When I saw the news that Giant Bicycles was going to sell bikes online, I knew that it was over. Most people think of Giant as a second tier brand in the U.S., but their size and stature in the bicycle industry is unmatched. Basically, Giant makes bikes for everyone else. They…

When I turned 40 last year I set a ridiculous goal for myself: Climb Old La Honda in under 20 minutes. That’s a fast time, but very achievable for a recreational rider of good fitness. Of course I’m a busy founder with two kids and I only…

I was really nervous about launching our second Kickstarter campaign for the new Karmic Kyoto. We designed it as a women’s bike from the outset, but right away we started getting push-back.

I took the day off yesterday. I actually slept in until 10am! I hadn’t done that in over 20 years. In college I would regularly stay up late and sleep in late (missing my 9am lectures). My excuse was that I was a teenager with terrible time-management skills. In some ways, my schedule hasn’t changed.

I was up in the air when our second Kickstarter campaign failed. We knew it wouldn’t be successfully funded since week two, but this made it official. With $60,000 raised and 68 backers, we came up well short of our goal.

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