The Radavist

Oh, you thought he was done? No, not yet. Chris Piascik has completed two more illustrations in the Major Taylor series. See the newest one below.

Before you say it, no, the XXX does not refer to XXX-rated. In Amserdam, there are these bollards all over the city with XXX on them, referring to the coat of arms and flag of Amsterdam.

The Fixed Fixed Fixed opening event was last Saturday in Amsterdam at the Prestine Fixed Gear Shop. The show features work from the artist Jasper Faber of U-Turn / 180 Amsterdam. I’m not sure how long it will be open for, but if you’re in the Netherlands, be sure to head over to Prestine and check out their new store!

Marty and the gang at Geekhouse were asked to sit in on a crit at Wentworth‘s Architecture Department. The studio was designing a Boston-based bicycle manufacturing facility and asked Geekhouse to be the local experts and to critique the student’s work. .

Chris Piascik just posted another Major Taylor quote and this time he spelled his name right!

;-)

He’s got all the other Major Taylor illustrations up on his Flickr. Set looks great. I’m waiting on the illustration of him racing!

Previously:
Don’t Get a Swelled Head
Don’t Eat Cheap Candies

Superb Bicycle in Boston just upped a little recap from their Sprocket Rockets opening party. The opening was curated by Meighan O’Toole and featured the work of Simon Peplow. If you missed out on the show, you can pick up a copy of The Ride Journal for a two-page spread of Simon’s work, or head over to Superb and check it out. It’ll be up until January 8th. They’ve also got a limited run of shirts in the making, so be sure to check the design out at their blog.

Previously:
Sprocket Rockets

Hanboi is a graphic designer and an illustrator from London. His work includes various ad campaigns for large corporate clients like Adidas and his own personal work like this Road Kill print. Really great detail in these prints; more information below.

It’s true. Maybe not successful, but sure as hell healthy and happy. I guess it all depends on how you define successful.

Via Pilfered Magazine

Some people use a binder clip, some just roll their pant leg up and some would rather have a strap that keeps their pants out of their drivetrain while riding their bike. Gunung straps are a handmade product out of Japan that do just that. More information below.

Ryan Doyle has an exhibition up at Art Basel in Miami. If you’re in town, you should check it out. It’s gonna be intense! Doyle’s three part bike exhibition featuring the Hell-a-Copter, the Regurgitator and Tall Bike Jousting at Art Basel Miami Beach, December 3 – 6, 2009.

More info below.

I know you’ve seen this, but I can’t get enough of reflective clothing. This shirt from Fixie Shirt sends out the call to the urban fixed gear riders worldwide saying “Life Needs No Brakes”. Here’s the description from Fixie Shirt:

Let’s glow in the dark! We want to offer handlebar freaks a possibility to make themselves visible in aggressive urban traffic without having to look like a Christmas tree.
All t-shirts are produced by labels known for their high standards quality of materials and a care for the environment.

Grab one here.

nice ebisu!

MASH and Macaframa star James Newman just updated his portfolio site. James’ photography focuses on architecture and bikes. Not a bad mix if I do say so myself.

Check it out here.

I just saw this short animation called “Doored” over at Urban Velo and felt like it needed a repost. So spread the word; send it to your family, friends and co-workers. Let them know how easy it is to prevent dooring a cyclist. In other countries, drivers are taught to open their doors with their opposite hand, forcing them to look out the window into traffic for cyclists and other drivers. I’ve started opening doors that way and it’s a really simple method to ensure the safety of those around you.

Really like the video. It was also shot on my new block oddly enough. Typical narrow-Brooklyn street with cars parked on either side. Leaving about 3 feet or so of 100% door-free safety. Sketchy!

With feather-light bike builds often clad in an all-black empirical cloak, it’s nice to see a small independent artist take hold of the color-palette. Cue Geoff McFetridge. He’s by no means as high profile as Shepard Fairey or Damien Hirst and this Rue Sports frame isn’t going to fetch over a $500,000 dollars at a LiveSTRONG auction, but Jesus, this project came out awesome!

I’ve long been a fan of McFetridge’s work and this is one of the best collaboration builds I’ve seen.

More info below.

Michael has been working on the Bright Bike kit for about a year now and is finally offering a kit for $15. The Bright Bike V2.0 kit is offered in two applications, a 1/4″ Pinstripe Bright Bike and a 1″ Caterpillar Bright Bike. Check out more pictures at Michael’s Bright Bike Flickr set.

This puts things in perspective. Albeit a 3d computer-generated perspective, but still. Louis Kahn’s Exeter Library is one of those projects you diagram at least 100 times for Arch history, studio and other classes while in Architecture school. Alex Roman’s recent animation captures the one thing Kahn was going for; space is potent.

Details below:

CG Shortfilm about Louis Kahn’s Phillips Exeter Academy Library.

Main theme soundtrack it’s The Divine Comedy’s “Laika’s Theme” from “Absent Friends” album.
thedivinecomedy.com

Another great Major Taylor quote re-interpreted by Chris Piascik. He’s going to be drawing a new type-treatment for each of Major Taylor’s quotes and eventually print a zine of the collective collection.

Future updates can be found here and through Chris’ Blogzilla.

Check out the previous ones here: 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1.

Previously:
Don’t Eat Cheap Candies – Day 4

Simon Peplow is opening a show at Superb Bicycle in Boston next week. The show, entitled Sprocket Rockets opens on December 4th at 6pm.

See an example of Simon’s work below.

Blue Lug has finally put this saddle online. For a while it was an in-store exclusive. I saw it in the shop when I was there visiting and the architecture geek in me immediately wanted it. Mondrian was one of the most famous Dutch artists of the 20th Century who was a contributing hand in the De Stijl movement. His grid-like compositions influenced all artistic medians. Architecture, graphic and even furniture design to this day look at Mondrian for his simple takes on form, space and order.

This saddle would go perfectly with your LOOK Mondrian frameset, because I know all of you have one of those.