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Ready for vacation
Our Bike Friday dealer in Germany, Andreas Seilinger and his wife Gitti, sent us these photos of their Bike Friday tikits, ready for vacation.
Colorful, wouldn’t you say?
Add comment August 29, 2012
DIY reviews NWT
It is Folding Bike Week at DIYBiking.com, and today the website reviews the New World Tourist.
Add comment August 17, 2012
tikit to McKenzie Pass
Bike Friday owner Susan Reed wrote on her blog riding her tikit from Sisters to Eugene, over the McKenzie Pass.
Add comment July 27, 2012
Flying Cyclists in Montenegro
Laura Elise Hegarty posted in AUSTRALIAN BIKE FRIDAY CLUB:
Hey fellow Bike Friday-ites! We’ve got a new video up of our travels
around Montenegro!
1 comment June 30, 2012
Adventure Cyclist review
Patrick O’Grady spent some time reviewing our 2011 New World Tourist with the Select Group, and his conclusions appear in the June issue of Adventure Cyclist magazine, the official publication of the Adventure Cycling Association — a great resource for touring.
Just thought we’d share a couple of excerpts:
“Abandon your preconceived notions and ride the damn bike. Like any other two-wheeler, riding a New World Tourist is way more fun than many other things you can do with your clothes on, and it’s a good deal more versatile than whatever a wanna-be racer is riding.”
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“Without racks and bags, the New World Tourist accelerates, corners, and brakes like a cat in a dog park. The straight-gauge, 4130-chromoly, made-in-Oregon frameset provides a comfortable, bump-muffling ride, and once rolling the bike doesn’t feel as though it weighs nearly 29 pounds (that’s with pedals, racks, and kickstand).”
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Few review a bike the way Patrick O’Grady does.
Add comment June 18, 2012
MS magazine article
Bike Friday owner Peter Scheff sent us this note:
I got an article published in the Momentum magazine (National MS Society) about my ride in Germany last summer on my bike Friday. Feel free to share with the Bike Friday community. Read the Article here Peter
Add comment May 12, 2012
Mother’s Day Family Tandem
Sunday’s edition of the LA Times published an article on gift suggestions for Mother’s Day, including a Bike Friday Family Tandem.
Add comment April 29, 2012
What’s Your Motivation?
When Peg Champion of GreenTown Los Altos went looking for comment for her blog, she got this from a Bike Friday owner:
Jim Thurber, fourth-grade teacher at Gardner Bullis Elementary, who commutes daily on his Bike Friday, told her, “I’m a cheapskate. I hate to buy gasoline. I’d also like to put my cardiologist out of business.”
Add comment March 13, 2012
A Solo Bike Tour in Taiwan
[EDITOR'S NOTE: Here's a short article and link to some great photos from a Bike Friday customer.]
By Yang Cheng-Hsieh
Sometimes I like the freedom of solo travel. I don’t need to wait for
others. I can take a rest break whenever I want and ride at my own
speed. On the last day before winter vacation ended, suddenly the
weather turned good. I seized the opportunity to tour solo on my BIKE
FRIDAY to see the beautiful spring Sakura (cherry blossoms) and enjoy
the feeling of wandering.
I really like my diamond frame Bike Friday, which I got from the U.S.
I got a TravelCase and Trailer for it in Taiwan.
I traveled through the Ruifang disctrict of New Taipei City, northeast
of Taipei, to Pingxi – famous for the Lantern Festival, Shuangxi,
Chinkuashih ? location of the Gold Ecological Park, and the Jiufen
mountains. My trip was very leisurely, over Shiping road, a beautiful
road through the mountains with views of maple leaves in autumn and
cherry blossoms in spring.
2 comments March 9, 2012
Bicycle Times review online
The complete review of our New World Tourist and its travel system by Adam Newman for Bicycle Times is now available online.
Add comment February 1, 2012