You Won’t Believe What This 80-Year-Old Did on Her Bike Friday

EDITOR’S NOTE: It has been nearly five years since Dolores McKeough sent us this email, reminding us that it’s never too late to chase your dreams! Hi, I got home 24 hours ago. What a fantastic, beautiful summer. The adventure, fun, stress, friends made, country seen, and on and on. The trip started innocently enough […]

7 Steps to Buying a Bike on a Budget

[EDITOR’S NOTE: Before opening Bike Friday in 1992, Co-Founder Alan Scholz owned and operated a few bike shops, and spent time as a national level racer.  Here are his expert tips on how to spend your money wisely when buying a bike.] By Alan Scholz Here are the basics I learned long ago about buying […]

Camper Silk Feedback

  This vibrant exchange popped up recently on a camping enthusiast site. Real talk by real people.

Eugene Bike Culture

  Here’s a neat story about bicycle building here in Eugene, Oregon done by our local weekly newspaper.

Celebrating 80

Our friends at Adventure Cycling posted a neat story about Bike Friday owner Lou Schweickart celebrating his 80th Birthday on the Southern Tier route. Check out his Bike Friday! Happy Birthday, Lou!

Tribute to Graham Day

  [EDITOR’S NOTE: Graham Day passed away on April 15, 2014. According to his wife Margaret, Graham died at home, peacefully and with the whole family around him. You can leave a tribute to him in the COMMENTS section below. The Days came to visit the Bike Friday factory in 1995 to pick up their […]

The 18th ABFC Gathering

By Robbie Dow / Bike Friday Sales Manager The 18th Annual Gathering of the Australian Bike Friday Club (ABFC) took place in early April 2014, and I was quite fortunate to be a part of it. Before the trip started, I was looking forward to meeting several Australian Bike Friday owners, people I’d only talked […]

Lifestyle commercial

[EDITOR’S NOTE: We just received this neat note from Bike Friday owners Rich and Amanda Ligato:} Hey Bike Friday Folks, A few weeks ago an ad agency contacted us to ask if we’d be interested in allowing them to make a vignette commercial about our early retirement for Nationwide.  They wanted to include some footage of […]

Sweet ride on Gates

Gates recently blogged photos of a sweet Bike Friday they caught at the National Hand Built Bicycle Show in Charlotte, N.C.