May
16
Peter Sagan – 3 for 3
By Jamie
Peter Sagan is the first rider in history to win three consecutive stage’s of the Tour of California. He outsprinted Garmin-Barracuda’s Heinrich Haussler to retain his Yellow Leader’s jersey, Visit California Sprint Jersey and Rabobank Best Young Rider Jersey. Chapeau Peter!
May
16
English Cycles
By Steve
Rob English is certainly making a name for himself as a unique bike builder. I really like this special winter bike project (pictured). Rob is not only good at building bikes, he can also ride them fast too. Having had some great results on the U.K. TT scene as well as some good mtb results too. Rob is based in the U.S. and I hope to see more unique and amazing bikes from him. Check out English Cycles here.
May
15
A Headset Press bike on CycleEXIF
By Steve
I know Dan won’t post this he is way too stylish, according to CycleEXIF – I really thought it was me, all these years I’ve been kidding myself – and I think they might be right. Dan has a canny eye to build a very nice bike and take a dam fine picture of it too. I must say a huge thank you to CycleEXIF who have shown us a lot of love. CycleEXIF is an amazing site run by Adam Leddin who lives in Sydney, Australia. Adam like ourselves is a devotee to cycling and design. Who puts his love into the site and the bikes he brings to it. Without a doubt Adam knows cycling and bikes. Make sure you have CycleEXIF bookmarked and check regular for awesome bikes. Check Dan’s bike here.
May
14
Behind the scene with Team Sky at the Giro
By Steve
Scott Mitchell is Team Sky’s official team photographer and he is putting out some fine images – the above being my favourite. The whole lot is worth a look. I really like those behind the scene shots, so intriguing and out of place or – in the right place? It’s good to see a new breed of cycling photographers coming through, who are pushing the boundaries in what a ‘shot’ should look like (I’m not saying they’re new to photography though). It’s all becoming a lot more creative. Of course I still want to see this classic race shots, but this new element seems to bring the sport to life.
May
12
Obree and the Land Speed Record
By Steve
The ingenuity of this man is legendary and he can smash out a cracking good ride too! I admire him so much, as a cyclist, engineer/builder/maker, but most of all for his human spirit. I wish nothing more than for him to have success at his attempt, which is not an easy this to do. Beating the human powered land speed record is going to take a remarkable effort on all fronts. To one of my few heroes; Good luck! Check out more on Graeme here, his interview on humans invent here and Telegraph here.
May
11
Allan Peters for Artcrank
By Steve
Liking this a lot today. Allan Peters work for Artcrank Minneapolis is a wonderful piece of screen printed design. In fact all the work from Artcrank Minneapolis is dam good. One day I’m going to make it to one of these shows – not easy considering I’m in Taiwan.
May
10
Busyman Bicycles
By Steve
Found out about the fine work of Busyman only very recently and I love it. His reworking of classic saddles is awesome. Pictured is a reupholstered Specialized Ronin in brown leather – lush. He has loads more on his Blog and Facebook page. Top work Mr Busyman!
May
9
Giro d’Italia TTT
By Steve
Apologies for being a quiet on the Giro, wasn’t intentional, just enjoying the racing. Good start to this edition. Very eager to see what Geriant can do with his current overall. Today’s stage will shake that leader board up and for me TTT’s are amazing to watch. It’s a battle, held together by a string of talented riders pushing against the clock and each other and a careful balance of keeping that string intact. Check out the stage here. Next big day [in my opinion] is the Stelvio.
May
8
Manual for Speed Tumblr Feed
By Steve
Manual for Speed has such a good tumblr feed. I check it far too often to see what is new and I get a little too excited (should I admit this sort of thing?). If you haven’t checked out Manual for Speed, then you should right now. Wait come back…
May
7
Howies Rest less ride
By DanFilm of the howies Rest Less Ride. I’m sure you will recognise a few faces. Full write up of the event on their blog. Enjoy.
