Bike Friday In The News

2024 All-Packa “BF BOOST” White Paper

  By Bike Friday Designer Willie Hatfield What is Bike Friday’s “BF Boost”? The hub is offset 7mm to the driveside, while the rim and tire stay centered. BF Boost uses the existing 56mm chain-line developed for DH bikes and Super Boost Plus 157 but uses frame off-set rather than

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All-Packa 2024 Press Release

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Bike Friday’s 2024 All-Packa Continues Tradition of American Craftsmanship: New Game-Changing Features Added To The Ultimate Folding Bikepacking Bike Made Just For You [Eugene Oregon, October 18th, 2023] — “If I had to create a short list of game-changing bikes in the last decades of bikepacking—a

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The NEW All-Packa tested by the Oregon Outback

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

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Tips to get your bike ready for spring riding

  Spring/ Summer Tune-up Checklist:   Dust off the dirt – Clean away dirt and grease of the past. Rust free is the goal – Check for visible signs of rust, especially on brake cables and chain – rusted brake cables should be replaced. Lube it up – Clean your

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New World Tourist With E-Assist

What’s “NEWT” at Bike Friday

Bike Friday’s “New World Tourist” has been rolling off the production line for more than 30 years, and taking folks on adventures all around the world. Did you know that this sturdy steed has undergone several quite recent transformations that enhance performance and make it more fun to ride than

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Planes, Trains, and All-Packas

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

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All-Packa Adventure Across North Dakota

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

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Creating the All-Packa

How the All-Packa and Packalope bars came to be by Willie Hatfield     The origination of the All-Packa In 2020 I started a program of research and development (AKA tinkering) with the high aim of creating the ultimate bikerafting bike. The code name was Tardigrade AKA Water Bear. Bikerafting

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