What This Young Couple Did On Their Tandem Will Blow You Away
The things that people do on Bike Fridays never cease to amaze. Tandem owners Ashley Weyman-Jones and Laura Hegarty embarked on an epic -several thousand mile- journey, from the UK to Australia. And if that wasn’t enough, guess what was part of their essential gear? A paraglider. If you’re looking for some serious adventure reading, […]
Built For Life: Why Even Our Oldest Bikes Are Still On The Road
We recently received an email from Alan Burnstein: I thought I’d send you an email about my Bike Friday that I bought in Spring, 1993. I was living in New York City at the time and bought it to take on the train for out-of-city excursions. I rode it extensively along the lake front when […]
6 Reasons Why Cargo Bikes Are The Next Big Thing
We already have seen the impact of Cargo Bikes. Have you? Check out this post on Grist.org
You Won’t Believe What This 80-Year-Old Did on Her Bike Friday
EDITOR’S NOTE: It has been nearly five years since Dolores McKeough sent us this email, reminding us that it’s never too late to chase your dreams! Hi, I got home 24 hours ago. What a fantastic, beautiful summer. The adventure, fun, stress, friends made, country seen, and on and on. The trip started innocently enough […]
Win a Haul-a-Day on Bicycle Times
Do you feel lucky? Do you feel like a winner? Would you like that to be you in the photo on your new Haul-a-Day? Check out the Win a Haul-a-Day contest on Bicycle Times You only have one week to enter. Good luck!
7 Steps to Buying a Bike on a Budget
[EDITOR’S NOTE: Before opening Bike Friday in 1992, Co-Founder Alan Scholz owned and operated a few bike shops, and spent time as a national level racer. Here are his expert tips on how to spend your money wisely when buying a bike.] By Alan Scholz Here are the basics I learned long ago about buying […]
How to Ride Your Bike Every Day
By Raz Jim Langley has ridden his bike every day for the past 22 years. That’s an amazing streak. His numbers are staggering: 22 years Nearly 8,000 days More than 120,000 miles Since December 30th, 1993, the former technical editor of Bicycling magazine has ridden every day. It’s a mind-boggling streak that begs the question: How did […]
Testimonial from a Hardcore Roadie
By Jeff Linder Bike Friday Angel Investor I really don’t know where to begin … The new Bike Friday Haul-a-Day has so captured my imagination, making it difficult to prioritize the long list of things I truly like about this bike. The global view is that this bike has the potential of freeing the up […]
Pedaling My Arse Around Ireland
By Erica Stevenson The title of this journal was inspired by a comment from a man on my last long bike tour. He called out: “Y’all know over here, you can’t be peddling your ass around here!” – or something like that. Anyway, our interactions with the local people in each town were the funniest […]
Momentum Magazine’s Review of the Haul-a-Day
by: Sandra Allen The Haul-a-Day is Bike Friday’s addition to the growing cargo bike market. Bike Friday is an Oregon-based bike building company who use words like local, organic, community, and handcraft to describe what they do. They specialize in custom folding and travel bikes, which means the Haul-a-Day has many of the inventive conveniences […]
