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Tag Archives: Bike Friday
Word on the street: Al Cappello, Portapedal Bike, Tempe, Arizona
“When I get a phone call here, it’s somebody saying, hey, I love the bike, I want to order one for my wife. In architecture it’s hey, one of you guys made a mistake in the dimensions, and it’s a $25,000 mistake. Who’s going to pay for it?” Continue reading
Posted in Bike Friday tikit, Brompton, Business, Dahon, Montague bicycle, Tern Bicycles
Tagged Al Cappello, Arizona, bicycle shop, Bike Friday, Brompton Mafia, Brooks, folding bicycle, Moulton, Phoenix, Portapedal, Ryan Guzy, Tempe
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Thinking about a Bike Friday Haul-a-Day. And, cargo bikes from Texas
Cargo bikes come in big and small sizes. And now one of them comes from Bike Friday, a company that made its reputation on bikes that pack down for airplane trips. Continue reading
Posted in Infrastructure, Weekly Linker
Tagged Bike Friday, Bike Friday Haul-a-Day, bike lanes, Cargo bike, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Texas
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Bike Friday turns 21; Book Bike propels literacy
Bike Friday, the Eugene, Oregon, folding/packable bicycle company founded by Hanz and Alan Scholz, is 21 years old, and according to an email from General Manager Hanna Scholz (Alan’s oldest daughter), the company has built 40,000 machines over that time. … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Equipment, History
Tagged Bike Friday, bike route signs, Bloomington Illinois, Book Bike, Netherlands, taillight, wide tires
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Dan Henry remembered, Dahon turns 30
One of the first recumbent bicycles I remember reading about was ridden by American Airlines pilot Dan Henry, the same guy who designed the ubiquitous painted circle-and-line road markings you find along invitational bicycle ride routes. He died March 7, … Continue reading
Posted in Brompton, Dahon, Weekly Linker
Tagged Bike Friday, Dan Henry, Weekly Linker
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Smallest Bantam Bike Friday sports 90-millimeter cranks
In addition to packable and folding bicycles (like my Bike Friday tikit), the folks behind Bike Friday also build custom lightweight bicycles for little people. Engineer Rob English recently shipped the smallest Bantam Bike Friday he ever designed. To accommodate five-year-old … Continue reading
Upgrade Bike Friday frame colors Fridays through December 2011
It’s no secret that I started this blog shortly after taking delivery of a Bike Friday tikit, built in Eugene, Oregon, but I haven’t done a lot of promotion for the Bike Friday folks lately. Let me correct that oversight. … Continue reading
Bike Friday, sound off Saturday
The Eugene (OR) Celebration Parade is fast fading into memory. But, never fear, the Eugene Bicyclist has announced its unofficial Best of Show Award goes to… The Bike Friday Tandemonium Band. Turns out the group had a secret weapon, not … Continue reading
Posted in News, Other bicycles
Tagged Bike Friday, Eugene, Eugene Bicyclist, music, parade
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