Bicycle

Wired: Bike Messengers Pedal Past Bandwidth in Data Race

April 26, 2011Culture9 comments212 Views
Bike-centric website Prolly Is Not Probably puts us onto an article from Wired which discusses the relationship of technology and bike messengers. However, as much as data grows, the ability to quickly transfer terabytes of data have yet to catch up, enabling bike messengers...

Audi x Renovo Bicycles

April 4, 2011Design50 comments294 Views
Flexing its design muscles outside the realm of luxury automobiles, German automaker Audi aligns with Portland-based Renovo to create a line of bicycles. Renovo's claim to fame is their high-end hardwood bicycle frames which enjoy greater weight reduction, stiffness and...

Levi’s Fixie Bike

February 14, 2011Design243 comments2929 Views
Levi's look to several bike experts to help them create a fixed gear bike inspired by the brand's very own denim detailing. Three different parties were involved in the building act including UNIK bikes, Belgium’s master in vintage restorations; Fixerati, a Brussels-based...

Pharrell Williams for Domeau & Pérès “Velo” Bike

February 11, 2011Design77 comments412 Views
Pharrell revisits an old acquittance in Domeau & Pérès to produce a new upcoming bike. The aptly titled "Velo" is made of 4130 chrome moly seamless airplane grade steel and over 100 man hours invested in upholstering the bike in water buffalo leather. The hand-stitched...

A Bathing Ape x Bicycle Playing Cards

January 4, 2011Design41 comments110 Views
Continually working to expand both the brand and the products they offer, A Bathing Ape has just announced their latest product to appear within its 2011 spring collection of lifestyle products, the playing card pack. Collaborating with Bicycle, the cards feature large...

Tom Dixon x Brompton Bicycle

September 24, 2010Design3 comments90 Views
Brompton Bicycle has gotten together with designer Tom Dixon to craft a copper plated bicycle for London Design Week 2010. The base layer is comprised of nickel, with a copper lacquer covering the entire frame. The miniature bicycle is topped off with a leather clad Brooks...

Sneaker Freaker x PUMA x size? “Geography Teacher” Bicycle

September 23, 2010Design16 comments87 Views
Completing the collaborative collection between PUMA and UK retailer size?, Sneaker Freaker presents this bicycle, entitled the "Geography Teacher". Produced by PUMA, the bike has a high quality finish and features a Brooks saddle, Leather and a wood finish. The colorway is...

Bamboocycle UH-02 Bicycle

September 20, 2010Design22 comments78 Views
The brainchild of 24-year old Mexican industrial designer Diego Cárdenas, the Bamboocycle UH-02 Bicycle wanted to make an ecological statement by re-visiting bicycle design. The resulting project features a bike that integrates bamboo into the frame's design. Known for its...

Linus Bikes

July 26, 2010Design4 comments63 Views
PROLLY IS NOT PROBABLY puts us onto a new bike-initiative out of Venice Beach titled Linus Bikes. Started out of the Linus Bikes store, the range is more suitable for getting around town in leisurely fashion with two models including the Linus Roadster Classic and the Linus...

The Bicycle Portraits

June 4, 2010Arts13 comments56 Views
The Bicycle Portraits was conceived earlier this year by Stan Engelbrecht of Cape Town and Nic Grobler of Johannesburg. The project captures South Africa's vibrant bicycle culture. Also in doing so, the duo shed light and gain a better understanding of one's own personal...

OriginalFake x Bicycle 4th Anniversary Playing Cards

May 14, 2010Uncategorized25 comments89 Views
OriginalFake continue with the rollout of 4th anniversary collaboration items as the brand creates a series of playing cards with Bicycle. The cards feature the Kaws Companion on the backside and will be gifted away with each purchase in excess of ¥10,000 JPY at...

Home and Away: Chris Milliman for Freeman Transport

April 26, 2010Uncategorized4 comments51 Views
Chris Milliman and Montana-based bike frame builders Freeman Transport team-up in this latest photographic project. Titled Home and Away, the pictorial follows Freeman Transport founder Benjamin Ferencz through a series of personal business-related matters to gain a visual...

Stress x Wildlife! x Ed Wonka Nike Sportswear AW77 Video

December 7, 2009Uncategorized22 comments22 Views
Paying tribute to its AW77 Hoody and the overall emergence of Fixed Gear riding, filmmaker Renaud Skyronka introduces this new video done in conjunction with Switzerland rapper Stress, renowned producer Samuel Riot aka WILDLIFE!, and New York-based fixed gear professional Ed...

Bicycle 125th Anniversary Playing Cards

December 3, 2009Uncategorized0 comment260 Views
Theory11 present its latest release in two sets of Bicycle 125 Playing Cards, commemorating 125 years of design and development by the US Playing Card Company. These special Anniversary Edition playing cards feature a distinctive, vintage aesthetic - and a signature metallic...

Supreme x Bicycle Cards

November 2, 2009Uncategorized33 comments44 Views
Purveyors of a handful of collaborative releases each season, one of Supreme's simple logo-driven accessories as of late feature a deck of playing cards with quintessential playing card brand Bicycle. The deck features the iconic red/white Box-Logo-esque motif and is...