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
By Raz Roll down Lagoon Avenue on Swan Island in Portland’s Industrial valley, past the Daimler Factory to the end of the road, and the towering cranes reach toward the hazy skies over Vigor Industries behind chain link fences and security gates. First thought is obvious: This just might be
Bike Friday is proud to be a part of the Eugene Bicycle Safety Education Program. According to Shane MacRhodes, who runs the program, it is growing thanks to the Jane Higdon Foundation and support from many local partners. We got to see the fleet of Bike Friday OSATAs out on the road
Bike Friday has been honored to create a partnership with Webcor’s Ted Huang and two-time U.S. Olympian Christine Thorburn, who happen to be two seriously active cycling advocates getting out there and making a difference. This past weekend they rode in the Veterans Victory Velo. The first annual charity ride