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 […]

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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 […]

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Haul-a-Day Camping Adventure

Elle Steele packed up her Bike Friday Haul-a-Day, along with her kids, and came to Eugene for the Kidical Mass Camping Trip. Read her adventure here.

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Seeing Eye to Eye

By Raz On the surface, Alan Scholz and Billy Henry might look as though they have little in common. Alan, a Baby Boomer with gray edges up top, is Co-Founder of Bike Friday. Billy, a Millenial with his hair spiked to a point in the middle, is Co-Founder of the Northwest Association of Blind Athletes. […]

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Egg-citing Redemption

By Raz The buzz along the banks of the Willamette River began to intensify as the afternoon wore on and a blazing July sun beat down on Portland. In the parking lot of the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, the Disaster Relief Trials Cargo Fair floated in an easy-going manner for a small crowd […]

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Camper Silk Feedback

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

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Eugene Bike Culture

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

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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!

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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 […]

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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 […]

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