Tag: Art
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Milano Fixed Style
Click or not: Milano Fixed StyleBesides producing insane racing, high speeds, flesh-eating crashes and busted knees, the Red Hook Criterium series also provides broad a platform for bicycle artisans to get a little crazy with the creativity on a fixed-gear canvas. Specialized have been particularly active in encouraging their in-house designers to go to town with unfettered air brushes and vivid imaginations to… …
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Carla Fuentes’ “Le Tour”
Click or not: Carla Fuentes’ “Le Tour”Occasionally we stumble across little nuggets of beauty when bicycles and art intersect. Carla Fuentes is an illustrator with an eye for detail and a deft touch with textures in mixed media. There’s an elegance to her brightly coloured work, the stripped back compositions tactile and feel intimate. Lucy Bourton from itsnicethat.com describes her work thus: Her series… …
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South By South Quest
Click or not: South By South QuestFrench globetrotter, artist, surfer and rider sounds like the dream job description, right? Tito Tomasi lives them all, and hasn’t worked a day in his life! He graced our shores over summer, or should that be our shores (and mountains, lakes, parks) graced him, and conspired in the most spectacular way to produce the latest… …
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He Sees A Red Hook Bike And Wants To Paint It Black
Click or not: He Sees A Red Hook Bike And Wants To Paint It BlackOne of the coolest bikes on display at last week’s Specialized show was the Allez Sprint fixed-gear crit machine raced in the Red Hook Crit series by Colin Strickland to great success. Besides being batshit fast, it’s also one of if not the most uniquely decorated bikes you’ll ever see. Painstakingly hand-drawn by in-house graphic designer… …
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Spin Doctor
Click or not: Spin DoctorFinnish bicycle maker Pelago isn’t a name that many will recognise, but we’re liking what they’re producing, both with their smart and practical bikes and this video series which profiles some of the creative and offbeat people who ride their machines. In this episode, set designer Tobias Allanson and his Pelago Hanko take a spin in… …
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The Jaegher Tour Tableau
Click or not: The Jaegher Tour TableauWith the world’s greatest sporting event starting this weekend it’s a good time to share the brilliant video series that Jaegher bicycles in Belgium produced three years ago. Having met, ridden, eaten and drank with these artisans in their homeland, I can say that they are some of the most passionate purveyors of the framebuilding… …
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Share Bike Shredding In Seattle
Click or not: Share Bike Shredding In SeattleThose share bikes that are found in some major cities around the world are a great initiative, but always leave you wanting a bit more, and a bit less at the same time… more speed, more capability, less heft. We lose sight of their intended purpose, because we want to ride them like the roadie,… …