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Have fun at Burning Man!

This thing was parked in front of our factory yesterday morning. One of my coworkers was convinced some band had just pulled up until I pointed out the uHaul with tricycles dress up like muppets. Yup, it’s that time of year again for the mass exodus to the desert to create unique pieces of art [...]

DIY, BIY… FYI

A quick post about a couple cool things we’ve been up to lately. First off, our friends at core77.com have invited us to be guest judges for their back to school 1 hour design contest. If you think you’ve got a good backpack design, and can bust out the concept in under an hour click [...]

Fireman Gear Transformed

This bag got built yesterday – unreal work making an old 2nd hand fireman’s jacket and pants into a nice bag – Chris and Donald did a great job in our San Fran Factory. See more photos of this bag here.

Customer Mods

One of the things I have always appreicated about Timbuk2 customers is their commitment to modify our bags, hack them, make them better for whatever they need.
Andy ‘Papa’ (short for some crazy long Greek name) works in Nascar for Hedrick Motorsports
and well his bag was just not fast enough… he did a simple but [...]

Bicycle Film Festival After Party tonight

Gold Sprints tonight at Sports Basement (1590 Bryant st) after the films.
Free Admission
$5 to race
Pizza
Beer
10pm-2am
\m/ \m/ rock

The latest threat to Homeland Security: Bicycles

Rose, age 3, poses a major threat to cars and the American way of life. photo by Glenn Loos-Austin
In a recent article published by MSNBC entitled: Deadly tension on the roads — cars vs. bikes reporter Alex Johnson explores some ups but mostly downs of the current rise of bicycle riders in America. In [...]

San Francisco Cyclists: Urgent Action Needed!!

From our friends at the SFBC:
If you live in San Francisco, you may know, the City has been stalled in making bike improvements for over two years, and we are appalled at the latest news–that the City is even further behind on getting the Bike Plan on track and striping new bike lanes and installing [...]

Follow Your Folly

Actually, mine is beer too. This Saturday I will be pouring beer for all you New Belgium fans at the Tour de Fat. Keri will also be there volunteering for the SFBC–she will be regulating all the drunk people, making sure that nobody becomes that guy.

Bikes + Beer = Awesome

Oil your bike chain and don your capes, crowns, tutus and tuxedos! Tour de Fat is back in San Francisco on Saturday, July 19th at Speedway Meadow in Golden Gate Park. Come join SFBC for a ballyhoo of bikes & beer sponsored by the New Belgium Brewing Company, makers of the acclaimed Fat Tire [...]

A Little Love from the Islands

Any excuse to post a love letter from Hawaii. We thought this was as good as any.
Ms. Jamie & Timbuk2,
I would like very much to extend a warm Mahalo nui loa from Hawaii (thank you very much). You were very personable and professional during our phone conversation. It’s good to see that growing [...]