Tag: business

March 21, 2024

Seattle bike race promoter launches peer-to-peer bike rental company Spokeo

Got a bike (or…ahem…many bikes) that spend most of the time sitting still? Make some cash by renting them out. That’s the basic idea behind Spokeo, a peer-to-peer bike rental company founded by Seattle’s own Chris Rodde. Rodde is one of the people behind Off Camber Productions, which puts on the popular MFG Cyclocross series…
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tagged: bike rentals, business, chris rodde, spinlister, spokeo
March 4, 2024

Seattle area ‘e-bike rescue’ company will help you get your bike to a shop whether planned or not

Whether you are broken down on the side of the road or just need to get your bike to the shop for a tune-up, Speedy’s will have an electric van ready to head your way and transport your ride to your preferred bike shop. (Full disclosure: Speedy’s advertises on Seattle Bike Blog, but this post…
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tagged: business, speedy’s
April 11, 2014

Seattle Bike Style Updates: Iva Jean launches new line + Model Citizen adds women’s t-shirt

If you want stylish threads that stay that way even as you slog up a hill or pedal through a downpour, then perhaps it only makes sense that you should be looking to Seattle. Right now, there are (at least) two Seattle-based designers working on lines of clothes that look good on and off the…
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tagged: ann deotte, business, iva jean, joshua weinberg, kickstarter, model citizen
April 9, 2014

Lose the delivery truck: New business will haul your cargo by bike

In a way, Freewheel is just rediscovering what the founders of UPS knew when they started the business in downtown Seattle back in 1907: Bikes are a fast, cheap and easy way to move goods around town. UPS has long lost sight of the power of the humble bicycle, but after their drivers circle the…
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tagged: business, capitol hill, capitol hill seattle, dan kohler, freewheel carbon free cargo, komo
April 1, 2014

Seattle-based wool clothing company launches via Kickstarter

Joshua Weinberg’s car broke down a few years ago, so he decided to hop on his bike and give the half hour commute to his job in Bend, Ore., a try. He wasn’t sure what to wear, so he bought a compression-fit bike jersey from REI. “I looked ridiculous,” he said, and his coworkers told…
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tagged: business, kickstarter, modern citizen, wool
March 17, 2014

Wallingford company launches heavy-duty chain lube on Kickstarter

A Wallingford company is hoping to change the way you keep your bike chain in tip-top shape. Runaway Bike Industries, a company lead by brothers Bob and Doug Montclair, has launched a Kickstarter for a paraffin-based bicycle chain lube that requires a little more work (and, they say, reaps more benefits) than simply drizzling some…
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tagged: business, hot tub lube, kickstarter, runaway bike industries