IN BRIEF
Bike Friday has unveiled the Pocket Rocket Further at the MADE Show, a bike Bikerumor describes as the brand’s first folding bike “designed from the ground up” for gravel. The widened frame and fork take tyres up to 1.6in, with thru-axles, replaceable dropouts, hydraulic disc brakes and a UDH derailleur hanger. In the United States, the base model is announced at 3,200 dollars; the show bike, built with electronic SRAM Rival 1×13, was listed at 6,151 dollars. According to Bikerumor, pre-orders opened on 20 August, with first deliveries announced for December 2026. According to the brand, the bike still folds into a checked-baggage suitcase.
| Base model price | $3,200 (United States) |
| Availability | Pre-orders opened on 20 August, deliveries announced from December 2026 |
| Show bike | 6 151 $ |
| Tyre clearance | Up to 1.6in |
| Seatpost | One-piece titanium seat mast, removable — a $251 option on the order page |
| Derailleur hanger | UDH |
| Brakes | Hydraulic disc |
| Drivetrain (show bike) | Electronic SRAM Rival 1×13 |
| Colour shown | Peridot Green |
A folding bike that fits into an airline suitcase and takes gravel tyres: that is the bet behind the Pocket Rocket Further, which Bike Friday has just unveiled at the MADE Show, the American handbuilt frame show.
The Pocket Rocket Further, Bike Friday’s first gravel folder
The new bike does not simply widen an existing model. “The new Pocket Rocket Further is based on the very popular Pocket Rocket; the new Pocket Rocket Further Gravel is Bike Friday’s first folding bike ‘designed from the ground up’ for gravel,” writes Bikerumor, which saw the machine on the stand.
The outlet describes a frame equipped for the job: “it has more tyre clearance (up to 1.6in tyres), accepts thru-axles, replaceable dropouts, hydraulic disc brakes, and sports a UDH rear derailleur hanger. It is handmade, custom-fitted, and it still folds into a checked-baggage suitcase.”
Clearance never before offered on one of the brand’s road bikes
The extra width is the main technical selling point. Bike Friday puts it this way, according to Bikerumor: “Widened fork and frame: adds clearance for tyres up to 1.6in, including the much-requested 1 3/8in, the widest we have ever offered on a road bike.”
On a small-wheeled folder, that figure changes the nature of the machine: it opens up trails that the narrow tyres of a conventional folding bike rule out. The choice of a UDH hanger also paves the way for direct-mount derailleurs.
One part escapes the fold. “One-piece titanium seat mast. Does not fold, but removes easily for storage,” states the spec sheet relayed by the outlet. The bike therefore keeps its transport promise, at the cost of one extra step.
American pricing, custom-built
On price, Bikerumor gives three markers: “Retail price: $3,200 (base model), $1,400 (frame kit)”. On Bike Friday’s order page, that amount appears as a “Frame Kit [-$1,400]” option, in other words a deduction from the $3,200 of the complete bike, and not as a price. The example shown at the show was noticeably more expensive: “As seen at the show: $6,151 with the specs below”, with an “electronically shifted SRAM Rival 1×13 and hydraulic brakes, White Industries components”.
These amounts are those of the American market. Consulted from France on 26 August, the Pocket Rocket range page showed its prices in US dollars: Bike Friday builds its bikes by hand and to measure in Oregon. A European buyer will therefore have to factor in importing, even though the brand lists a few European dealers, including Bicloune in Paris.
The bike was shown in an in-house shade, “a new Bike Friday proprietary colour […] called Peridot Green”, the outlet reports, making no secret of its enthusiasm for the machine.
