The Bike Friday Team

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My first bike was a Schwinn Stingray with a purple sparkle banana seat and a "sissy bar". My first "real" bike was a Raleigh Superbe. It was one of the high points of British cycling design, with a lugged Reynolds frame, Brooks saddle, a Sturmey Archer internal hub and a dynohub lighting system.

The next step was a nice Mercian 10-speed, definitely a step above the Schwinn Varsitys and Raleigh Gran Prixs my buddies were riding. I started doing some longer day rides and weekend tours in the Washington, DC area, as well as some rides with my high school and college bike racing clubs. I still have a leather helmet from this era.

Both bikes were stolen during my college years, and I went into cycling hibernation for a decade or more. I got back into cycling for fitness, commuting and rail/trail rides, doing it all on one of the early hybrid bikes.

Eventually, I moved to Eugene and got "serious" again about cycling, which of course required a new bike. It is a "retro" randonee bike with a lugged steel frame and barcon shifters. In the last couple of years, I have completed several centuries, and logged a lot of miles day tripping in the Cascades, the Willamette Valley and the Coast Range. I completed my first triathlon at age 44 in 2003 and will shortly be tackling my first brevet.

We sold our second car when we moved to Eugene, and use bikes extensively for family transportation. I am about 90% car-free personally. My wife is so happy that I started to work at BF, because now I have a captive audience to talk to about bikes, and she is off the hook. You can reach me me at daves@bikefriday.com.

My hours are Mon..- Fri., 8:30 am - 5:30 pm and occasionally Sat. 9 am - 4 pm (PST or UST-8)