cyclecuse

bicycle culture ephemera from the salt city
IMG_7463 by rackntroll on Flickr.hooded rack mount. very elegant but a lot going on in there.

IMG_7463 by rackntroll on Flickr.

hooded rack mount. very elegant but a lot going on in there.

schurter is saving xc racing from it’s own boredom. get rad dude!

schurter is saving xc racing from it’s own boredom. get rad dude!

where is this image of Marianne Vos as a cat? internet, divulge your secrets…

where is this image of Marianne Vos as a cat? internet, divulge your secrets…

Dirty Kanza covered by the New York Times! and (gasp!) they feature a woman rider!

beautiful short film capturing the Tour of Rwanda (set to Fela!).

funny stuff, and the dude toward the end makes a good point. bike share programs, advertised as being cheap & healthful transportation, need to serve low-income neighborhoods as well. cycling as an elitist institution will never survive.

soma is beating everyone to a great idea and putting together an affordable low-trail 650b steel frame with wide clearances. it’s a “randonneur” bike, but really it’s the original monstercross bike: wide tires (but not too wide), great for road or non-technical off-road, and can carry your stuff (but not too much). chapeau!

soma is beating everyone to a great idea and putting together an affordable low-trail 650b steel frame with wide clearances. it’s a “randonneur” bike, but really it’s the original monstercross bike: wide tires (but not too wide), great for road or non-technical off-road, and can carry your stuff (but not too much). chapeau!

cobraframes:

Mason and I christen Gabe’s track frame with integrated bottle opener outside of The Gear Factory in Syracuse, NY where my shop is located.

bikes & beer, a classic pairing.

cobraframes:

Mason and I christen Gabe’s track frame with integrated bottle opener outside of The Gear Factory in Syracuse, NY where my shop is located.

bikes & beer, a classic pairing.

cobraframes:

Neil is the second person I’ve built a frame for.  He’s test riding his frameset now to determine stem length and position for the fillet brazed stem I’ll make.Pictured on his Bianchi Volpe outside The Gear Factory at my open house.  This was when his frame was still just tubes in a box.
Fuji GW690iiPortra 400

cobraframes:

Neil is the second person I’ve built a frame for.  He’s test riding his frameset now to determine stem length and position for the fillet brazed stem I’ll make.

Pictured on his Bianchi Volpe outside The Gear Factory at my open house.  This was when his frame was still just tubes in a box.

Fuji GW690ii
Portra 400