Monday, May 28, 2012

David Byrne: This Is How We Ride!



The artist and musician David Byrne writes, "The future is visible in the increasing number of bikes you see all over the urban landscape. This simple form of transportation is about to make our city more liveable, more human and better connected."

[Read more in the Sunday Review of NY Times]

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

reality check

nice one Steven!

let's roll!

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Fall of 2012 will see the release of yet another beautiful retrospective from Rizzoli, this time spotlighting the 65-year history of Milan bicycle manufacturer Cinelli. Entitled Cinelli: The Art and Design of the Bicycle, the 240-page hardback will feature insights from founder Cino Cinelli, professional riders like Felice Gimondi and Gilberto Simoni, and Cinelli collaborators including Mike Giant, Benny Gold, Paul Smith and Barry McGee. Set for a release this October, Cinelli: The Art and Design of the Bicycle. text from...HERE! Don't pre-order it from Amazon! Buy it from your local bookshop or bike shop!

bike on bike

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Sunday, May 20, 2012

The city can make for fascinating viewing. At times beautiful, ugly, seedy, sublime and ridiculous. Every street, building and person has a story. And this story is best discovered by bicycle. The city rider's journey can be as perilous as it is rewarding but we all know those moments when the evening ride home gives you that scintillating feeling. A view across a bridge or down a tree-lined street, the twinkling lights at night or the morning mist lifting. The art of city riding is as visual as it is physical. Simply post your photo on Twitter, Instagram, or Flickr along with the following hashtags: #cityscopes, your #city or #town, and if you wish, #cycling text from...HERE!

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Cycle on the roof of this pavilion!


'Bicycle Club' is a pavilion dedicated to bicycling in Hainan, China designed by Amsterdam-based NL Architects. Visitors set their bicycles within a recessed trough and easily walk up two staircases to the open-air velodrome.
[via designboom]

Sunday, May 13, 2012

rolling good times

[photo: Michael Wong]

off the wall

Kiyo Keirin bike at Vicious Cycles

Go Matt! :)

baby Ezra has a custom car

by Vicious Cycles Singapore

view from up there

great bike parking facilities at Pasir Ris MRT station!

Sunday, May 6, 2012