1989 1989 founder rob honeycutt headquarters san francisco california united states of america key people patti cazzato ceo 1 products messenger bags website www.timbuk2.com commuter with bag deedog in color black gold black timbuk2 messenger bag with an iron horse bicycle timbuk2 is a san francisco based messenger bag company that was established in san francisco in 1989 by former bike messenger rob honeycutt . 2 the company was originally named scumbags but founder honeycutt changed the name to timbuk2 designs in 1990 . the name timbuk2 was inspired in part by the american rock band timbuk3 and the company s swirl logo was designed by honeycutt and is meant to mimic the rotation of a bike wheel . 3 timbuk2 is owned by private equity firms vmg equity partners and capital logic partners . 4 timbuk2 founder honeycutt was fascinated by just in time manufacturing . he studied the toyota manufacturing model and developed the timbuk2 classic messenger bag pattern to be able to accommodate custom orders from independent bike dealers in san francisco . while its product line has since expanded beyond custom bags timbuk2 has continually designed and manufactured all its custom products in san francisco s mission neighborhood since 1989 . non custom products are manufactured in china vietnam and indonesia . 5 timbuk2 is one of the few remaining manufacturing facilities operating in san francisco . in 2011 timbuk2 launched a bicycle share program in its retail store . 6 references edit timbuk2 appoints patti cazzato as chief executive officer specialty news . 2014 jul. 9 . retrieved 2014 jul. 26 sarkar pia 2004 11 09 . facing economic reality . san francisco chronicle . retrieved 2008 01 26 . meet timbuk2 timbuk2 . retrieved 2014 jul. 26 timbuk2 designs gets the message vmg partners . 2005 oct. 5 . retrieved 2014 jul. 26 timbuk2 about manufacturing retrieved 2016 march 18 bikeshare timbuk2 . retrieved 2014 jul. 26 external links edit official website this united states retail business article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title timbuk2 & oldid 743700243 categories companies based in san franciscocompanies established in 1989online retailers of the united statessporting goods retailers of the united states1989 establishments in californiaunited states retail company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 19 47 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view