01 January 2010
Building the Team Radio Shack Trek Madone
1Love it or loathe the design of this bike. It’s always interesting to see how stuff gets put together.
Check this video of Lance Armstrong’s Team Radioshack Trek Madone being decaled.
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29 December 2009
Hong Kong Private Collection
1Some interesting bling bikes from a private collection in Hong Kong. Love the “bones” finish on the Klein.
20 October 2009
Damian Breach Photography
1Chances are if you have ever picked up a MTB magazine, or for that matter even seen one on the shelf of a newsagency you have seen Damian Breach’s work
12 October 2009
London to Paris
0London to Paris - 10 riders from all over the globe ride from London to Paris to meet up with Lance Armstrong at the end of the Tour De France 2009.
11 October 2009
Their Off Season = Cyclocross Dreams
1As the warmth approaches (yes - just get on with it!) our northern friends move into their off season and that means cyclocross. It’s unfortunate that we don’t really have a large cyclocross scene in OZ, but that’s not too much of an obstacle with the interweb thing. A combination of road(like) frames with super lightweight parts, 700c x 30+ knobby tires, thrown around on road, grass and mud, then carried or bunny hopped (for the super skilled) over man made vegetable patch style edging. Even better still are the crowds that seem to have the enthusiasm of a fixed gear alley cat event. In all honestly what more could you ask for?
Combine all of this with a spectator holding a red camera, a birger lens adaptor with Canon EOS lens attached ... pfft heaven appears before your eyes (nice work jesse)
01 October 2009
Surly have a new website
0Surly Bikes have just launched a brand spankin’ new site. It’s a whole lot easier to navigate than the old beast of a site they had but there doesn’t appear to be any new bikes or colours yet but I could be wrong. All the specs. on frames and complete bikes are a lot easier to get to now, go check it out: surlybikes.com
(for the web nerds the site is built with Expression Engine)
23 September 2009
Speedbicycles Virtual Museum
0You can now stop work for today, here’s an amazing collection of bicycles to look at for the rest of the day www.speedbicycles.ch.
Here’s the blurb and some of the bikes, there are a LOT more to be seen on the site.
“In early 1980s Stefan Schaefter started in collecting and restoring vintage bicycles. Over the years this collection specialized into lightweight bicycles and got selected and refined.The brand “Speedbicycles” was first time used in early 1990s. In 2003 Speedbicycles Gmbh (Ltd liab. Co) (SARL) was founded. Today Speedbicycles offers purchase, sale, repair, restoration and advice of vintage lightweight bicycles. It is the target of Speedbicycles keeping the bikes as authentic as possible. For to preserve the flair of the bikes repainting, rechroming, etc. is avoided wherever applicable.”
18 September 2009
I just made these flyers to tell you that I hate you, bike thief
0Stolen bike flyer, “I don’t want this bike back. I just made these flyers to tell you that I hate you, bike thief.”
Update: So there is no confustion I found this flyer on the interweb, I have never owned a bike with a skull flag, yet.
16 September 2009
Saddle Collection
0The guys over at Velo Cult have decided to start photographing some of the collections of bike parts they have. First of the ranks is some of the saddles they have stored up. This is a nice site of photos.
04 September 2009
Smart Move - Embacher Collection
1Stumbled across this awesome collection of bikes the Embacher Collection. I am not sure if it is a perosnal collection or a museums. There is also a book “Smart Move” which details 50 bicycles from the group. One of the stand out bikes is a Bob Jackson tricycle! This is definitely worth a look, I picked out a couple of bikes after the jump.
Update: From the Smart Move website some more information on the collection:
“In his job, Michael Embacher is confronted with design on a daily basis. In the last five years he has built up one of the most remarkable bicycle collections which stems from his interest in the bicycle as an exciting artefact of daily life, an efficient mode of transport and an individually customisable object.
The almost 200 roadworthy bikes and the curiosity of the objects makes the Embacher collection unique. Mostly when collectors run riot they happen across just a corner of the bicycle’s history - but here design and fascination with the rare, the strange - and also heroic failures - are at the forefront of the collection.”
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