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Road Touring Mountain / Off-Road Why Ride a Bike Friday? Road Touring Mountain / Off-road Pocket Rocket TM Road, Race, Train, Events Pocket Rocket Pro TM Road, Race, Train, Events Air Friday TM Road, Race, Train, Events Pocket Crusoe TM Commute, Tour New World Tourist TM Tour, Road Pocket Llama TM Expedition Tour, Trail, Mtn We started with the classic folding/packing frame design that made the New World Tourist and the Pocket Rocket famous. Then we beefed up the bracing, raised the bottom bracket higher t h a n t h e N W T a n d widened the rear stays to accept the widest 2.1” knobby tires, and added optional suspension seat posts. The result: a great mountain bike that’s ready for any destination. Choose the POCKET LLAMA if bike weight is secondary to being a tough, all-around bike for expedition, on/off road and general purpose use. Our most popular road bike, the POCKET ROCKET is a sporty The POCKET ROCKET PRO kicks the classic Pocket Rocket’s Like the Pocket Rocket and the Pocket Rocket Pro, the AIR “LITE is RIGHT.” Ever wanted to ditch the old clunker for Since its inception in 1992, the classic NEW WORLD TOURIST Bike Friday which can be configured for any road task, from performance up another notch. Weighing from as low as 15.5lbs FRIDAY's quality components and optional lightweight 451mm something so light, you’d swear your wheels weren’t even has become the best-selling model in the Bike Friday range. POCKET LLAMA OWNERS Nina Tar- training and fitness riding, to event riding, loaded touring, (7 kg), its double-butted tubing, improved bracing and new light diameter low-spoke count wheels provide the great acceleration touching the ground? Enter the new generation “Lite” Friday: A great general-purpose bike, the NWT will take you around takoff & Richard Kemnitz escape the or racing. With a classic road bike feel and performance, the and quick handling that made Bike Friday a favorite among top town or around the world on paved or gravel roads. The wheels winter freeze of hometown fork makes the Pro stiffer, lighter and livelier. the CRUSOE, so named to reflect its positioning as the ultimate Fairbanks, AK and head for Mexico. 451mm wheels sport narrow, high pressure clinchers for quick Owned by some of the who's who of the cycling world, the Pro pro riders. The Air Friday's unique titanium suspension beam elite utility bike. The frame is based on the same ultralight Pocket and v-brakes accommodate all tires from 1.125" road slicks to acceleration and responsive handling, yet rock-steady descending. is rapidly gaining a reputation as a favorite travel training tool offers a cushioned ride that adds hours of riding comfort to Rocket Pro tubing, but that’s where the 1.75" knobbies. The sturdy frame will support a full camping kit FF 406 + P Cr Several gearing and component choices are available. As with all among serious road cyclists. Owners include famous Tour de any long distance event. That’s just as important at the end of a similarities end. It comes standard with for months of unsupported travel, and like all Bike Fridays will + of our custom road bikes, you can tweak many items to minimize France announcer Phil Liggett, Olympic champions, Race Across century ride or day-long tour as it is at flat mountain bike bars, v-brakes that tow a TravelCase. We've sized the NWT for riders from 4’8” to 8-27 21-25 (9.5-11.4kg) weight, such as opting for low-spoke count wheels. Riders from America and Paris-Brest-Paris veterans, Ironman competitors, a multi-day race. The beam is tuned to accommodate up to 1.75” 406mm tires. 6’8” (1.4 to 2m), with long legs/short torso, short legs/long torso, and everything in between. With your choice of 406mm wheels, 4’8” to nearly 7 feet (1.4 to 2.1m) easily accommodated. event riders and traveling cyclists who want to maintain their suit the weight and riding preference of The ride? Snappy and agile comes to Pocket Gnu TM Expedition Tour, Trail, Mtn, Hybrid WE ALSO OFFER the POCKET PILOT as an entry-level road fitness while on business or vacation. Many options available the individual rider. Loosen three bolts mind. It was originally designed as an tires, bars, racks, fenders, gearing and components, you can bike starting at only $779. Visit www.bikefriday.com/bf/pocketpilot for to make the bike as fast and light as you fancy. The Pro is not and the bike is ready to fold. elite commuter bike, but it’s also perfect design a world-class touring bicycle, a recreational hybrid, or Take one Pocket Llama, add an Action-Tec Pro Shock front fork details and availability. designed for loaded touring, but pull the TravelTrailer or pack for touring. Just throw on racks and a sporty road bike. You never need to leave home without your and a cushy Cane Creek Thudbuster shock seatpost and you have "If I could only have one bike, this [the Air Friday] ONE OF THE FASTEST GUYS ON THE a credit card and you're ready panniers or pull the suitcase trailer. Rider “trusty companion!” a versatile expedition tourer that's just shy of a full suspension FF 451 + would probably be it. It does so many things PLANET, Pocket Rocket owner Rob English, for fast adventure! Rider + P Cr well - climbing, accelerating, stability, commut- weight limit 190 lbs (86.2kg). mountain bike. Great 'gnus' for the trains while vacationing in Italy for the weight limit 190lbs (86kg). 92 COUNTRIES AND STILL WE ALSO OFFER the POCKET 6’4” AUSSIE CARL HEMMINGS rode his NWT fully rider who wants maximum comfort in 16-30 15.5-21 (7-9.6 kg) ing, touring (easy to add a rack), descending, Human Powered Speed Championship in long distance." - Terry Zmrhal, veteran of Bos- COUNTING. Teacher TOURIST, an entry-level touring bike starting loaded through Western Europe and the Czech a foldable, packable all-terrain bike. Nevada. Check out his vital stats at ton-Montreal-Boston, Paris-Brest-Paris and Bicycle Betsy Schwartz covers the at only $649. Visit www.bikefriday.com/bf/ Republic where he lived for 2 years. Read about http://rob.bikerevuk.com Across Missouri, ultracycling.com editor. globe more often than his travels on www.geocities.com/carlhemmings “...On a tour of Provence not with her yellow pockettourist for details and availability. and the Southern Alps, I FF 406 ++ P Cr FF 451 + P Cr Crusoe "Pumpkin." Ask FF 406 ++ P Cr climbed as well as I had in THREE TIME RACE ACROSS F 451 ++ P Cr Ti her what she does on FF 406 ++ P Cr 14-27 23-27 (10.5-12.3kg) 16-30 19.6-23.6 (8.9-10.7 kg) prior years on my DeRosa or AMERICA CHAMP Lon a Friday in Botswana, 8-30 21-24.5 (9.5-11.1kg) Haldeman rides an Air Lithuania, Tunisia... 8-30 15.5-21.5 (7-9.8kg) Colnago, and found the Bike 16-30 17.7-23 (8-10.4kg) [email protected] Friday extremely stable and Friday. www.pactour.com TM Expedition Tour, Trail, Mtn, Hybrid easy to maneuver on the many Air Llama “87,000 miles of pedaling and switchback descents. At the Triday TM Triathlon Race, Train Air Glide TM Suspension Tour, Road, Hybrid Add a front shock fork to an Air Glide and raise the bottom only recently did I ‘fold.’ But end of the trip, the Friday was bracket and you have a great little bike for bouncing around on Take a leap in comfort with an AIR GLIDE, long considered Bike loaded touring, and is durable enough to haul you and your gear given the mix of performance able to fit - with our family of Similar to the Air Friday with a steeper seat tube and more trails on up to 2.0” wide tires as well as cruising the pavement. Friday’s luxury touring model. The Titanium beam dramatically cross-country. Our wheel selection, coupled with ample fork and and portability these bikes offer four and all our luggage - into forward position over aero bars. Many Ironman competitors ride The AIR LLAMA is rather like the Pocket Gnu with a suspended lowers the transmission of road shock to the rider. The result is chainstay clearances permit a wide range of tires from 1” high me, it’s feeling like a Friday all our Peugeot, the TGV to Paris, beam bikes because they isolate the rider from fatigue-causing titanium beam rather than the shock seat post. It's a personal reduced road fatigue and an endurance improvement, which -pressure road clinchers to 2 1/8” knobbies. week, in every part of the world, and the taxi to our hotel. Try road shock, which leaves more energy for “going fast.” The choice. Either way, you'll be coming 'round the mountain in is just as important when touring the With braze-ons for front and rear racks, two water bottle mounts from here on out.“ that with anything else.” TRIDAY was designed to meet that need in a travel performance suspended comfort no matter how wine country as it is in racing. and the ability to tow a TravelCase, this bike speaks to the rider - Joe Kurmaskie AKA The - Jim Smith, Calgary, Alberta bicycle. All road much gear you pack or tow behind WINNING TRIATHLONS on We convert the Air Friday into a whose rides stretch beyond 20 miles.
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