I just got back from a triple-stop, last-minute Christmas Eve dinner shopping excursion. A friend posted something on my FB timeline, so I was just going to check it really quick. What a pleasant surprise!
Just keep riding, just keep riding…
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.
Community is a funny word. I remember reading it in the dictionary as a young child (yes, I read the dictionary). We are familiar with this definition:
Community (com·mu·ni·ty): a group of people who live in the same area (such as a city, town, or neighborhood)
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 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.
E is for everyday
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 don’t like to talk about my childhood much because it wasn’t the happy, care-free, wonder-filled years that every kid deserves. That’s what I’m trying to provide for my own kids. I’m sure every parent on earth wants the best for their children too. We’re all human. We all want the same…
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…
an outsider’s observations from inside the bike industry
I needed the whole weekend to recover from Las Vegas. Most people do. But I didn’t go out to the clubs, didn’t gamble, and didn’t even have a stiff drink. I was so tired from walking the show. I even took a long nap…