Getting dressed up in vintage clothes and enjoying a great day of cycling is hardly something Americans have cornered the market on. In Beijing, China, the Vintage Ride Beijing was recently held. Bike Friday’s dealer in Beijing, AITA CYCLE, not only had a stylish representative in manager Wang Yining, It
A picture can be worth a thousand sighs. I don’t know about you, but I could stare at this photo we received from Bike Friday owner Graham Smith, from his recent camping adventure on the backroads of Australia. You can read about his adventure here. His note: Hi Peter, John
Thank you Portland for another successful show this weekend at the Portland Expo Center. Despite wonderful spring weather luring cyclists outside for some great riding, a strong number of cycling enthusiasts came indoors for the show. Bike Friday’s showroom host Robbie Dow and marketing dude Raz got the chance to
Bike Friday owner Daniel van der Weide was a little hesitant at first, but when officials gave him the thumbs up, he pedaled away on his Pocket Rocket Pro in the Masters 50-60 division at the Hungry Dog Criterium in Mesa, AZ. “I was apprehensive, but the official let me
By RAZ Do this, don’t do that … Whenever I talk about the tikit with a customer, it usually comes down to absolutes. “But can you do this?” a customer will ask, skeptical about whatever I will say. It is usually quickly followed by a, “but you certainly can’t …”
BY STUART KNOLES/Bike Friday Owner It’s not how you feel, it’s how you look; and you look mmuvalus. I had planned on being showy for the Second Annual Triangle Tweed Ride in Raleigh, North Carolina. Cycling is another worldly, right? And when with others it is a kind of see
BY RAZ A bicycle belongs on a pedestal as much as your backside belongs on a sofa. It might seem like a good idea, but it’s against its nature. I’ve thought about that a lot as I’d stroll past our Super Pro sitting in our Factory Showroom in Eugene. Don’t
It has been a couple of years since Bike Friday had a booth at the North American Handmade Bicycle Show, so our return to the show — this year held in Denver — Â really wowed us. We survived the snow [10 inches on Saturday night], said thanks to a surprisingly
Our Bike Friday Dealer in Beijing is AITA Cycle, and co-owner Xiangyu Zhao is dedicated to presenting Bike Friday as the Rolls Royce of folding bikes to a hungry market in China. The high end cycling market in China is booming, and the media is picking up the story. The
With no glimpse of the sun for more than three days, expectations focused on a possible photo or two of the haze and mist as I rolled out of Mt. Shasta City after a breakfast burrito and latte. Rounding a corner, the view exploded like a bolt of lightning. A