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When I said “Yes, Milwaukee can really do any kinda paint you want” some people took it to heart. Case in point… Insanity. Look at that fork! So nuts! I wanna see a Gravedigger Bruiser!
Man, that pearl clear coat is pretty too. Check out some more shots at MKE’s Flickr.
More information to come at COGmag.com. Stoked on this! Wish August would be over already!
The OX from LifeInABox Productions on Vimeo.
Life In A Box created this video for Boston, MA-based Independent Fabrications recently. Watch as the guys from IF talk about the design and birth of this bad ass street bike. Lookin good guys! IF always makes the nicest bikes.
I don’t usually get into the whole custom saddle thing. Mostly because I tend to ruin saddles all the time and why spend a lot of money on some “limited” art piece only to trash it in a few months?
I will however say the design intent behind these custom Brooks saddles is really nice. If you watch the Tour every year, then you’ve obviously heard of The Alpe d’Huez. It’s been a stage finish of the tour since ’76. Back when the tour was ridden on steel bikes and no one even knew what carbon fiber was, the racers were all riding Brooks saddles.
Now that time has passed, but Brooks commemorates those racers by collaborating with a wallpaper artist. Dan Funderburgh is an artist from Brooklyn and he used the topography map from the Alpe d’Huez for the design. Dan loves bicycles and I’m sure he was stoked to have Brooks approach him.
I know these bikes have been posted all over the net, but Tom Sachs‘ bike is the winner in my book. It had a case of Tequila on a Cetma rack and a spout to pour shots. The Cutters and yes, Lance all got wasted at the private party in Paris. Eventually, they all got kicked out of the party.
The bike looks good and all, but the zinger is in the details. Mr. Sachs took a dremmel and scraped away all the “SRAM” labels and wrote “Campagnolo” beside it. Pretty funny.
Pic via Milano Fixed and Fabio Costa has more images on his Flickr.
Tyler from Independent Fabrications has a really great portrait section up on his site featuring the messengers from the 2009 NACCCs. Some really great ones in there, so make sure you checkem out.
Seeing one of your favorite artist’s work in person is always a great experience. I’ve been a huge fan of French for a while now and his exhibition is up at Mishka’s 350 Broadway space for the next 6 weeks! If you can’t afford a print, you could always pick up one of the exhibition t-shirts from their online store!
The opening party was a good time and I’ve got a few shots up on Flickr. Mishka also has a recap up on the Bloglin, so head over there and check it!
Ben from Deep Fried Graphics did a series of installation illustrations for Hold Fast. Still riding mine and I still stand by them!
Head over here for more information. Let’s swing by before Peel Sessions guys!
If you’re in Glasgow, then be sure to attend this:
Celebrating their 2nd anniversary as well as their 20th exhibition, Glasgow’s Recoat will host their “Spin on This” exhibition later next month. The bike-centric exhibition brings together a number of their friends and close associates to create various bike-themed pieces which include old Tour de France portraits, DIY bikes, bike storage solutions and photography among other mediums. The artists participating include Will Barras, ilovedust, SUMS, DERM, WASTE, Blackcloud, Jam Factory, REKOR, SYRKUS, Pone, Thomas Deeprose and Russell Dempster. The exhibition begins on August 7th, 2009 and runs until September 6th, 2009 with special grab-bags from sponsors given out on the August 7th opening night.
Recoat “Spin on This” Exhibition
Friday, August 7th – Sunday, August 6th
Recoat Gallery
323 North Woodside Road
Glasgow
G20 6ND
Chari and Co just got in the new SAG collaboration with the artist Questa.
I wonder if SAG is going to make the Mash bag a standard model now? I love mine. Been wearing it everyday since Mike hooked it up!
Check out what MWM just submitted to Open for their installation entitled Momentum at the Chorus Gallery!
MWM is on a roll at the moment – Wired loves his work and did you see his custom Mini Cooper? He continues to push his graphic look onto new forms. Take his upcoming show at Open’s Chorus Gallery, “Momentum,” which explores his graphics against a series of Traitor track bicycle frames. “In part with Open and Traitor Cycles, Matt will be presenting a series of five hand-painted frames, a cycling cap and some other soft goods. In conjunction with the frames, Matt will be hanging some of his signature canvas work.” We’re fans.
Read up at Selectism.
This Thursday between 7-10pm at 350 Broadway in Brooklyn, Mishka will be hosting a gallery event entitled Cursed Scrolls. They will be showcasing French‘s work. I’ve been a fan of French for some time now and when I found out he was doing some shirts for Mishka, I was pumped. I can’t wait to catch this.
This shirt will also be available at the event and I’m sure it’ll sell out quickly.
See ya there!
Yeah, I know it’s a bit old, but I just came across these pics from Hellyer Velodrome over at Velodramatic. Make sure you browse through this site. A ton of great content.
Edit: just realized this pic isn’t from the Hellyer post, but I’m still keeping it because it rules!
My friend Chris had a gallery show at the Chorus Gallery in Boston recently. His work is consists of an interesting play with typography and character illustration.
Tony Luong shot this image with 4×5. For more pics of Chris’ custom painted SBC 125R Cruiser, head over to his Flickr.
Little Andrew Temkin has been interning for Lance at Squarebuilt for a few weeks now. Great experience for a young kid to get I’m sure. He’s got a ton of pictures up on his Flickr of Lance working on Bad Heather’s (sorry Heather, I had to) new frame.
Great shots! I’ll post the finished product when it’s done!
Arthur Ganson is known for his kinetic sculptures and machines. At moments even a cold metallic machine can appear to be organic and chaotic. This is one of those moments.
Thanks for the link Zack!
Brought to you by Super Mighty designs… Remember this? I posted it a long time ago. Kinda fitting after the record-setting number of comments I received on the U-Lock post.
Previously:
Ulock Justice?
NYC Bike Theft Solution
