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Photos by Nate Ryan
NYC-based Search and State sources and produces its cycling apparel line from fabrics in Manhattan’s garment district. This week, they’ve commissioned photographer Nate Ryan to capture the ambiance of this unique neighborhood, hidden with the hustle and bustle of Midtown.
Head over to Search and State to check out more of Nate’s photos.
It seems the guys at Everything Will Be Noble took heed of our Black Friday camping trip route. After the Cross Nats dust settled in Austin, they left for a 200 mile route we planned back in December. It’s great seeing local routes getting some fresh eyes and photos.
Check out Everything Will Be Noble for a great tale!
The dudes are down in Argentina for the Tour de San Luis doing there thing – which is, by the way, so finely-tuned these days. Their unique form of anthropological archiving of professional bike racing is unstoppable. Head over to Manual for Speed to soak in some Argentinian culture. Oh and bike racing. Oh and a sick mix tape.
The ladies over at Pretty Damned Fast have an excellent post up, showcasing both the Cyclocross Nationals and our race on Sunday after the postponement of the finals. I can’t get enough of this stuff! Head over to Pretty Damned Fast to check it out. It’s great seeing a website written by women, commentate on what it’s like to race as a woman and yes, Fuck Brunch!
Photo by Marty Wood
The Crash Nationals night race was a huge success and even with all the nighttime shenanigans, had a good amount of photographers out, documenting the fun. It’s always a great feeling knowing that people thoroughly enjoyed your race, especially from such a fun city like Minneapolis.
Jeff from All-City shared his thoughts on Crash Nationals at the All-City Blog, head on over and check it out for some more great photos by Marty Wood!
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The latest photo essay from Salsa Cycles takes place in what many Americans consider to be “fly over country.” The midwest is home to some beautiful landscapes, filled with rushing rivers and dense forests. A few guys from Minneapolis went out to Grand Marais and rode the Gunflint Trail on fatbikes, packing in everything they needed for a few day’s outing. The resulting photos and story are inspirational to say the least.
Head over to Salsa to read up!
Morgan happened upon one of the Girl Rick McCrank Merckx skate decks during his recent visit to Super Champion in Vancouver.
New York City is arguably the originator of what has been marketed, packaged and sold as “messenger style.” From alleycats, to messenger bags, a lot of the visual references really took hold in NYC during the 90’s. Many of the faces and names are still in the game today.
Messengers Style is a visual showcase that illustrates what people rode and looked like in the NYC messenger community during the 90’s. This book is one that’s eluded my private collection for some time, until recently, and for those who haven’t been able to acquire a physical copy, there’s a scanned copy at Stampsy. Who needs Vogue’s interpretation of this? This is the real deal.
If you jump on it quick, there’s a used copy at Amazon right now.
Photos by Jeff Curtes
Over at the Speedbloggen, photographer Jeff Curtes wrote an essay on the 2015 ‘Cross Nats, including a great little write-up on Crash Nationals. Head on over to the Speedbloggen for more great photos!
You remember that Ritchey commercial Brian Vernor made a while back? Well, he just posted up some photos from that shoot on his Making Blog. Head over to check them out. Such great portraits.
… well, not because of mud, but because of damage to Zilker park and its trees.
Although USAC’s site says the races today are delayed, sources at the course have reported it’s cancelled due to damage to the park.
Straight out of an Onion article, the irony here is that music festivals like ACL and SxSW cause more damage to the parks here in Austin, expedite erosion and in general, thrash the town, yet a bike race in a small part of a park that no one uses gets shut down by Parks and Rec.
… or we can just say it’s cancelled because of mud. Check out a BTB TV report going live in a few.
Stay tuned on Twitter for news, because I’m going riding.
Apologies for the silence over here today. With Nats here in Austin, I was out racing and shooting photos all day. I think it’s safe to say that everyone enjoyed this course. It had a little bit of everything and yes, it was damn tough!
I’ll post more once the dust settles, for now, here are a few…
This one’s too good to not repost. Thanks for the heads up Tracko!
“A print series celebrating cycling’s legends in op art portraits. Each print colour is inspired by the team jersey in which they achieved their greatest successes and includes their detailed palmarès.”
See more at Victory Chimp.
Have you ever considered whittling your collection down to a single bike? Of course you have – we all have. For the better part of a decade I’ve owned more bikes than there are days in the week, with spare parts for all of them. Getting rid of all but one? Unthinkable. Which one of a carefully curated fleet, each with its own merits and reasons for being, would make the best all-rounder? Which would be your “one bike”?
This idea of downsizing and simplifying has been a theme for me this year. In July, after months of preparation, my girlfriend and I packed our lives and our dog into our two cars and moved to a 227 square foot cabin deep in the Selkirk Mountains of southeastern British Columbia. Like many, we’d been dreaming of living in the wilderness, but this was it. Living the dream, right?
This is the first layout of the Radavist 2015 Calendar, entitled “Roost it Out”. The camera and location are noted on the bottom left of the document.
Just because cross season is almost over, doesn’t mean you have to hang it up on the wall, or put road tires on it. Take that thing out on 1-track or 2-track and remember, #RubberSideUp
For a high-res JPG, suitable for print and desktop wallpaper*, right click and save link as – The Radavist 2015 Calendar – January. Please, this photo is for personal use only!
(*set background to white and center for optimal coverage)
Yeah, you heard that right. The dynamic duo of cycling anthropologicalisms had one hell of a year and their Best of 2014 post is one of the longest scrolling articles in the history of cycling journalism. It’s like a 2000k brevet on a desktop.
Head over to Manual for Speed to see the whole thing!
I’m loving this photo that Ashley Gruber took, during the Giro last May. It’s so very relevant, especially in the winter months.
