Electric Assist

The LiGo returns: Bike Friday Electric Bikes Fly Again!

What you need to know about using the LiGo 10X with your Bike Friday The long-awaited return of the world’s only airline-checkable e-assist bicycle battery, the LiGo, is here! After several years of anticipation, Bike Friday is thrilled to announce the arrival of the newly redesigned LiGo battery, available starting

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Front Hub Electric Assist Haul-A-Day Elite

Bike Friday Electric Assist Basics

Understanding electric-assist systems can be daunting. We hope to make it less so. There are many articles that go in-depth on every aspect of e-assist systems (we have our own HERE), but our aim is to give a digestible overview of the main components of the Bike Friday electric-assist system,

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Doing the school run on a cargo bike

Car-Lite: The Road to Financial Freedom

After 100 years of cars, a car-lite lifestyle is still a great deal for your health and pocket! In today’s challenging economic climate, many of us are rethinking our spending habits to address growing financial shortfalls and regain our fiscal independence. Rising fuel prices, interest rates, insurance premiums, mounting maintenance

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Bike Friday’s Domestic Bike Manufacturing Dedication.

In an era when 98% of bikes sold in the U.S. are imported, we are proud to continue handcrafting every single Bike Friday in our Eugene, Oregon factory, just like we first did in 1992. As the cycling industry faces new tariffs, we were relieved when Representative Earl Blumenauer, an

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New World Tourist With E-Assist

What’s “NEWT” at Bike Friday

Bike Friday’s “New World Tourist” has been rolling off the production line for more than 30 years, and taking folks on adventures all around the world. Did you know that this sturdy steed has undergone several quite recent transformations that enhance performance and make it more fun to ride than

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Creating the New Ever-E-Day Electric Cargo Bike

Why and How we have created the new Ever-E-Day This new electric bike has a mission: Breaking through limited beliefs about electric and cargo bikes to offer liberating transportation for people responding to Climate Change. High quality, versatile and able to change with your needs over time. Inspired by our

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Mystery, Aha and Logic with Light Electric Assist on Bikes

My journey through the mystery as a designer and cyclist   By Alan Scholz Bike Friday Co-founder and designer with editing from Kent Peterson, long time Randonneuring Cyclist   Aha! Electric Assist can be a logical choice for a “real” cyclist – it only took me 25 years to figure

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Watching my Watts

Blog by Kent Peterson:  Alan Scholz recently gave me a new KT-LCD6 display console for my e-bike. It’s a bit bigger than my old KT-LCD5 console, but it shows me a few things that my old display didn’t. In addition to the usual speed, average speed, trip distance, and total

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Traveling with your Electric Assist E-Bike

Things to consider about traveling with your E-Bike Friday Why travel taking along an electric assist Bike Friday? It opens up amazing travel route options It can be argued that the best way to arrive is by bike. Certainly, a great way to meet wonderful people everywhere in a low

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