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Racing to Patagonia

Our friend Fernanda brought her new Racing Stripe Messenger all the way to Puerto Natales, Chile (Magallanes Y De La Antartica Chilena). Sweet!

Floating Bikes

I was messing around Etsy again, and found this super cool bicycle mobile:

Creator Ms. Salty & Sweet is an industrial designer by day who likes playing with the laser cutter at night. Check out her Etsy store here to see all her kick ass mobiles including: Pirates vs. Ninjas, Roller Derby Girls, Pin-Ups, Monkeys and [...]

We have five winners!

We unscientifically calculated facebook and flickr love posts, to narrow down our bag biography competition entries to ten. From there the Timbuk2 office voted for the top five winners. It literally came down to one vote for a couple winners. Read their stories and check out everyone’s entries here. Thank you to everyone who entered! [...]

Portrait of a Messenger

Writer-Illustrator Zina Saunders, creates portraits and interviews of often overlooked groups in New York including those of Bike Messengers! It all began back in June 2005 with a Puerto Rico Schwinn Club and now includes urban gardeners, kite flyers, dance roller skaters and more.
Zina lives and works in New York City, where she grew [...]

It’s T-Shirt Tuesday

Sometimes I like to randomly search for cool hand made stuff on Etsy.com, and today I found with these super cool bike tees! Clockwise from the top left:
Green Fixie by Vital Industries a tiny little home/studio – where Brett and Crystal work out of their house in Denver, Colorado. It’s filled to the rafters (literally) [...]

Worlds Youngest Timbuk2 Artist?

One of our eight year old fans took full creative license with their messenger, and we love it!

Pentabike Magic

Our loyal fan Dave Strunk was featured in the most recent issue of Fixed Magazine with his old school Timbuk2 Pentabike bag. How sweet is that? Here’s a little history behind the design:
The short version behind the origins of this little design is simply as follows;
In our lord’s year of 1991, while employed as a [...]

Bag Biography Fun is Almost Done

There’s only a week and some change left until our bag biography competition is over, and the free bag giving away begins. Quite a few super cool pictures and stories have already come in and we’d love to see which are your faves. You can comment about or “like” them at our facebook album here [...]

DIY Hidden Wriststrap

Our friend Ani thought her new Hidden Backpack needed a wrist strap, so she made one! Super cuteness!

Happy Hour is almost here!!!!

Fresh pics from the store! They’re getting the keg ready for our Bike to Work Happy Hour this afternoon from 5-9PM at 506 Hayes Street. More info here