The Radavist

As cyclists, many of us forget that May is bike month. How exactly is that different than any other month? It really isn’t, but that doesn’t mean you can’t pick up some of the Super 7 cycling shirts:

“From the top left to bottom right:

Bike Collage – For the two wheeled enthusiast, we put together a collage of 18 different bicycles. No matter what you ride, show your love for pedal power!
Cali Chain – Ride hard, ride fast, ride California.
MPG – Bike Ride forever…
Giro di Paris – Paris Bicycle Tour!
Bike Mess – Three lane pile-up reaches critical mass!
Giro di San Francisco – San Francisco bicycle tour!”

Super 7

What’s up Kelli? Adam from FFFFixas makes illustrations from photos of girls on track bikes. This one’s gotta be from the portrait I took of Kelli during the 2012 NAHBS after she finished the Mash TT. I recognize some other photos in there too.

I’m digging this work. Keep at it Adam!

I missed out on posting Woof‘s Happiness on a Bicycle 01 but 02 makes up for it. Love this!

As far as collaboration bikes are concerned, anything involving Geoff Mcfetridge is going to turn out stunning. This newest Beautiful Bicycle comes from English Cycles:

“Last year, Jason at Fairwheel bikes in Tucson approached me about building a frame for a customer who wanted a singlespeed road bike to have custom paint by artist Geoff McFetridge. Seemed simple enough. But then Jason had an idea about doing a single-sided frame…. Generally always being up for a design challenge, I said sure, and set about figuring out how I would do it.”

See more here and thanks for informing the world about this Tracko!

Terrance from Heavy Pedal entered a poster show in Phoenix called Pedal Craft with this homage to the movie Breaking Away.

I’m digging the British vibes Woof is putting out in this new sketch. I spy a Titan Luxe bar and stem and a Chater Lea headset. Keep it up man, more of this.

No explanation needed, just Chris Piascik doing this thing. Love this, man!

This killer lino print was made in 2011 by an LA artist named Angelina Elise. It’s titled “My Time in Echo Parque” and is a perfect seque into warmer weather. She no longer has the print for sale, but you can see her Etsy here and her work at a forthcoming show in Long Beach called American Hicksters.

This is on my list of “must haves” while I’m in NYC. I love it when artists do graphics that aren’t their usual M.O. I wouldn’t have known this was Jeremy Fish unless you told me! Swoop them up at NYC Velo.

This looks like something they’d hang in a shooting range in Texas.

Since leaving NYC, it’s great to see people and brands that I brought together still pushing rad shit. I introduced Lamour Supreme to Mishka many years ago and that led to talks of bikes and art. Since Affinity was my LBS, I always sent the dudes to Jason for their cycling needs. Now, what? Like 5 years later, Mishka, Affinity and Lamour Supreme put this sick as fuck Kissena track bike out. Amazing.

Check out some killer photos below!

Mitchell Silva’s ID project entitled Glowbars takes some relatively off the shelf technology and adds a little pizazz to it. LEDs are a simple and energy efficient light source and Mitchell has made a prototype handlebar that incorporates them into the front of the drops. I’d love to see how Deep Local would interpret this. Personally, out of all the stupid safety shit we see coming out, it’s nice to see someone actually do something with a real world application. I mean, randonneurs have been doing the same thing for some time, although, not as tech-savvy.

Photos by Andy White

Mr. Andy White, from Fyxomatosis and FYXO HUB is hosting the 50+ finalists for the Chasing Rainbows poster design contest all week. Because fliers are so 2006, I asked Andy to snap a few shots of the space with the posters hung. Check out more below and all the details you need to see this rad show!

Defgrip mentioned something last month about seeking artists to do wallpaper for their site, prompting Australia’s  Bohie Palecek to hop on it. This is sick. So much alchemist symbolism in this one. Also, the Aussies love their “hoop snakes”, which we call Ouroboros. Pick up higher-res versions here, for FREE at Defgrip.

I had the chance to finally meet Matt Cardinal and Nate Meschke, co-owners of the Portland-based Signal Cycles. In their carefully-curated booth, they were selling these handmade posters. Each sheet was stained with Stumptown coffee before they were printed. How Portland is that? Even if you can’t own a Signal Cycles, you can probably afford one of these nice prints. Head to Signal Cycles for more information.

Jake Ricker’s photography has been featured here countless times on the site over the years. His 35mm snapshots have finally made their way to a printed publication:

“I am very proud to announce my first photography book is now for sale. A wider and slim version of the same 70 page book is available. Hard cover and soft cover option in both sizes. Look for the preview button on Blurb to see 30 pages of the book. If you would like a copy but don’t want to go through Blurb I can take preorder payments and place a mass order myself. I will ship them out as soon as I get them in.

Exactly. Thanks to FGL for posting this. Especially after all the banter in this post.

Like track racing? Pretty good with the Wacom tablet and have a good design eye? Love those vintage track racing posters? You could win $1,000 in the Melbourne Bike Fest Chasing Rainbows design competition.

Check out the rules below!