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Mar 11

Rain City Fix

Lookin’ around you for a minute and you’ll see that people and their bikes make one, they are so connected and at the same time differentiate themselves from the rest. Aaron Edge and Brenton Salo took a minute in Seattle WA and bang! They came up with the idea to make a book on fixed gear culture. This short video taken during the photo shoot gives you an idea of the whole thing and it is pretty awesome. Really looking forward to seeing the final result!

More info at RainCityFix.com
Source : Vimeo – Lo-Fi, High-Style

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9
Feb 11

Cycling by re-cycling

One day, a French young man came to Glasgow to make loads of money in Finance and 6 months later left his job to do something far more engaging and enlightening : Glasgow Bike Shed.
This ‘bike social center’ is a place where you can buy a reconditioned used bike, learn about safety, work on your bike in the workshop and get useful advice from the mechanical crew.
The place is run by volunteers, they recycle bicycles, promote safe cycling plus they look very friendly, how better can it be?

Source : Vimeo – Precious Productions

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28
Jan 11

Wear pants, Use lights

Source : Vimeo – BICYCLE TRANSPORTATION ALLIANCE

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8
Dec 10

Work and ride for Ikea

Who didn’t buy a piece of furniture with a unpronounceable name at the blue-yellow store this year? Well I did, like most of my neighbors, and that’s why Ikea did so well in the US. To celebrate this profitable year, the Swedish company wants to thank its employees by offering a All terrain bike to each of them (that is 12400 bikes). The initiative is very thoughtful especially when you understand that it is in keeping with a commitment to good health and being environmentally conscious. Ah those Swedes always sliding effortlessly into first place!

Read on Urbanvelo

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30
Nov 10

The wizard of bike

While I was walking around Old City last week, I stumbled upon a magnificence on display at Art in the Age, a very fine shop offering high quality products (apparel, accessories, …) made by conscientious people with rigorous mind. For the month of November they set up a miniature version of a bike workshop to demonstrate the craft of custom framebuilding by Bilenky Cycle Works, the top-notch custom bike building company founded in Philly in 1983. The showcase was filled with old cranks and tubes, rusty lugs, vintage prints, bike outlines and the center piece I fell in love with : a Bilenky custom made bike.

I think that’s the first time I stared at a bike for more than 5 minutes, I even had to come back the day after to immortalize the moment with my camera. Now I absolutely have to praise the Bilenky crew who does an extraordinary job at building practical and beautiful commuter bikes with the right amount of craft. Just by looking at their workshop, out in the Northern industrial suburb of philly, and by listening to the big boss, Stephen Bilenky, you understand right away what they are made of : tradition, passion and dedication. Double thumbs up!

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29
Nov 10

Sneakerpedia

Finally a place for the sneakerheads to show off their ‘one of a kind’ favorite pair of sneakers and you can say thank you to Foot Locker. The idea popped up as a ‘community space’ where each member can upload pictures of THE sneakers they can’t stop thinking about and tell other members their love story with THE sneakers. Apparently the same idea has already had a short existence on the blogosphere (Sneakerpedia, A dedication to footwear design) but looked more like a solo project. Of course behind the whole community affair and brilliant idea of a digital sneakers showcase (needless to say inspired by Wikipedia), this project offers great advertising opportunities for Foot Locker and a well deserved freshen up (…well if they decide to spread the word on their website)!

To join the sneaker revolution go here (the site is still under construction).

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18
Nov 10

Prévention Cycliste

Réalisée par l’agence Airside, cette superbe affiche de prévention pour les cyclistes Londoniens s’inspire du fameux manuel ‘The Joy of Sex‘. Le projet artistique avait été rejeté (bah pourquoi?) par les Services de Transport de Londres quelques années auparavant mais fait son come back à l’occasion d’une expo au Musée des Transports de Londres.

Vu chez Urbanvelo

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18
Nov 10

Tedx Philly

It’s happening today in Philly at the Kimmel Center and if you did not have the chance to get tickets, you can still view it broadcasting live online : http://tedxphilly.com/live.

For the ones who don’t have a clue of what I am talking about, Ted is a non profit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Basically Ted put together conferences and events (Tedx) all over the world where interesting people with great stories come to talk for 18 minutes about what they do. In a word, it is like a massive Brainstorming where individuals, organizations, communities can share experiences, get inspired and spread ideas. Just watch, it’s good brain food!

And here is a video, if you still don’t quite get it.

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16
Nov 10

Un fix avec Daphné

Daphné Burki, de L’Edition Spéciale sur CANAL+, nous explique tout en détail sur le fixie. Et pour voir tout ça en vrai, les membres du crew de Bicycle Store Paris sont venus parader sur leurs plus belles machines.

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15
Nov 10

Moustache month

The moustache has always been the ‘most bodacious of badges’, and some fixie riders might know exactly what i’m talking about. This little curly stripe of hair, as innocent as it appears, actually plays an integral part in the man’s identity and define him in a such unique way that one’s could say ’show me your moustache and I’ll tell you who you are’.
The Singapore Prostate Cancer Research Fund launched a great campaign ‘Moustaches Make a Difference’ to raise funds and awareness in support of prostate cancer research.

Caught on Abaka

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