History
Celebrating 12+ Years Of Bikeflights.com
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JULY 2009
William Alcorn started Bikeflights.com - a bicycle shipping service for all types of riders - while living in State College, Pennsylvania.
AUGUST 2010
100
We celebrated our first major milestone of
100 bike shipments
per month.
September 2011
Bikeflights relocated to Portland, Oregon to open West Coast operations.
April 2013
We attended our first Sea Otter Classic. We’ve been back every year since.
September 2014
We exhibited at Interbike for the first time.
April 2015
We launched our Bikeflights Brand Ambassador Program to help cyclists - ranging from up-and-coming young riders to established pros - more easily get their bikes to events.
January 2016
We kicked off our Buck Up For Bikes Program, to promote more young people and women riding bikes. To date, the program has raised more than $81,000 for organizations like Trips for Kids, the National Interscholastic Cycling Association (NICA), Little Bellas, the International Mountain Bike Association (IMBA) and the Amy D. Foundation.
July 2016
We released our first cardboard bike shipping box after a year of development.
July 2017
Building upon the success of our cardboard box, we launched our second bike shipping box - this one even stronger (and prettier), made of corrugated plastic.
September 2018
After providing shipping services for Interbike Reno, we held our first staff retreat with three days of mountain biking, road riding and storytelling around Lake Tahoe.
January 2019
Bikeflights became the
Official Bicycle Shipping Service of the
Tour de France.
February 2019
500,000
Cyclists Served
April 2019
We joined the UPS certified carbon offset program for all customer shipments to reduce the environmental impact of shipping bikes, wheels and gear.
June 2019
We supported and conquered the 100- and 200-mile Dirty Kanza events for the first time in 2019 and since then, we’ve continued to work with and ride Unbound Gravel and Leadville.
July 2019
Celebrating 10 Years Of Bikeflights
May 2020
Bikeflights-QBP Top Shop Program launched to help bike shops become better shippers and expand their services.
October 2020
We launched version 2.0 of our Bikeflights Bike Boxes. The completely redesigned cardboard boxes come in two sizes and make it easier to pack and ship bikes.
July 2021