Monday, February 21, 2011
get well soon "the pocket rocket man"
Our national hero Azizulhasni "the pocket rocket man" Awang crashed at the Manchester velodrome and got back in the race with a large splinter of wood sticking through his leg! Ouch! Ignoring the pain, he got back on track and won the bronze medal. It's good enough to earn him the Track Cycling World Cup title. You made us proud kiddo! Congrats and get well soon...
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Pharrell Williams – “Velo” Bike for Domeau & Pérès
Music Producer and entrepreneur Pharrell Williams teams up once again with Domeau & Pérès to create this custom bicycle upholstered in fine leather. The bicycle's frame and fork are hand made in Brooklyn, NY by Brooklyn Machine Works. The bike is then shipped to Domeau & Pérès in Paris where it takes them over 100 man hours to upholster it in leather (water buffalo). All the stitching work is done by hand. The idea came together in 2009 after a visit to the Brooklyn Machine Works shop by Pharrell and Domeau & Pérès, who had previously worked together on Pharrell's first design project the "Perspective Chairs" with the Perrotin Gallery in Paris. The frame and forks are made out of 4130 chromemoly seamless airplane grade steel tubing. The frame size is 56.
Bikes are available in a variety of leather colors but each color is an edition of one and once purchased that color choice will no longer be available.
12 bikes + 1 AP and publisher proof
AVAILABLE AT GAGOSIAN SHOP ONLY
PRICE: € 20,000.00
(words by gagosian.com)
A true yellowbikecompany! Love the colour but I have to pass on the price!
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
UNIK & Levi's Track Bike
"Unik" ain't it? Now Levi's, known as the best jeans based clothing company in the world opens their arms to collaborate with Unik Bike, Fixerati and Brothers Cycle to make this strange but cool track bike. I was thinking 'bout the denim texture on the frame but it was all dark denim blue colour. By the way, this baby was nicely done! Voila!
source : prollyisnotprobably
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Wierd Track Frames
I was browsing to the web and I've found some of the craziest track frame shapes ever! These are the top 10's of the most unusual ones! Whether it's custom made or for mass production, I'm not quite sure. But these babies are truly cool! Funky aite? Hipsters, be prepared...
(thanks to all the sources!)
(thanks to all the sources!)
