Monthly Archives: August 2010

Bicycle Coffee at Timbuk2

Our Bicycle Coffee friend stopped by today to hand-delivery freshly roasted beans to feed our craving. Bicycle Coffee roasts beans in San Francisco and then delivers them to offices in the Bay Area via bicycle. Makes your morning fix even better. Bicycle Coffee founder outside the Timbuk2 office.

More Talk on Bike Commuting

Continuing his world domination tour, our CEO Mike spoke about bike commuting at REI in Fremont on Saturday. Mike’s latest bike commuting talk at REI. Mike’s preso on taming the bike commute beast. Learnings from his 30 mile bike commute to work.

Timbuk2 in Paris

These showstoppers were spotted in the Marais in Paris making Timbuk2 (and Seattle) proud. See more Timbuk2 showstoppers here. Showstoppers in Paris.

Mannequin Walk

Jordan just walked by me carrying a mannequin, bullhorn bars, bubble wrap and approximately 17 backpacks. No biggie. Makes me want to watch Mannequin. Jordan just passing by.

Plastic Surgery in San Francisco

Fang recently brought a Timbuk2 backpack back to life. She de-constructed the shoulder strap, removed the escaping foam, and attached new binding to make the strap look new again. She’s our resident plastic surgeon. Why did she wear a surgical mask in this procedure? According to Fang, this repair was “very stinky.” Have a repair [...]

Painted Cargo Tote

Check out what the intern did to a Vinyl Cargo Tote.

From Our CEO’s Desk

This is how we do bizness. Our CEO Mike holding it down.

Riders in SLC get LIT

Some of our friends with Cutthroat Racing Club recently competed in a Lit. In case you’re not familiar with this term (we certainly weren’t), it’s similar to a crit, but more intoxicated. And since we couldn’t blog it before the race, which may or may not have been entirely legal, here’s a sweet pic of [...]

Internship Week 8: Chaos to Order

My task for this week was to organize the stockroom. Timbuk2 headquarters has a huge storage space, where there is a sample of every bag ever made! Every color, every style, every size! For a Timbuk2 fan, it was like discovering the lost treasure of Atlantis! Timbuk2’s Spring 2011 samples had just arrived and were [...]

Corporate Sales Corner: Android

Looking through manufacturing eyes into the San Francisco Factory Here at Timbuk2′s Corporate Sales department we make some amazingly creative bags in our San Francisco factory. Companies from across the US and abroad buy bags in bulk to give as gifts to their employees.  We help managers, HR departments, and CEO’s give gifts that people [...]