Introducing - Bike Friday

BIKE FRIDAY
HANDMADE IN OREGON SINCE 1992
Introducing
WHAT’S INSIDE:
Silk
● Unchain your Friday
● A Heart of Road
● Commuting Life
● Innovation Lives
Silk
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Silk Select
Smooth Move: Silk’s Belt
Unchains Your Friday
Smooth. Quiet. Clean.
Those three traits brought out the
OOhhs and AAhhs whenever someone took
our Gates Carbon Belt Drive tikits for a
spin.
All too often, the AAhh turned to Aww.
The answer was no, when they asked if
we could put a Gates Carbon Belt Drive
on a 20-inch wheel Bike Friday.
Until now.
Bike Friday engineer Rob English went
to work with Co-Founder Alan Scholz, and
they redesigned the rear triangle for our
new bike: Silk.
Silk 11.0
BIKE FRIDAY SILK
Silk Select: Gates
CenterTrack Carbon Belt
System with Shimano
Alfine 8-speed hub, Avid
disc brakes, threadless
headset, sealed bottom
bracket, and flat bars.
Starting at $1998.
The Silk liberates you to enjoy the
many perks of Gates Carbon Belt Drive
Technology on a 20-inch Bike Friday.
A Gates Carbon Belt weighs about onethird as much as a typical chain, lasts
about twice as long, and requires no
lubrication. Gates says their Carbon Belt
will last 10,000 miles.
The Gates Belt can be combined with
a variety of internal hubs, including
Shimano’s Alfine 8-speed and 11-speed
hubs, as well as a NuVinci’s 360N
Continuous Variable Transmission. Rohloff
hubs are also available.
To introduce Silk, we’ve created three
basic models that offer you the benefits
of a weatherized, low maintenance drive
train.
You can order any of the models with
touring or road wheels, allowing you to
build up the Bike Friday of your dreams.
Choose your handlebars, your internal
hub, your gear range and your tire width
as we build a Bike Friday Silk to fit you.
No matter what you choose, enjoy the
future of cycling right now.
Smooth. Quiet. Clean.
Silk Infinity: Gates
CenterTrack Carbon Belt
System with NuVinci N360
internal hub, Avid disc
brakes, sealed bottom
bracket, threadless
headset and flat bars.
Starting at $2198.
Silk 11.0: Gates
CenterTrack Carbon
System, Shimano Alfine
11-speed hub, Avid disc
brakes, Thomson seat
post, Chris King headset,
FSA cranks and drop bars.
Starting at $3695.
ROAD
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Heart of Road
Bike Friday’s Founders cut
their teeth as elite, national
caliber racers. The Scholz
brothers’ dedication to high
performance gave birth to
the Pocket Rocket road bike,
which evolved over the years
into the Pocket Rocket Pro,
and eventually the ultimate
in travel bikes: Bike Friday’s
lightweight Super Pro (right).
No need to leave performance
behind when you travel.
Super Pro
Charging Out of
the Dakota Plains
The resurgence of American bicycle
racing in the 1970s gave birth to the
essence of Bike Friday in Fargo, North
Dakota.
That’s where Alan Scholz, as a teenager,
opened his first bike shop, Nomad, in the
basement of his house.
His parents, Earl and Mary Esther Scholz,
became the district reps, who organized
racing throughout the Dakotas.
While Alan competed on the senior
national level, younger brother Hanz
battled against the district’s other rising
junior star, Andy Hampsten.
“Nomad was always the center of our
cycling world,” says Hampsten, who
bought his first Peugeot from Nomad’s
second store in Grand Forks. “When we’d
go to Fargo, we’d check in to see what
the Scholz family was up to, and what the
latest news was.”
With elite racing at the foundation of
their love of cycling, it was only natural
that when it came time to design bicycles
the Scholz brothers’ dedication to high
performance trumped everything else.
That focus continues today.
Our road roots shine in Bike Friday’s
elite road creation: the Super Pro. The
ultimate travel road bike, it can weigh in
at less than 16 pounds/7.2 kilograms.
From its one-piece titanium seat
mast/post to the Super Pro stem, it has
everything that makes it an elite road
bike, along with the ability to pack
into a TravelCase so you can show it off
anywhere.
Dress it up with SRAM Red or Shimano
Di2 electronic shifting, and you have
a road bike that will catch everyone’s
attention at the next ride.
BIKE FRIDAY ROAD
You can design
a custom Pocket
Rocket starting at
$1298.
Upgrade to a Pocket
Rocket Pro starting
at $1698.
Choose a Pocket
Rocket with the
Select Group
starting at $2298.
Pocket Rocket Select
Indulge yourself with
a Super Pro starting
at $5398.
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TOURING
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Simplicity: Performance that Packs
When Hanz and Alan Scholz surveyed
the landscape for travel bikes back in
1992, they saw obvious gaping holes to fill:
fit and performance.
“We thought, just having a travel bike
that fits would be better than the onesize-fits-all folding bikes out there,” Alan
says. “We didn’t stop there. We focused
on delivering a high performance bike.”
Bike Friday focused on high quality
standards, and designed a bike that offers
an entire Travel System.
Fit is Key
Experienced touring cyclists know that
a high performance bike that fits your
body is the integral part of the equation.
Being able to transport your bike
efficiently and safely, with the ability to
be completely self-contained — that is,
transform your TravelCase into your trailer
— proved to be the ideal solution.
Bike Fridays eliminated the limits. They
became familiar partners on the TransAm
routes crossing the U.S. It didn’t take long
for them to lead a world-wide invasion.
“I was literally in the middle of nowhere
in Japan,” Bike Consultant Ruthy Kanagy
recalls, “with my Bike Friday parked out
front of a restaurant on Rishiri Island.
I suddenly heard someone shout, ‘BIKE
FRIDAY! BIKE FRIDAY!’”
Kanagy, one of many Bike Friday
owners who have come to work for us,
experienced an encounter familiar to
owners. It’s the spirit that created the
Bike Friday Community.
“We never imagined creating a
community,” Alan Scholz says. “But
that’s just what Bike Friday owners did.
They created an inclusive community of
their own, that welcomes in bike lovers
anywhere in the world.”
New World Tourist
An Owner Speaks:
“Hello. I am writing from Vietnam
where I am traveling with my New World
Tourist. I just want you to know how
happy I am with this bicycle. It has done
absolutely everything I’ve asked it to do,
from riding off-road in Cambodia through
a cornfield in the dark, to riding a paved
road of spectacular vistas of the rice
fields in the Mekong Delta.”
— Nancy Janus
BIKE FRIDAY TOURING
Choose a limited custom Companion
starting at $795.
You can design a custom New World
Tourist starting at $1198.
Indulge yourself with a lightweight
Crusoe starting at $1498.
COMMUTE
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Commuting Life
BIKE FRIDAY COMMUTE
All Bike Fridays can be
great for commuting,
with our Companion
starting at $795.
You can design a limited
custom Just the tikit
starting at $1498.
Carbon Drive tikit
Fold and Go ... in Style
In 2006, Bike Friday targeted
finding solutions for the commuter’s
quandary: The Last Mile.
Getting from home to mass transit,
then to the office from the station
proved to be the greatest challenge
slowing the growth of commuting
as individuals searched to improve
their daily lives.
As usual, the Scholz brothers
attacked the problem with attention
to fit and performance.
“We designed a bike you would want
to ride more than a mile,” Hanz said.
“We combined the quickest fold with
the best ride.”
The tikit folds in less than 5
seconds, and rolls easily onto a train
or can be carried onto a bus.
What sets the tikit apart? When
you fold and unfold, you don’t
need to readjust your saddle or bar
height. Its ride is amazingly solid,
and it can be built as a city bike,
road bike, traveling bike or belt
drive commuting wonder.
From a one-speed fixed gear to
the NuVinci Continuous Variable
Transmission, the tikit offers
versatility beyond compare.
Indulge yourself with a
Carbon Belt Drive tikit
starting at $2198.
A Commuter’s Story
“I have a beautiful steel
touring bike and a Breezer
Uptown 8. I love them both.
The Breezer has served me
well getting around Denver and
commuting to work ... until
recently.
Half of my commute is on
light rail. I ride to the gym early
in the morning and then catch
the train about 15 miles to work.
At the end of the day I ride
the bicycle home. It’s been
working perfectly for several
years, but lately the train is
getting crowded with bikes.
I’m happy to see more people
riding, but there are only six
slots open for bikes and I didn’t
want to start missing trains.
Enter the tikit. I was worried
that it would be redundant with
the bicycles I already own. It’s
not. It allows me to ride the
train worry free.”
— Richard Ray
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MOUNTAIN
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Pocket Llama
Off the Beaten Path
The Pocket Llama is more than your typical mountain bike. The Llama
began as a Bike Friday designed to tackle expedition touring and off-road
excursions.
With a higher bottom bracket for better clearance, the ability to take
wide tires up to 2.1 inches and a frame designed for heavy loads, the
Llama became Bike Friday’s Transformer.
Its versatility and durability make it an extremely popular choice as an
Urban Assault bike, in addition to its deftness for expedition touring and
trail riding.
The Llama is our workhorse that can take front and rear racks, and offers
a heavy rider upgrade to accommodate cyclists up to 280 pounds/127
kilograms.
A bike for everybody.
BIKE FRIDAY MOUNTAIN
You can design a custom
Pocket Llama starting at
$1298.
Choose a Pocket Llama with
the Select Group starting
at $1998.
Indulge yourself with a
Pocket Llama Rohloff
starting at $3885.
“The Llama is becoming my favorite bike.
It is certainly my most versatile bike. It is not
specialized for any one type of riding, but can go
just about anywhere a bike can go and can handle
a variety of conditions well. As a city bike, I’ve
never ridden anything better.”
— Ron Kokish
TANDEM
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Tandem DNA
“Togetherness, never having to feel like
one of us is left behind, seeing places we
would never see otherwise ...”
— Elaine Bradtke & Doug Kingston
The Eyes of a Child
“There is great utility in our tandems,”
Alan Scholz says. “But more than anything,
they are built to be legacy tandems. They
are built to last and to be handed down from
generation to generation.”
Alan designed the Bike Friday Family
Tandem for his youngest daughter, Sarah. He
quickly learned the magic of a tandem.
“Sarah was only four years old and we
had it under the tree for Christmas,” Alan
remembers, noting the stoker seat was set for
a child. “When we came out, she was sitting
on the stoker seat. Even a young child can see
it’s right for her.”
General Manager Hanna
Scholz (front) and
Co-Founder Alan Scholz
Tandem Traveler XL
While Bike Friday has built an
international
reputation
with
its travel and folding bicycles,
tandems always hold a special
place in the company’s DNA.
When Hanz and Alan decided
to try their hand at designing
bicycles, their first creation was
the Burley Duet tandem.
The Scholz brothers raced
tandems on the national level, and
put their designs to the ultimate
stress test. That knowledge is built
into every Bike Friday tandem.
All Bike Friday tandems
disassemble and fit into two
TravelCases for air travel.
The Bike Friday Two’sDay folds
to conveniently fit in the trunk of
most sedans or the back of a Mini
Cooper or an SUV.
Whether you tour as a couple,
or take your child to school, few
solutions are as fun as a tandem.
BIKE FRIDAY TANDEM
You can design a limited custom
Family Tandem starting at $1498.
Choose a full custom Tandem XL
starting at $2298.
Indulge yourself with a Tandem
Two’sDay that folds starting at
$2595.
We have Triples, too!
tikit
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Quickest Fold for All Seasons, Any Reasons
Bike Friday launched the tikit in 2006
with its mission clear and simple: Get
more people on bicycles and fewer cars
on the road.
With a distinctive fast and elegant
fold, the base model set a new standard
for quick folding bikes.
It didn’t take long for a flurry of options
to emerge from the base model creating
a line of quick folding bicycles to cater to
any cyclist’s dream.
Bike Friday offers the One Way tikit
with a fixed gear. The Express tikit adds
lighter equipment with Sport H-bars
to the quick fold and the Speeding
tikit showcases the drop bar, road bike
experience.
Bike Friday’s Carbon Drive tikit with
Gates CenterTrack Belt Drive technology
introduces greaseless, low maintenance
commuting and has been hugely popular.
The Select tikit starts at $2198.
When folded,
the tikit fits into
a space that is
15x24x35 inches /
38x61x89
centimeters.
tikit
with the Select Group
Starting at $2198
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Gates CenerTrack Belt Drive
8-speed Nexus internal hub
Sealed bottom bracket
No greasy chain to mess with
Low maintenance
Carbon Infinity tikit
with the NuVinci
Starting at $2449
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Gates CenerTrack Belt Drive
NuVinci Continuous Variable Hub
No greasy chain, low maintenance
Quick folding technology
Makes Intermodal commuting a snap
Speeding tikit
Road groupo
Starting at $1798
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18- to 20-speed drop bar bike
STI shifters or bar cons
High pressure tires
Day rides
Long commuting
OSATA
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CO
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SO
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Innovation Lives in OSATA
One Size Adjusts To All
Avid cyclists understand one
simple rule about bicycles:
If it doesn’t fit, you’ll quit.
A bicycle that conforms to your
body with the proper frame length as
well as handlebar and saddle height
will eliminate neck, shoulder, back
and knee pain, and leave you feeling
the pure joy of cycling.
Offering a bike with the right fit
can be a great challenge for rental
fleets or instructional programs —
or anyone who shares a bike. The
answer? OSATA.
Bike Friday’s innovative travel
BIKE FRIDAY OSATA
OSATA Simplicity: Utility
bike with hub gearing.
Starting at $498.
bicycle does not fold, but it adjusts
easily to fit anyone from 4-foot-6 to
6-foot-4, and fits into a TravelCase.
OSATA is an affordable solution built
by hand in Eugene, Oregon, in limited
custom touring and sport models.
The standard measurement for
a bicycle frame is the top tube, or
the distance from the saddle to
handlebars.
By simply loosening two bolts on
the frame [below, left], it adjusts
from 50 cm to 60 cm. The frame
locks into place [below, right], and is
secured by tightening the bolts.
OSATA Escape: Touring
and Travel bike for
anyone. Starting at $698.
OSATA Exuberance: Sub
20-pound Travel bike.
Starting at $950.
CUSTOM
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Fits Your Body, Fits Your Needs
Everyone has a pair of shoes that fits
just right, or a suit — or a pair of jeans.
Fit means synchronicity and harmony.
There is no other feeling like it.
That’s what we do at Bike Friday. We
build a custom bicycle that fits you, and
no one else.
We find out what you need, and what
you want. Then we create your one-of-akind Bike Friday — YOUR Bike Friday.
The options are seemingly endless,
from components, to size, to colors. We
build Limited Custom and Full Custom
bikes.
Our Silk, New World Tourist, Pocket
Rocket and Pocket Llama will stand
toeclip-to-toeclip with any bicycle.
Yet, they have spawned offspring to
cater to any needs: the Crusoe and the
Rocket Pros.
Crusoe
For Light Touring
Starting at $1498
● Touring geometry
● Light gauge, double-butted tubing
● Frame sizes 48 cm to 62 cm
● Available for Petite riders [less
than 125 pounds / 56 kilograms]
● Great for any type of touring
Pocket Rocket Pro
Petites also available
Starting at $1698
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Road racing geometry
Double-butted tubing
Single speed up to 30 speeds
Light, fast and agile
Perfect for training and road riding
Super Pro
Ultimate in Custom
Starting at $5398
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Weighs in less than 16 pounds / 7.2 kilograms
Titanium one-piece seat mast / post
Fitting stem program
Top end components of your choice
The ultimate traveling road bike
SELECT
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Our Bike Experts Select Your Components
You can take advantage of the vast experience and expertise of our Bike Consultants
when you design the Bike Friday that is perfect for your individual situation.
All Bike Fridays are built-to-order to guarantee the best fit and performance, and
satisfy your needs.
We understand that choosing components can be a challenge. To simplify that
process, we created our Select Group of optimized Bike Friday models. [The OSATA and
Companion also offer Simplified Groups.]
Our designers searched the globe to find the best combination of components that
will deliver great performance for a reasonable price for each of our most popular
models.
The Select components work great as a group, and you have the choice of three
standard sizes and a variety of 21 frame colors. Add seven cable housing and seven
decal colors, and you have more than 1,000 combinations.
New World Tourist
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with the Select Group
Starting at $1998
27 speeds geared for touring
Threadless headset
Braze-ons for racks and trailer hitch
Perfect for self-contained touring
Most versatile Bike Friday
Pocket Rocket
with the Select Group
Starting at $2298
● 20 speeds, 28-96’’ gear range
● Weighs in about 22 pounds / 9.9
kilograms
● High pressure tires
● SRAM Apex Double Tap shifters
● Great for hanging with local roadies
Pocket Llama
with the Select Group
Starting at $1998
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Front and rear disc brakes
Thudbuster suspension seat post
Takes tires up to 2.1 inches
Designed for expedition touring
Great for trail riding
When folded, Pocket
Bikes fit into a space
that is 34x33x12 inches /
86x83x31 centimeters.
Silk Select see page 2
tikit Select see page 8
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New World Tourist
Pocket Llama
Pocket Rocket
Crusoe
Silk
Pocket Rocket Pro
Pocket Companion
OSATA
Super Pro
tikit
Carbon Drive tikit
Speeding tikit
Family Tandem
Tandem XL
Tandem Two’sDay
EXTRAS
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Front and Rear Racks
Bike Friday Custom front
and rear racks are designed to
carry a load and pack easily.
The Pocket Folding rear rack
(top) fits on our 20-inch wheel
bikes. The tikit Folding rear
rack (middle) expands to allow
you to carry full size panniers.
The tikit Standard rear rack
(bottom) is all-purpose.
Bike Friday
Travel System
Hanz and Alan
Scholz designed the
Bike Friday TravelCase to create the
ultimate travel
system.
Bike Fridays fit
into a Samsonite
F’Lite GT 30 case
(left).
The Bike Friday
Travel Trailer kit
turns your TravelCase
into a trailer (above)
with the ability to
carry 78 pounds / 35
kilograms.
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YOUR WAY
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Let Our Experts Guide You
Bike Friday is here to help you build
the bike of your dreams. The obvious
question is: Where do you start?
You begin with a casual conversation
with one of our Bike Consultants or
your local Bike Friday Dealer. We are
cyclists who love to share our insight
and knowledge, no matter what brand of
bicycle you ride.
We know it can be difficult to pick up
the phone and talk to a stranger, so here
is a little cheat sheet on what we will
need to know to give you the first-class
service we believe you deserve.
Here are some of the questions we’ll
ask you:
What do you see yourself doing on
your Bike Friday most frequently? We
build bikes for specific riding styles, like
touring, commuting or road riding.
When do you need your bike? Many of
our customers order a Bike Friday for a
trip they have planned. We want to make
certain you get your bike in time for your
trip, and our lead time is 4-8 weeks,
depending on the season.
What is your budget? We can design
bikes that will cost less than $500, as well
as bikes that will cost more than $8000.
We want to design a Bike Friday that fits
your budget.
Do you have a bike that you like to
ride and fits your body? This answer can
give us a lot of insight into what you are
looking for and we can match that fit.
Do you want to have racks and carry
bags? The more we know about your
expectations, the better we can meet
them.
The Payoff
We spend a lot of time with each
customer because we will spend a lot
of time building your one-of-a-kind Bike
Friday. We want to get it right for you.
We focus on details so each Bike
Friday comes with the confidence of a
No Questions Asked 30-day Money Back
Guarantee that your Bike Friday will fit
your body and meet your expectations.
Each frame is guaranteed for life, and
our Customer Service team is available
24/7 to assist in any way.
THE COMMUNITY
“Photo, photo!” Five minutes into Day 1 of the ONE BIKE SHOP Tour of Bali,
everyone ahead of me braked suddenly before a huge statue, traffic zipping
past.
“Satu, dua, tiga.” On the count of 3, we grinned.
“Lagi, lagi!” Again, again! I learned many phrases in Bahasa Indonesian.
Camera shutters clicked.
So it went at every famous monument, temple, scenic spot, and monkey
park. Thirty members of Indonesia’s Bike Friday Club rode, chatted, laughed,
sang, and ate their way around the island of Bali for 5 unforgettable days.
Whether your travels take you to Amerstdam, Jakarta, Bali, Bangkok,
Beijing, Taipei, Singapore, Seoul, or Tokyo, you will not get bored on an outing
with the local Bike Friday club! Look them up for your next adventure.
— Ruthy Kanagy
OUR TEAM
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Really Special People
Making Really Special Bikes
You would be hard pressed to find a
more eclectic group than the Bike Friday
Team.
We’ve come from all walks of life,
but have been joined together by an
unwavering love of cycling.
In 1992, brothers Hanz and Alan
Scholz laid the foundation for this family
business. And it feels like family.
We put our heart and soul into our
with you. Collectively our Consultants
boast more than 30 years experience at
Bike Friday.
When it comes to building your custom
Bike Friday, we have a group of Line
Masters who can step into any position on
the production line.
Our commitment to the Toyota
Production System means that anyone
can stop production when they see an
Our Mission:
To build a better
tomorrow by
offering individual
solutions for
transportation,
personal oil
independence
and health.
work. It begins with the Bike Consultants,
who listen closely to make sure they
understand exactly what your cycling
needs are so we can enhance your
experience.
Some of our Bike Consultants were
customers first. They bought Bike Fridays
and felt like part of the company. That
kind of background is priceless.
Other Bike Consultants worked their
way through the company’s departments,
starting on the production line and
eventually moving into Consulting. They
have intimate inside knowledge to share
imperfection, which is why we can back
every frame with a lifetime warranty.
All told, we have more than 60 years of
experience on the production line.
We pride ourselves in customer service
that has one rule: Make it right.
With more than 30 years experience
working on Bike Fridays, our Service
Representives stand ready to walk you
through any issues on the phone or online.
No matter how you contact us, rest
assured that you’ll be in touch with a real
person, not a machine.
That’s our promise to you.
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Custom folding and travel bicycles
hand-crafted in Oregon SINCE 1992
BIKE FRIDAY
Bike Friday has survived 21 years by listening. Our customers
comprise the best Think Tank we know. So, please, tell us your
opinion. Visit www.BikeFriday.com/Momentum and fill out
our short survey. We’ll give you a voucher to use in the Bike
Friday Webstore as a way of saying, Thank You.
Your opinion counts
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