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 Stories About: bikes AND innovation AND placemaking AND travel
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Folds-mobile
Business travel, Bike Friday, and the Spokane airport |
Alan Durning |
26 Sep 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Confession: I have long coveted a Bike Friday. What cyclist wouldn't? A folding bike that fits in a suitcase -- and the suitcase becomes a bike trailer! Pedal to the airport or train station, take your luggage out of your trailer, fold your bike into the trailer, check your luggage (including your bike), and at trip's end, reverse the process. Ingenious! So I danced a jig when a founder of the Eugene, Ore.-based company offered to let me try the new Tikit model this ... |
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| Topics: bikes, innovation, placemaking, travel (all these topics) |
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