City & Commuting

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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A Bike Friday Guide to Winter Cycling

When winter arrives, cycling becomes a challenge of endurance and preparation. From freezing winds to icy roads, every ride can test even the most seasoned commuter. To tackle the cold with confidence, we reached out to the Bike Friday Facebook community for their best advice. Here’s a breakdown of their

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Featured Build: A Cargo Bike named Avocado Toast

From the personal attention of our Bike Designers, to the focus and craftsmanship of our production team, every worker at Bike Friday knows that every bike we build is special. But not every bike build receives a nick-name before it’s delivered… As christened by our production team: Avocado Toast.  

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Is a Bike Friday the safest bike on the road?

We just read a really interesting blog post about how E-Bikes are now more dangerous than cars.  Though this isn’t actually true it made us think about our design and what we could be doing better as well as what are we doing right. Well the good news is the

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Hungary for the pakiT

After cutting his teeth on the pakiT in NYC, Newton D. couldn’t resist taking his new bike to Europe Newton wasn’t the very first pakiT owner, but he sure is the most excited, “I love the pakiT, it’s my Lamborghini! It’s so lightweight, this thing can really move.” Newton was

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Polly pakiT

Polly pakiT By Diane L. Freeman   It is hard to believe, that a month has passed since my custom made, pakiT arrive. Yep I picked Pink and White, because I could and because I love how vibrant the colour is. I have never “named” one of my bikes before,

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A Tiny House + A Folding Bike = A Perfect Fit

How a Tiny Home and a Folding Bike Can Help You Live a Simpler, More Sustainable Life. A diverse movement of tiny home dwellers is emerging all over the country and growing fast. At it’s foundation, it is a social movement where people are choosing to simplify and streamline the space that they

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New York City Adventures on a Folding Bike

. New Yorker and Pocket Rocket owner Newton D. has always loved bicycles, but didn’t buy one for himself until he was an adult. In fact, his very first bicycle was a folding bike: “It all began with seeing my friends wife zipping around on a Xootr scooter which prompted

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