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Awesome Bicycle Retailers: Wheat Ridge Cyclery
40 years ago, Colorado salesman Eugene Kiefel — eager for a career change — was faced with the decision to either operate a Dairy Queen franchise or purchase a bike shop. Unbeknownst to Kiefel at the time, this seemingly routine career dilemma would set the course for not only the remainder of his own life [...]
Read MorePolar Bottle® Expands Charitable Contributions With New Discount Program
PRESS RELEASE Boulder, CO — As part of an ongoing effort to expand its charitable contributions and advocacy work, Polar Bottle has launched a new discount program that rewards customers with a 50% off coupon for donating to a charitable cause. Every two weeks the company will highlight a new charity, non-profit or advocacy group [...]
Read MoreBike to Work!
To celebrate National Bike to Work day today our company president invited the entire Polar Bottle crew on a company bike ride to our favorite coffee shop, Ozo Coffee, and treated us all to a beverage. The goal was to encourage more people to bike to work — or at least bring in their bikes [...]
Read MorePolar Bottle Helps Climber Summit World’s Tallest Mountains
Chicago native Lukasz Bokun grew up in the company of skyscrapers — not mountain ranges. But that never stopped him from setting his sights high on the summits of the world’s tallest peaks. “I have always had mountaineering in the back of my mind,” Bokun said, explaining that he established a lifelong curiosity for mountaineering [...]
Read MorePolar Bottle Sponsors First Ultra Marathoner
If you are still up at 2am in the small town of Hesperia, California it’s not uncommon to see an enthusiastic local bounding past your window on her usual 10 to 20-mile casual morning jog. Working full time, raising three kids and competing in monthly marathons is a delicate balance, and for 32-year-old Vanessa Kline, [...]
Read MoreWe’re With You Boston
In the week leading up to April 15th, the Polar Bottle office was abuzz with excitement. After months of planning, we were only days away from attending the 2013 Boston Marathon — not only our first marathon as a company but also one of the greatest sporting events in the world. This excitement was confirmed [...]
Read MorePolar Bottle® Adds Four New Charities To Benefit Bottle Line
Boulder, CO — After months of preparation, Polar Bottle is pleased to announce that the company has expanded its line of benefit bottles to include causes ranging from international land preservation to national rock climbing advocacy. Now available for sale on the Polar Bottle website are four new bottles supporting a variety of non-profits, including [...]
Read MorePolar Bottle Helps Best Friends Gear Up For Adventure of a Lifetime
In 1971, 18-year-old Eric Ryback became a household name in the backpacking community when he became the first person to hike the entire Pacific Crest Trail in one trip. Unprepared by all accounts for the 2,650 mile trail — which runs the entire length of the western United States from the most southern point of [...]
Read MorePolar Bottle® Launches 3rd Annual Employee Health Challenge
Boulder, CO— More than a dozen Polar Bottle employees, and a few company dogs, walked and jogged with spirit this past Saturday as they marked the start of the company’s 2013 Health Challenge by participating in the 13th Annual Canine Classic 5K at the Boulder Reservoir. Launched for the first time in 2011, the Polar [...]
Read MoreA Marathoner Among Bikers…
Working at Polar Bottle, it sometimes feels like biking is the only sport in the world. In the morning, it’s not uncommon to have to navigate through several bikes lining the office corridors before reaching your desk. As the days get warmer, employees trickle in and out of the office more and more intermittently throughout [...]
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