Bike Friday designer Willie Hatfield took a 2024 All-Packa prototype to the Oregon outback to fully test all the new features. By Willie Hatfield When does a bikepacking trip begin? Is it when the vision starts repeating and permutating through the imagination? Or later when the Trip Distance reads
“Iowa Nice” is a real thing! John experienced this kindness first-hand riding his Pocket Rocket for the 2024 RAGBRAI, the largest bike-touring event in the world. Beyond the actual event, John took the opportunity to visit his grandparent’s former family home in Omaha, Nebraska, and connect with the incredible communities
By Willie Hatfield (Bike Friday All-Packa designer) I laughed as I rode through the Oregon rain toward the Eugene Airport, with an empty suitcase on my back, and my latest All-Packa prototype under me. I’d packed all my winter gear in bikepacking bags on the bike in preparation for
North Dakota Trip Report By Joe Cruz With summer ending I was craving a last meditation: I’d been to 49 U.S. states, and North Dakota was the only one missing. It wasn’t intentional avoidance, just circumstance and vectors of life. I was glad for the remaining promise of
When I began planning my adventure to pilot my Bike Friday minivelo across the subcontinent of India, I was met almost invariably with the same remark: “Why India?” While I was tempted often to cheekily answer “To find a wife!” (full disclosure: it has always been a dream of mine
pakiT to Shiretoko By: Aaron Lin I have done some solo bike tours with my Bike Friday tikit and taken it with me on some unique trips including Taiwan, Tasmania, & Iceland. These trips helped me realize how a high-performing, folding bicycle can be liberating and allow me the freedom
Ruthy Kanagy shares her breathtaking ride in Glacier this summer I recently spent a week at Glacier National Park in Montana, USA, with a hiking club from Eugene, Oregon. After several days hiking with the group to beautiful glacial lakes, I decided it was time to ride. I’d brought
Here at Bike Friday, we feel like we make a pretty great bike…but we should because we love what we do. It’s easy for us to tell you how great they are, but we would rather let our amazing customers do this for you so you are able to believe
Special Thanks to Shane Seppinni who is currently on the road and you can follow his adventures here: – Click Me – Want to know what to bring on a bike tour across Europe? You’re in the right place. My goal here is to document what I brought and to
Story from Steven F. Investor/Bike Friday owner My wife and I recently returned from biking the fjords of Sunnhordland, the southern coastal regions of Norway, where, according to one local, the street names are really novels because they are so long. We started in Bergen, Norway’s second largest city and