News from the Factory

A Racer’s Perspective

[EDITOR’S NOTE: Recently a customer asked for a racer’s point of view on Bike Fridays, so we looked no farther than our head designer, Rob English. He put Bike Friday into perspective.] By Rob English I am a Cat. 1 road racer, current Oregon Time Trial champion and long time

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Desert Camp deadline nears!

Come early March, when the winds are howling and the rain pouring here in Eugene, Bike Friday Co-Founder Alan Scholz  plans to head south to join cycling legends Lon Haldeman and Susan Notorangelo for Desert Camp 2012. Desert Camp is part of the great line of PacTours run by Ultra

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Winning photo

Local photographer Beau Owens took this stellar shot of the Bike Friday Tandemonium Band at the Eugene Celebration, and won first place in the “Arts & Culture” category as well as first place in the “Best of Eugene” category in Travel Lane County’s recent “Eugene, Cascades & Coast” photography contest.

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Thanks San Francisco

We had a great time at the SF Bike Expo over the weekend at the Cow Palace. It was neat to meet many of the Bay Area Bike Friday owners, and tell a lot of potential new comers about our bikes. Just give us a call if you are interested.

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A picture is worth …

       [EDITOR’S NOTE: Marketing can be an endless experiment. We run a variety, albeit small in number,  of ads, try different media and test as much as we can. With a small company, you test live. We run ads, and wait to see what gets a response, and

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Thanks, Portland

Once again, thank you to those of you in Portland who stopped by our Show N Ride on Saturday. You kept us so busy, I only had this brief moment to take a couple of photos — and I didn’t even have time to turn around and take a photo

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Big Impact for Little People

If you are a fan of Extreme Makeover Home Edition, you might have caught Sunday night’s episode (October 16, 2011). The Makeover team designed a new house for the Korpai Family in New York. Hailey Korpai is a dwarf. In a nutshell, here’s the Korpai Family story: After giving birth

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Hailey’s Bike Friday: Behind the scenes

It all began with a Contact Form sent in from our website. Late on a Friday afternoon. In the middle of summer. What struck me most from the outset: It wasn’t anything like a typical query we receive: Hello, my name is Brianna with Extreme Makeover Home Edition, and I

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Hailey’s Bantam Bike Friday

The essence of the smallest Bike Friday ever built. Rob English chose 305 wheels, basically the smallest tires available. Custom made 90 mm cranks were made to meet the demands of Hailey’s 11-inch inseam. Rob chose a single speed with the ability to add a derailleur in the future. Speaking

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The Right Solution

  Rand and Jo Erickson were traveling from Olympia, Washington, to Southern California recently. Since they were passing through Eugene, they figured they’d stop by Bike Friday to see if we could help them out. You see, Jo Erickson suffered a spinal cord injury that left her with paralysis of

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