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WELCOME to a new, easy-to-use, perfectly sustainable personal mobility device with same quality ride you expect from a Bike Friday. Watch videos of it being folded in the middle of the street and running errands. More videos on the YouTube bikefriday channel. If you read German, you might check out the blog of our dealer and see his website's cool "tikit window"! QUICK LINKS TO BIKE SPECIFICATIONS Hyperfold www.bikefriday.com/tikit/hyperfold |
LATEST tikit® NEWS
Introducing the 2010 tikit!
The new model year is upon us, and we've made a couple of changes:
1. NEW SEAT MAST:
The seat mast is now one piece and incorporates the handle which is now a full loop. The new seatmast provides an overall stiffer feel for the bike. The handle allows for more hand positions, and makes for easier steering when the bike is folded.
Here is a picture of the new seat mast:
2. CHANGE IN TWO-TONE PATTERN on BTO tikits. Due to the new one-piece seat mast design, when customers choose two colors for their BTO tikit, the pattern will be a little different than before.
Last year's BTO two-tone tikits looked like this:
The two-tone paint scheme for 2010 (current) BTO tikits will look like this:
 NEW TIKIT BAGS We now have tikit TravelBags available in 2 sizes - S/M and Large (for wider bars and large frames). They are a fully enclosed zippered black fabric bag, similar to our Standard TravelBags. They can be carried on your shoulder when traveling on trains, buses or in cars when you want to fully enclose your tikit. Buy them from the BF Online Store. Lovingly handmade by Theresa Scholz. |
A tikit primer
Hyperfold www.bikefriday.com/tikit/hyperfold
ModelT www.bikefriday.com/tikit/modelt
BTO www.bikefriday.com/tikit/bto
 The basic Model T tikit® - in any color you like as long as it's black - starts at $1098 "ride away". Buy it direct from your local tikit® Agent. Pictured here with the optional rear rack. It folds almost as fast as the 5-second Hyperfold option. |
The optional Quick Transit Cover with integrated carry handle makes your tikit® a stealthy, compact package that can get into places a regular bike cannot - many office buildings, peak hour trains and buses, restaurants and shops, and more.
The folded tikit: |
 The Model T tikit® folds by unwinding a single 'spin knob' to release the stem (see arrow) - it takes a few seconds to fold. Saddle and pedals are included; fenders, racks and the Quick Transit Cover are options on this Standard model. A convenient handle lets you roll all tikit® models on the rear wheel when folded. Watch movie clip of the Model T |
 The standard Hyperfold model, also called Just the tikit® folds in about 5 seconds using a patented cable mechanism instead of the knob on the Model T. Watch a movie clip of the Hyperfold in action | Watch it in detail |
 BUILD TO ORDER (BTO) tikit® from $1285: Customize your tikit® by choosing one of our aptly named configurations - Just the tikit®, Express tikit®, Travel tikit®, One-Way tikit®, Season tikit®, Speeding tikit® and more. Select either Hyperfold or Model T folding mechanism, color, gearing (1,8,9,24 speeds) and more. BTO models come with several options to add, including saddle, pedals, fenders and Quick Transit Cover. Read more about BTO. Tap, swish, click and go! |
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Go buy one says Sean Luke, in his comprehensive Dec 2008 review, and updated since AtoB magazine November 2007 review Alan Durnington review on Sightline.org Trailer touring with the tikit®. A bit of disclosure ... Alan Durning is a researcher and Journalist who started the North West Environmental Watch Institute, now called Sight Line. He and his staff reasearch and write books about resource use and suggestions of changes and solutions to make the world a better place. Some of his books are "The Car and The City" and " The Secret Life of Everyday Things". He and his family of 4 live car-free in Seattle. Alan Scholz and Hanna have both heard him speak and have a lot of respect for his work. He now flies around the country giving lectures on different aspects of sustainable living, as well as lobbying for change in laws and taxes. Bike Friday loaned him a tikit, trailer and suitcase to use on his lecture trips and around Seattle. Alex Wetmore review Aug 2007 He tinkered with it and we don't mind at all! Folding Society (UK) Review, Jul 2006 Velovision's coverage at SPEZI 2007 |
Need a tikit® 2 ride? Contact Walter, Peter,Sandy, Mark, Dave, or Ruthy at +1-541-687-0487 or (800) 777-0258 or find more specific contact information at Bicycle Travel Consultants
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