

The company started building their bags in a garage in Colorado using salvaged materials like seatbelt buckles and seatbelt webbing, which they continue to use across their entire range of product offerings. Chrome's popular bag line, the Mini-Metro and Citizen Messenger Bag, are recognizable by their signature seatbelt buckle release that doubles as a bottle opener. Their bags are built with industrial materials including tarpaulin, Cordura and steel. Due to COVID-19 they closed all of their retail stores permanently. In August 2010, Chrome opened its second retail store in Manhattan, New York, and had retail locations in Chicago, Portland, Seattle, Minneapolis, a second San Francisco location in the Mission District, Denver, Brooklyn, and Washington, DC. In June 2017, the company moved its headquarters to Portland, Oregon. After establishing a reputation in Boulder, Colorado in 1995, Chrome moved to Denver for several years before relocating in 2002 to San Francisco. Chrome Industries is a global manufacturer of messenger bags, backpacks, sling Bags, travel Bags, utility cycling apparel and utility cycling footwear geared specifically for the bike messenger and fixed gear scenes.
