Hi. I’m Bob, founder of Flatbike.

Maybe like you, I grew up on a bike as a teenager, but life led me away, toward more of a driving lifestyle, with running for exercise. Bad knees then brought me back to biking, but with a simple, obvious discovery: bikes are nowhere near as convenient to store inside as a simple pair of running shoes.

Bikes stored securely inside are less theft-prone and last longer. But they’re also annoying. Can that problem be solved…possibly by changing the resting shape of the bike?

That challenge of trying to flatten a bike easily, without detracting from the feel of everyday rugged use, led to the creation of Flatbike.

Over the years, we’ve gone from bundling third-party accessories to building our own line of full-size folding bikes based on the third-party CHANGE frame---and then, with tariffs everywhere, a renewed focus on add-on components for anyone’s bike, with our own invented and patented products.