Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Bike Friday is a company that is near and dear to Grin. In fact it was prior visits with them some 10+ years ago that helped inspire us to double down on our own vision of local manufacturing and building a family business that can last over generations.
bikefriday.com/about-us/our-story
We're so glad that Aaron had an opportunity to spend time on his West Coast Road trip and capture all the things behind the scene that make a operation like this succeed. It's hard work to fabricate in house at this scale, but with over 40,000 unique bicycles built over their 30 years it's a clear example that you can do it. We don't have to be resigned to everything getting made overseas. That's just the easy way.
Bike Friday was one of our largest users of our first generation LiGo batteries and had been waiting very patiently for the last couple years for the new 10X model. ( youtube.com/watch?v=PTyk0ObGZDs)
At the time of this visit in the spring we were still workout out details but happily that they have now fully launched. Thanks for standing by us during this period and we look forward to a long relationship going forward!
0:00 Intro
1:19 Background Story
3:00 Factory Tour
10:47 Cabling and Finish
11:33 Sewing
11:54 Models
15:04 LiGos
Bike Friday is a company that is near and dear to Grin. In fact it was prior visits with them some 10+ years ago that helped inspire us to double down on our own vision of local manufacturing and building a family business that can last over generations.
bikefriday.com/about-us/our-story
We're so glad that Aaron had an opportunity to spend time on his West Coast Road trip and capture all the things behind the scene that make a operation like this succeed. It's hard work to fabricate in house at this scale, but with over 40,000 unique bicycles built over their 30 years it's a clear example that you can do it. We don't have to be resigned to everything getting made overseas. That's just the easy way.
Bike Friday was one of our largest users of our first generation LiGo batteries and had been waiting very patiently for the last couple years for the new 10X model. ( youtube.com/watch?v=PTyk0ObGZDs)
At the time of this visit in the spring we were still workout out details but happily that they have now fully launched. Thanks for standing by us during this period and we look forward to a long relationship going forward!
0:00 Intro
1:19 Background Story
3:00 Factory Tour
10:47 Cabling and Finish
11:33 Sewing
11:54 Models
15:04 LiGos
