Nice day, nice rides and great shots taken at the London Tweed Run 2011 that happened last Saturday.
Photo Credit : Flickr – Jamesgreig
Posts Tagged: bike scene
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Apr 11
Deep down
Matt Lingo, San Diego based photographer famous in the fixed gear scene for capturing tricks, hazardous rides through traffic or bombing hills, has a new project coming up named ‘What This Means’. After gathering lots of photos over the years, Matt decided to take his art to another level, focusing more on the people than the bike itself to reveal what fixed gear is all about. This project stems both from the passion of the photographer and those who participated in it, showcasing the real aspect of the fixie world that one can only grasp through its people. Profound, personal and beautiful project!
Photo Credit : Matt Lingo
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Mar 11
Fixie Docu
Minimal, aesthetic, different… all you wanted to know about the fixed gear movement, its origins, its fashion, its reasons to attract so many people. 20 min. of images, interviews and nice tunes put together in this excellent documentary by bobwhiteprod.
And if you have a chubby dog you’ll be probably less annoyed by the petfood commercials.
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Mar 11
Help Japan
These past few days, I came across quite a few initiatives to raise money for Japan, it is great to see people stepping up so quickly. Here is a sample of what you can do to help :
- Learn some tricks with the Leader Bike crew
- Get a tee @ Cadence
Limited Cadence Japan Relief tee and $20 of each tee shirt sale online will go to the Red Cross Relief efforts.
Also, for the week of March 21st-28th Cadence will donate 10% of all site sale to the Red Cross Relief efforts for Japan.
- Enter a 30km bike race held in Adelaide, Australia.
The $5 entry fee goes to Save The Children in Japan.
The event is sponsored by Mission Workshop, Knog, ASHCAN, Treadly Bike Shop, Gear Shop Brisbane, House of Pistard, Skin Grows Back, and Brisbane Outdoor Gear.
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Mar 11
Faster than Jumbo?
If you ever go to Copenhagen you won’t find anybody else riding faster than Jumbo who has been a bike messenger for 7 years. He knows the city like the back of his hand, digging out the hidden shortcuts or bending the rules of the streets, nothing intimidates him and that’s why he is so good at it!
Source : Vimeo – René Sascha Johannsen
4
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
24
Feb 11
Art and cycling mix
Bespoke: Creative Show 2010 was the place to be to enjoy arts on walls and bikes. The show exhibits a selection of Fixed Gear Bike Frames adorned with graphics by 10 of the world’s leading and up-and-coming creative designers in the industry (John McFaul, Peter Lin, Vault 49, Ademas Batista, Ollie Munden, Ben Thomas, Jasper Wong, Ben Qwek, Aaron De La Cruz, Ria Dastidar, Danielle Hunt and Yvonne Tang).
This is a great opportunity for designers to showcase their talent and innovative work on different formats and to experiment with a broad range of mediums and concepts.
And for bike and art lovers, the dream finally comes true : you can buy one of the Steels Art Collection bike frames at reasonable price of £500 ($800) at Luma Bespoke online shop.
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Feb 11
God bless bike messengers in Milan
Overall being a coursier takes some guts but being a coursier in Milan is what I call heroic! No offense to my Italian counterparts 
Source : Vimeo – First Floor Under
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Feb 11
Tweed yourself up
The famous annual Tweed Run is coming up in London April 9, 2011. This event became so popular that it has been exported to Memphis, San Diego, LA, Melbourne and other major cities.
The principle is fairly easy, ride a bike with British elegance, so ladies go steal your grandmother’s tweed skirts and gentlemen have your mustache grow. And if you are into old fashion revival events, you can also participate to the ‘Béret Baguette’ Ride in Paris on May 21-22.
