The owner and founder of Makai Bikes, Todd, has lived in three awesome California beach cities over the past 11+ years: previously Santa Barbara, Hermosa Beach, and now Redondo Beach. For  8+ years Todd has been fortunate enough to live incredibly close to the beach and the accompanying walking/bicycling path (Locals call it "The Strand") that runs alongside the sand. Living in a beach town that is so bike friendly made Todd love riding his bike all over town. He cruises his bike to the dentist, to lunch, to the store, or just down the beach to soak up some sun.

Years ago Todd went out in search of the perfect new bike and spent the better part of a weekend driving all over the Los Angeles area looking for the perfect bike. He was shocked at some of the high prices he found, and what a pain shopping for a bike could be. This got Todd thinking..."If I could only shop online for this somehow". Then a light went off! It took a ton of planning and research...but fast-forward to 2008 and Todd finally got his Makai Bikes idea off the ground. His original idea of a website featuring amazing  prices on bicycles and cycling products with some "Aloha" finally came true!