Gentlemen, registration opens at 12 noon, I suspect all places will be gone in well under an hour…pop over to the Tweed Run for more details.
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Section archives:
Cycling
Negotiating the act of riding
Just to lighten up the winter months, we’ll be there soon:
Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Ralph Bellamy and Luella Gear
Shamelessly borrowed from the excellent Rides A Bike
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In 1902, about a decade before creating Bicycle Wheel, an early glimpse of a conceptual revolution in modern art, a teenage Marcel Duchamp uses bicycle parts as they were originally intended.
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‘Cycle Michael’ sketch rejected for Simpson chain advertising poster
‘La Chaine Simpson’, the approved poster
More on this marvellous-looking contraption on Wikipedia. The first poster depicts champion cyclist Jimmy Michael from Wales, the second shows the French long distance professional Constant Huret.
Toulouse-Lautrec, a passionate cycling fan, was sadly unable to ride himself.
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Some excerpts from a wonderful US documentary on early cycling…enjoy!
Directed by Jim Kellett, see several more excerpts on his vimeo page.
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A new bike from renowned Danish product design brand Normann Copenhagen. Single speed, north road bars, hub brakes, a sure nod to the Guvnor. Though perhaps not to everyone’s taste, there’s plenty to admire. More details and pictures on Yatzer
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