I love the bike industry. I grew up around bikes—my aunt and uncle(s) own a bike shop in the town where I grew up—and I continue to love them to this day. But as someone who tinkers with marketing, I have to say the leaders in the industry (small and large companies alike) really understand […]
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First, one I saw outside Equinox this very morning. It’s a Cinelli Vigorelli, cut from Columbus Aluminum. It’s a bad-ass track-only frame. Here it’s been kitted for the street with a vintage Campy crank, Velocity Deep V rims laced to Phil Wood hubs, and white-painted stem and handlebar. Thoroughly modern save the crank. In my […]
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Trek and Lance have been doing a lot of big things lately, from staging a massive comeback in the Tour de France (latter) to being the ride of choice for this year’s tour favorite, Alberto Contador (former). And now there’s The Bikes of Stages, a collaboration between Mr. Armstrong, the kind folks at Trek, and […]
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It’s not that often lately that you see a fixie with box-section wheels that looks so damn stylish. And that’s a shame. While deep-section rims just look plain ‘ol bad-ass, there’s an art to classicism. Whoever put this one together got all the pieces right. The San Marco saddle has a subtle print on it, […]
Totally rad. Old-school OCLV fork, stripped steel frame, gears, and a super clean King headset. Nice work, whoever this is. Outside Gimme! in Manhattan.
UPDATE! This bike is owned by Gimme! barista Theo, and now features sweet clear platform pedals.
A little more affected here, but the Paul brake lever, straight purple ano bar and grey paint kill it. […]
First there’s this, a short from San Francisco, where the topography is a canvas for BMX-inspired fixed-gear art. Via a comment on PSFK.
And then there’s this, from the UK. Again, pure cycling beauty. I wish I could do this. If you didn’t know, this is called “Trials” riding and this guy is Danny Macaskill. Sick.
Two VERY different […]
The above pic is from Cyclingnews.com. It’s a great site.
There’s only 50 of these being made. All handpainted. They’re being made to commemorate the 50th Wedding Anniversary of Ernesto & Vicenzina Colnago, and are fittingly named Colnago ForEver. The bike business is a very cool business. Check out the matching handpainted carbon fiber rims, seat and […]
