On the flipside

EARLY SYDNEY MUGSHOTS...








'If mug shots still looked this good, I think I'd go break the law just to have a nice portrait done. Again with the form and function and one following the other and all that. These were mostly taken by police photographers for the simple purpose of getting a clean picture of the accused, and a decent full body pic as well, that's it. But, a century and some odd years later, and you got a real nice looking series of artistic portraits. Check out the style some of these cons are throwing down. Breaking the law just isn't as chic as it used to be, now is it?'

text & images via atimetoget...

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The Forgotten Cruiser Class..

Lillian LaFrance

'In 1894, Agnes was the second of nine girls born into honest-livin’, hard-workin’ Catholic family standards. She christened herself Lillian LaFrance and quickly shook the dust of her Kansas hometown from her boots sometime around 1916, and roared off to create the life she had always dreamt of, carving it raw as she went along. She began Motordrome riding in 1924, and left a blurry, yet brilliant legacy behind that still haunts many who are taken by the images of her incredible spirit staring back through squinty eyes in a copy of a copy of old grainy photos. Incredible.'

“It was the thrill of risking my life that made me to take to drome riding. I was the girl who flirts with death. From childhood I was inspired by wanderlust. I was always alone, dreaming of adventures– how to ride a pony out West, to follow my calling to fame. This was my secret. I shared it with no one.”

–Lillian LaFrance

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Keirin Kulture

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Represent!

Our dear Kamaliah, rocked it out with her 'Icarus' bike for the NTU 128km Bike Rally. Girl power oh yeah.!!! Ride on, ride proud, ride strong! ;)

Have a riot out weekend!

German Americana | Burg and Schild

One of the coolest in Berlin. Bomber jackets, Red Wing Boots, motorcycles and oodles of good man stuff.

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Opening doors for a better world!

celebrates the art, craft and community of bicycling....
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Rendezvous with Bikes

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Concept Vehicles at the new Prototyp Museum

'2010 is the 'proben' (which translates 'sample' or 'concept')
exhibition at the new prototyp museum in hamburg, germany.
presented are 19 1:1 scale experimental vehicles, designed and realised by students of
the hochschule für bildende künste hamburg from 1983 to 2009.

'proben' features different surface vehicles from air to watercrafts - almost every single
vehicle is fully functional, many of them are highly specialised prototypes that have
been built for single record attempts or competitions.'

via designboom.

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On Art

via rebecca rae.

Dublin 1960s

from the Charles W. Cushman Collection.

posterlounge

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Wassup!!!

Nomad Riot

via cyclezombies.

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via lushlight!

On the flipside

via loveyourchaos.

Retro Velo

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Cycle notes

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1898 Fongers militairy bicycle

via andrekoopman's flickr set.

Lushlight

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poetry in motion

via pedalfar!

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Bicycle Messengers of the 1890's or Early 1900's

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Portland, Oregon's 1st Annual Tweed Ride

Scenes from Portland, Oregon's 1st Annual Tweed Ride on January 30, 2010. The ride started at Skidmore Fountain in Old Town. images via william200549's flickr set.