Sustainability and Cycling

Save Money, Avoid a Headache, Choose a Bike Friday.

Saving Money When You Travel With a Bike Friday Folding Bike (2025 Update) Traveling with your bike is one of the best ways to explore the world, stay active, and enjoy nature. But the logistics and costs can be daunting if you aren’t prepared. Enter Bike Friday folding bikes —

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From Raw Steel Tubing into my Dream Bike Friday

Witnessing my Bike Friday being built by hand by my Bike Friday peers. Even prior to my time as Bike Friday Marketing Coordinator — Bikes have been a constant part of my life. From the very first time I rode my NEXT BMX to my first day of 7th grade

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Hills and Gravel in the Vineyards of Burgundy, France.

“My aim was to drink beautiful wine, while Margaret’s was to pedal in lovely scenery. The Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of France was an easy intersection of these. We packed evening outfits, riding clothes, and our Bike Fridays. In Paris we picked up our tiny rental EV to drive to a B&B

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Bike Friday’s Domestic Bike Manufacturing Dedication.

In an era when 98% of bikes sold in the U.S. are imported, we are proud to continue handcrafting every single Bike Friday in our Eugene, Oregon factory, just like we first did in 1992. As the cycling industry faces new tariffs, we were relieved when Representative Earl Blumenauer, an

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The history and evolution of the bicycle

The 207 year history and evolution of the bicycle The origins of the bicycle are shrouded in mystery. It is not possible to attribute its invention to any single person. Still, what is clear is that the early ancestors of the modern bicycle were in use by the early 1800s.

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“Pry it from my cold dead hands!”

Lin’s pakiT enabled car-lite lifestyle and her hardest goodbye. Lin B. is a long time Bay Area resident and passionate Bike Friday enthusiast. We wanted to bring you her inspiring story about going car free with her Enno Orange pakiT. Whether going on fully packed Costco runs or just heading

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Bike Friday Climate Action

Be Powerful! Join Bike Friday in Climate Action   At Bike Friday it’s not just about cool bikes. Its about making the world healthier to live in.   Lets get serious together. The children are marching in the streets and we each need to take personal action to live sustainably

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Riding on Sunshine Part: 2

The Joy of Riding on Sunshine  Perspective – NASA,1964, Pop Tunes, Human Scale & Dreams come true.   #2 in series. In the first article I wrote of the confusion about electric bikes, how I felt we had been right – but very wrong, about cycling’s ‘sweet spot’, & Joy. 

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