In 1970 — at 12 years old — PJ Cunnane started sweeping floors at his local bicycle shop, and he’s been in the industry ever since. His three sons — Alex, Harry, and Pat — grew up on two wheels. 

Our favorite place to ride is “down the shore,” where PJ implemented a “no cars” rule for the duration of our stays as kids — OK, it’s actually still a rule and we’re adults now — but we came to love the freedom, the flexibility. There’s just something about riding down the shore. And we got to thinking, how do we build a bike that makes riding anywhere a little more like riding down the shore?

We’ve had the opportunity to try out a lot of bikes: beach cruisers, fixies, BMX bikes, eBikes, mountain bikes, fat tires, expensive bikes, cheap bikes, bikes that were ridden in the Tour de France, bikes that were definitely not ridden in the Tour de France. And here’s the thing we realized about bikes: They all work. 

But we don’t like to settle. We’re on a mission for something more. We’re on a mission to build a bike that channels the energy of our youth — the freedom and flexibility — into our everyday lives as adults. 

Higbee Bikes is the brand we’ve created to do just that.