Boy meets girl, girl meets girl, boy meets boy, all powered by bike.
We've seen our fair share of cyclist love stories unfold over the years at Mission Bicycle. This month it's more than appropriate to reflect on the love that our bikes have brought into the lives of our customers.
Meet Craig, who came to our shop with the intention of building 2 complimentary bikes for himself and his then girlfriend, Steph.
His plan was to surprise her with a new bike, which is incredibly sweet. Little did she know he would then double surprise her by proposing on the innagural ride. Spoiler alert- she said yes!
Watch a time lapse video of both bikes being built simultaneously.
Next there was Janice and Laelia. "We stumbled into your shop and were so taken we decided to design bikes as wedding gifts to each other."
They originally met on a long bike ride. 17 years later, they took a much shorter ride down their wedding aisle, on two new Mission bikes.
Then there was Liberty (pictured below), who received a custom bike as a surprise wedding present from his fiancee Stacy. Here he is on pick-up day, beer cans emptied and included free of charge.
Ever thought you might go the extra mile for your special someone? In 2012 our customer Payam Rajabi went the extra 27 to show his girlfriend how big his heart was for her. About the size of San Francisco.
We shared his story and it went viral. Verizon even made a commercial about it using the real Payam and his real Mission bike.
Our co-founder Zack Rosen thought he'd ask Robin Pam out. Can you guess? A bicycle date. A self-guided tour of street art in the Mission.
A Mission Bicycle can make a good first impression. They got married in 2015. Photos by Alison Yin.
Even our General Manager, Jefferson, and his partner, Gary, got in on the action this past year (congrats again.)
With one of their first dates having been a Midnight Mystery Ride, they decided to bring things full circle on their special day.
Staff member Robin's first date with Mission Bicycle customer Edward was on Christmas day. As of last week, Robin has a sparkling new Mission Bicycle so the love birds took their first impossibly romantic ride together and shared the below photo with us. Lovely.
Our production manager Josh built this bike as a gift for his valentine. Happy Valentines Liesse!
Mission Bicycle owners Katie and Scott, who are actually Floridians but made the trek all the way to SF this past July on a "mission" to be married on Mission bikes at our beautiful city hall. Congrats you two!
Wanted to leave you with this couple steaming up our window. Ok so these two aren't customers yet. But based on what we've seen over the years, a couple of Mission Bicycles might just increase their odds.
Love, The Mission Bicycle Team
Just now remembering you haven't picked up a card for that special someone this year? Not to worry, we've got you covered.
And if you've been left inspired to go big this year, we've always got the option of a custom designed bicycle. Now available in a box.
Including:
Personalized note from our design team
Catalogue outlining options & upgrades
Color fan to aid in selection of 250 frame color options.
Bike multi-tool for making quick adjustments
Pedro's Tire Levers
A link of chain just for fun
Simply select a deposit amount below and we'll build the bike of their dreams.