waterfall
- Gross rental revenue$315,000
- Investor 15% until $37,500$37,500
- Investor 4% on remaining $65,000$2,600
- Season 1 investor total$40,100
- Seasons 2–5 investor (4% each)$12,600 × 4$50,400
- Net resale proceeds$20,250
- Investor 50% resale share$10,125
- Total investor cash received$100,625
Founder base-case projection — modeled, not guaranteed.
Scenario explorer
Model alternate assumptions
Investor percentages are fixed by the current proposed structure and cannot be adjusted here.
Assumptions
Fixed: 15% pre-hurdle · $37,500 hurdle · 4% post-hurdle · 5 seasons · 50/50 resale split · 15 bikes
Annual gross rental
Calculated$315,000
5-season cash received
Calculated$100,625
MOIC
Calculated3.35x
IRR
Calculated82.8%
Hurdle reached in
CalculatedSeason 1
Net resale proceeds
Calculated$20,250
Investor exit share
Calculated$10,125
Season-by-season investor distribution
All scenarios assume the same five-season resale assumptions. Modeled — not guaranteed.
Reporting
Proposed investor reporting
Sample layout only. Reporting cadence is TBD until finalized in the pod documents.
Pod #001 · Sample dashboard
Proposed reporting format — not actual operating resultsGross rental bookings
$—
Paid bike rentals
—
Available bike-rental days
—
Occupancy
—%
Average rental price
$—
Refunds & chargebacks
$—
Days unavailable
—
Distribution accrued
$—
Distribution paid
$—
Cumulative distributions
$—
Progress toward $37,500 hurdle
—%
Maintenance incidents
—
Fleet availability
—%
End-of-season inspection status
—
Payment cadence: TBD · Reporting cadence: TBD · All values illustrative.
FAQ
Pod investor questions & answers
A pod is a 15-bike rental fleet placed with a local rental-shop partner. RIP manages customer acquisition, branding, bookings, payment processing, content, parts, partner support, offseason rehabilitation, and the planned five-season exit.
The current model uses the full $30,000 to construct 15 bikes at $2,000 each. RIP separately pays $6,000 for 15 GoPro systems.
No. The pod opportunity is separate from RIP's $200,000 company-equity raise. A pod investor receives no ownership in RIP Ski Bikes.
That has not yet been finalized. Legal title, investor rights, any security interest, and the handling of damage or loss must be defined in the final offering documents.
The current proposed structure pays 15% of gross rental revenue until cumulative rental distributions equal $37,500. The rate then changes immediately to 4% for the remainder of that season and continues through the end of Season 5.
No. Under the current proposed model, the investor distribution is calculated from gross rental revenue before the partner-shop share and RIP expenses.
No. The shop's percentage and investor percentage are calculated separately from gross rental revenue.
The current model uses ski-bike rental charges. Final documents must define how taxes, discounts, refunds, cancellations, accessory rentals, damage charges, chargebacks, and promotional rentals are handled.
The founder base case assumes 15 bikes, 150 operating days, 70% occupancy, one rental per bike per day, and a $200 daily rental rate. That produces $315,000 in gross seasonal rental revenue.
No. It is a planning assumption. Actual occupancy may be higher or lower.
The 15% rate continues into the following season until cumulative rental distributions reach $37,500. It then changes to 4%.
No. It ends after the pod's fifth rental season and planned fleet exit.
Payment cadence remains TBD and must be established in the final legal documents.
The partner shop handles local storage, checkout, returns, customer interaction, and routine repair labor. RIP handles marketing, booking, payments, parts, content support, transportation, and offseason rehabilitation.
RIP supplies replacement parts. The partner shop performs routine repair labor without charging RIP. The actual annual parts cost per pod remains TBD.
Insurance coverage, limits, deductibles, exclusions, and cost remain TBD.
The current model assumes each bike is refurbished for $150, sold for $1,500, and net proceeds are split equally between RIP and the investor. The revenue share then ends.
No. It is a founder-confirmed planning assumption.
No early liquidity is currently promised. Transfer rights and restrictions must be defined in the final legal documents.
The proposed dashboard includes bookings, occupancy, distributions, hurdle progress, availability, and maintenance. The actual reporting cadence remains TBD.
No. Revenue, distributions, resale proceeds, return of capital, MOIC, and IRR are not guaranteed.
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Disclosure
Important disclosure
This page is provided for informational and discussion purposes only. It does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation to purchase securities. The pod structure remains subject to final legal, financial, tax, insurance, and operating documentation. Financial projections are based on founder-confirmed assumptions and are not guarantees. Investors may lose some or all of their investment.
The pod opportunity is separate from an investment in RIP Ski Bikes company equity.
Forward-looking statement
Results and earnings shown on this page are estimated projections based on founder-confirmed assumptions. They are influenced by many factors outside of RIP's control, including but not limited to snowfall and snow pack, resort operating schedules, the broader economy, acts of God, and local market conditions. These projections do not constitute a guarantee of future performance, a promise of returns, or an offer to sell securities. Actual returns may differ materially, and no investment funds are accepted through this website.