JOURNAL

FAST ENOUGH TO SLOW DOWN™

This space is our workshop in words — where we take apart ideas, design details, and the odd chaos of starting something from scratch. The story between rides.

How an Italian Grandma Bike Inspired the Higbee Martini

The Higbee Martini didn’t start with specs or sketches — it started with a feeling. A small Italian bike that help shape our approach to electric riding.

Cars, Bikes, and the Feeling Between Them

A car makes a big world accessible, but a bike makes a small world infinite. It’s not cars versus bikes—it’s connection versus insulation.

Beyond Your Block

Beyond Your Block is about what happens when a quick ride stretches a little farther, turning errands into joyrides and neighborhoods into worlds of their own.

Building Something You Think Should Exist

What does product development look like when you’re still figuring out what you’re building? MythBuster Adam Savage has a name for it.

The Beauty in the Belt

The chain is a masterpiece of old-world engineering. The belt is its modern counterpart — quieter, cleaner, and just as brilliant once you look beneath the surface.

The Magic of 13 Miles per Hour

There’s a sweet spot between rushing and crawling — around 13 mph. It’s the speed of a flow state.

But Why Small Wheels?

Every bike is a balance of trade-offs — speed, stability, comfort, size. For more than a century, wheel size told that story. But electric-assist rewrote the rules. 

Buying a Bike Online Doesn’t Have to Be Complicated

Assembly matters. That's why it we built our business around it. 

Recent Press

Bicycle Retailer

We were thrilled to be featured in the November issue of Bicycle Retailer & Industry News — and even spotted on the cover.

The piece dives into how Higbee came to be: a small, family-run brand building bikes that capture the feeling of simple, joyful motion. It covers everything from our first model, the Martini, to what it takes to build a compact electric bike that feels timeless — not techy.

You can read the full story in Bicycle Retailer’s November issue. After all, what says slowing down more than getting your news in print?