After seeing this thread, I looked at the Wikipedia entry for Bike Friday and saw that the founder of Green Gear/Bike Friday was also involved in the founding of the Burley Cooperative. Burley made great products but couldn't make the cooperative model work over the long haul in the bicycle business. The old Burley disappeared, it's now privately owned and many of their great products (rain gear, interesting recumbents) were discontinued and now they sell mostly imported junk with just a tiny fraction of their product produced in the USA. I hope Green Gear / Bike Friday doesn't meet the same fate but it's a distinct possibility. The Stolz family has made a positive impact in the cycling world but it's hard to swim against the tide.