Category Archives: cycling

ride journal

the ride journal is one of those mags / journals i don’t need to flick through, i pick it up and take it straight to the till; no flicking needed, you know you’re guaranteed a good read. it sounds horribly cliched but you can read the book by its cover, the care and attention to [...]
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Fixed: global fixed-gear bike culture

FIXED is the first book to document global fixed-gear culture. It joins the dots between the bike’s design, its racing heritage and the customization that marks its appearance on our city streets. It meets the track stars, tricksters, messengers, hill bombers and polo players the world over, linking them to the artists, designers and framebuilders [...]
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morvelo

there are quite a lot of companies springing up to cater for the new cool side of cycling, but these guys have been around for years (no diss). they race track, road, cx, mtb, even hill-climbs and they’re doing some really cool tees and some very desirable cycling kit too. is lycra getting [...]
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Cervelo Test Team TDF

the bartape.net has uploaded a new ‘beyond the peloton’ video of Cervelo Test Team at the Tour De France. As per the last ones, it’s beautifully made. Enjoy!
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British Pathe

this so very nearly made me late for work this morning. so much good footage. on recommendation, i searched ‘herne hill’ to see some old motor-paced, tandem and ordinary bike racing. British Pathe
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TFL superhighways.

excellent work from TFL to encourage londoners to get on their bikes! You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video
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Livestrong STAGES exhibition

super super slow posting this. saw it a while back but totally forgots to post it. from the official Stages wesbite: Lance Armstrong and Nike unite to launch STAGES, a global art exhibition to raise funds and awareness for the fight against cancer. Over twenty renowned artists have donated their time and creativity to express the LIVESTRONG message [...]
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Le Tour – Brent Humphreys photography

Texan editorial photographer Brent Humphreys’ pictures of the Tour are stunning – hefty use of strobes and vibrant colours give his images of the Tour a plasticity and an odd seventies look – matin parr of cycling reportage… i find it hard to select just a couple of images to represent his project here – [...]
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GLOBE bikes

Globe bikes is a sub-brand of US cycling giant Specialized, and recently released a few interesting bikes. The brand is aimed at lifestyle cyclists, as opposed to specialized which is more performance oriented. i think, and i’m sure i’ll be corrected on this, but Garrett Chow of Mash SF is the new creative director, and [...]
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bont a-one carbon cycling shoes

these beauties are one of the ’secret’ pieces of kit that team GB used to devistating effect at the Beijing olympics, albeit covered by a sleek overshoe. the carbon sole can be heated / re-heated and molded to the foot, and weighs an amazing 225grams per shoe, but they’re not cheap at $360 a set… watch [...]
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