News from the Factory

A nice crowd joined the festivities on Monday as BikePartners.net in Santa Rosa opened its new shop. Enjoy the show.

Busy, busy, busy. Portland was hopping on Sunday for the Parkways event. At the Multnomah Village stop, we watched a constant stream of cyclists cruise by. Many stopped and took a test ride. Great day, great crowd. But the most interesting moment was realizing we were just a few feet

What happens in Bike Friday’s Unique Service Fabrications on a rainy Sunday morning? Killer Skeleton Robot Scarecrow, of course. This unique scarecrow was assembled from rejected parts and discarded utensils by Ryan Foote and his wife, Tracy, for their garden. Jointed at the knees, hips and elbows, their Guardian of

The gravel fire road abruptly gave way to a rocky field, with a pair of deep ruts sweeping around a small band of pines inviting further exploration with, shall we say, a significantly higher degree of commitment.   The ruts resembled the high-bank turns of Daytona or Talledega, with a

Our greatest challenge is also our greatest asset. Helping guide a customer through our nearly endless array of choices can be daunting. We know that. But we can’t help it. We like choices. Just like a one-size-fits-all frame can’t possibly please everyone, there is no perfect common denominator when it

[EDITOR’S NOTE: We received this email back in October, and couldn’t pass up the opportunity. If you are looking for a nice ride on July 14, come join us in Mt Angel!] Dear Bike Friday: My name is John Schaffers and I am a long time Bike Friday owner.  I

Bike Friday recently had the pleasure of hosting our Bike Friday Dealer from China, Xiangyu Zhao. Zhao spent a few days at the Factory headquarters, observing our production line, discussing marketing and sales with our staff, but also spent time exploring Eugene.                

Travel Lane County has posted a nice video about Bike Friday that they showed at their annual awards banquet, where Bike Friday was honored with their Partnership Award.

Our famous Bike Friday Tandemonium Band, which made an award-winning performance at the 2011 Eugene Celebration Parade, has been immortalized in photos on the City of Eugene homepage [it rotates with some other photos on the top left]. That’s pretty cool.  

Bike Friday was honored June 12 by winning the  Partnership Award at the Eugene Cascades & Coast/Travel Lane County Visitor Industry Celebration  at the University of Oregon Ford Alumni Center. Co-Founder Alan Scholz was on hand with his wife Teresa to receive the award, which was presented to a group,