Our story starts in a small bedroom in SoCal where I found myself in a unique position. At the time, I was living in South Orange County and commuting twice a week up to Fullerton College. As an avid cyclist and entrepreneur in my early 20’s, I was fueled by living a plant-based diet around a bicycle-centric lifestyle, all while keeping my carbon footprint to a minimum. On my long bicycle commutes home, I would dream up new ways of carrying gear on the bicycle. I loved the idea of my gear representing my values, just as the bicycle represented my green lifestyle. I wanted high quality, cycling specific gear made of the finest technical materials and MUSA – Made in the USA!

As my commute continued, I began to prioritize my time off the bicycle with late hours at my sewing machine. My tiny bedroom turned into a small manufacturing studio. I eventually even removed my bed frame and banished the mattress to the closet where it would live its days rolled up like a Little Debbie Swiss Roll. I managed to turn nickels to dimes and before I knew it, I had saved up enough to move out of that little bedroom and started my dream of building a Los Angeles based bike bag manufacturing facility.

That dream continues on today with 7 full time skilled sewists, production cutters, social media managers, lifestyle product photographers and e-commerce gurus right here in the heart of Downtown Los Angeles. Today we roam free in our ground level manufacturing facility located off the Main St. bike lane between 8th and 9th St.

Road Runner Bags Founder and CEO: Brad Adams