fauvistic bastard

via..

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via The Ride Journal.

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TFL

London Transport Museum's cycling illustration competition
The London Transport Museum, asked illustrators to draw the links between cycling in the London, environment issues, health and fun. You can view the some of the entries here.

Shanghai

via woostercollective.....

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'Above is the Airside creative agency’s rejected design for a Transport for London cycling promotion.'

via urbanvelo..

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via Bibix.

Messenger Boys: 1909

Western Union messengers in Hartford, Conn. March 1909. They are on duty, alternate nights, until 10 P.M. Messenger #32 is Thomas De Lucco, 9 years old, who works second job as newsboy. Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine. via shorpy

here's to a lovely weekend in the city!

via tess morma parks' flickr set.

One for the road..

via i killed jack johnson.

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on the flipside

this one's for you Singapore..

Happy Holidays....

the festival of lights..
image via velomama's flickr set

FTW..

sideburn,.,.

70s

via everyday_i_show: The U.S. National Archives

monocop

via crankeeblog.

LOUD & PROUD

happy happy halloweenies....

back at work..

rev-up

tinkering..

here's to fresh asphalt and solitude..

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banks & bikes do go together hey!

'Attached to the bikes just above the bank's logo, the decals delivered a one-word message that, combined with the bank's name underneath, succinctly conveyed many Britons' anger toward the banking sector'

via wooster collective.

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Bikes and Books

where we shop!

read the full article here..

Clapton

been out riding all these while..

'On the Street...Bill Cunningham, New York'

via The Sartorialist.

leitner military folding bicycle

'the leitner portable bicycle was manufactured during ww1 in kharkov, russia. according to the article below (see link), the folding mechanism was based on a "rifle lock" concept (perhaps the author was referring to the bolt locking mechanism?), enabling for a more rapid folding time. it has been argued that the bicycle was superior to other folders of the time (france's capt. gerard bike, as well as austrian, german, and japanese models).

for a loose translation (russian to english) of the history of this bicycle, see:

translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=pl&u=http...'

light infantry bicycle: the original mountain bike

'this photo is from the outstanding and now, out-of-print book bicycles (la biciclette) by galbiati and ciravegna (1994). the bicycle shown is a bianchi.

this 1912 model has two spring shock absorbers on the front fork, a system with a hinged joint near the bottom bracket that allows the frame to fold in two, and a spring shock absorber pivot-mounted coaxially with the pedals. the headlight is an oil lamp. the locking bolts for the hinged joint pull out from the top. this bicycle carried the model 91 ts rifle.*'

* galbiati, f. & ciravegna, n. (1994). bicycles (la biciclette). san francisco: chronicle books.

via oltenia 1915's flickr set.

way to roll.....!

On the flipside

via kentalog.

Marcus Ross' Top 10

via i-d online