Company:Bike Friday

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Bike Friday
TypePrivate
IndustryBicycles
Founded1992; 32 years ago (1992)
Headquarters
Eugene, Oregon
,
USA
Key people
Hanna Scholz, President
ProductsBicycles and related components
Number of employees
22[1]
ParentGreen Gear Cycling
Websitewww.bikefriday.com
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Bike Friday is a manufacturer of folding, small-wheeled bicycles that is headquartered in Eugene, Oregon, United States.[1][2] The company was founded in 1992 by brothers Alan Scholz and Hanz Scholz. By 2018, it employed 22 people and manufactured frames in Eugene.[1][3][4][5] Alan Scholz also founded Burley Design Cooperative in 1978.[3][6]

Bike Friday was the only manufacturer of folding bicycles in the United States by 2018,[1] and many of the bikes they made were custom.[7] Some of the models produced include tandems,[8] one that can fold into a backpack,[9] commuter bicycles,[10] belt-drive bicycles,[11] cargo bicycles,[4][5] a mountain bike,[12] recumbents,[13] and even a folding, recumbent, tandem.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Christian Wihtol (August 7, 2018). "Bike Friday looks beyond successful niche". The Register-Guard. https://www.registerguard.com/news/20180807/bike-friday-looks-beyond-successful-niche. "Bike Friday is the only U.S.-based maker of folding bikes, up against much larger major competitors based in Taiwan and Britain." 
  2. ↑ Simon Withers (September 25, 2009). "Bike Friday Tikit review". BikeRadar. https://www.bikeradar.com/reviews/bikes/folding-bikes/bike-friday-tikit-review/. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Oregon Companies Keep Production Local". Bicycle Retailer. December 30, 2008. https://www.bicycleretailer.com/north-america/2008/12/30/oregon-companies-keep-production-local#.XOzgtIhKi00. "Brothers Alan and Hanz Scholz (Alan Scholz founded another longtime Eugene bike company, Burley Design, in 1978) founded Bike Friday ... with the mission to create a high quality folding, travel bike." 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Marc Sani (November 24, 2014). "Bike Friday launches new cargo bike and hopes to build a bigger dealer base". Bicycle Retailer. https://www.bicycleretailer.com/north-america/2014/11/24/bike-friday-launches-new-cargo-bike-and-hopes-build-bigger-dealer-base#.XOzUsIhKi00. "Alan Scholz and his brother, Hanz, founded Bike Friday in 1992." 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Elon Glucklich (February 22, 2015). "Bike Friday gears up". The Register-Guard. https://www.registerguard.com/article/20150222/BUSINESS/302229955. "Founded: 1992 by brothers Alan and Hans Scholz" 
  6. ↑ "Alan Scholz: Portable Bike Builder". 1859 Oregon's Magazine. March 1, 2013. https://1859oregonmagazine.com/think-oregon/business/2013-march-april-1859-magazine-eugene-oregon-bike-builder-alan-scholz/. Retrieved 2019-05-28. "The small-wheeled bike is designed to fit in an airline-friendly suitcase without incurring additional fuss or fee.". 
  7. ↑ Suzanne Hamlin (October 11, 2002). "SHOPPING LIST; Bikes That Collapse For Weekend Getaways". New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/11/travel/shopping-list-bikes-that-collapse-for-weekend-getaways.html?searchResultPosition=1. 
  8. ↑ Fred Matheny. "Bike Friday TiLite XL Road Tandem Traveler". Road Bike Rider. https://www.roadbikerider.com/bike-friday-tilite-xl-road-tandem-traveler-d1/. 
  9. ↑ Steve Fisher (September 15, 2016). "Bike Friday’s new pakiT city bikes start at 14.9 lbs and fold up into a backpack". Bike Rumor. https://bikerumor.com/2016/09/15/bike-fridays-new-pakit-city-bikes-start-14-9-lbs-fold-backpack/. 
  10. ↑ Gwendal Castellan (February 17, 2012). "Bike Friday 1st Class tikit Folding Bike Review". Momentum Magazine. https://momentummag.com/bike-friday-1st-class-tikit/. Retrieved 2019-05-28. 
  11. ↑ "The Best Folding Bikes You Can Buy Right Now". Bicycling. March 8, 2019. https://www.bicycling.com/bikes-gear/a20048132/best-folding-bikes/. Retrieved 2019-05-28. 
  12. ↑ Ellen Tien (July 21, 2002). "PULSE: P.S.; For Rocky Path and Car Trunk". New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/21/style/pulse-ps-for-rocky-path-and-car-trunk.html?searchResultPosition=2. 
  13. ↑ Bryan J. Ball. "Bike Friday Sat R Day". BentRiderOnline. http://www.bentrideronline.com/archives/reviews/satrday.htm. 



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