Entrepreneurs / Small Business  June 27, 2018

Freedom Folding Bikes profits by peddling pedaling

Freedom Folding Bikes
A Boulder company that sells folding bikes has seen growth of 111 percent over the past two years. Courtesy Freedom Folding Bikes
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BOULDER — The Freedom Folding Bikes store in Boulder is full of bicycles and accessories, but owner Chuck Ankeny muses that, “Some people come in just to see my couch.”

That sofa came from New Zealand, via a New York art gallery.

Couches certainly are comfy, but Ankeny would rather his customers get off the couch and get some exercise. With bicycles that fold up for easy hauling, he wants to make that as easy as possible.

With BizWest since 2012 and in Colorado since 1979, Dallas worked at the Longmont Times-Call, Colorado Springs Gazette, Denver Post and Public News Service. A Missouri native and Mizzou School of Journalism grad, Dallas started as a sports writer and outdoor columnist at the St. Charles (Mo.) Banner-News, then went to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch before fleeing the heat and humidity for the Rockies. He especially loves covering our mountain communities.
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