The Radavist

For once, I’m actually sitting on some great Merckx Mondays content, so I’m going to let it float me for a few posts. This week, we’ll start off with Cooper Ray‘s lovely photos of Jay’s Colorado Merckx road. These photos were taken for Cultivar, a new enterprise arising in Brooklyn. More on that later, for now, let’s check out these lovely photos, taken on a Brooklyn rooftop, just before a sunset. Shots like this make me miss NYC.

Photo by Andy White

When we were in Melbourne, I came across this Casati in Shifter Bikes. It was a perfect fit for Lauren and since she had been looking for a road bike, I had to try to work out a deal with Andy to get it for her. Months later, the beast is built up for the beauty and Andy gave it some lens love before packing it up and shipping it out. Check out more lovely photos here!

Well… I think I found a winner. Even though this is incredibly over the top and extravagant, Cody Baker’s submission is too good to pass up.

The Campagnolo 15mm spanner, or aptly named “the peanut butter wrench” is one of the most elegant cycling tools ever produced. Let’s see your wrench in action. All you’ve gotta do is upload your photo to the comments, using Disqus’ image uploader, or use Instagram and the hashtag #myPBwrench.

The winner gets a package stuffed with goods sent out next week.

I know what you’re thinking but this is not my old track bike. It’s actually a few years older than my bike was. This one’s a bit smaller too and it’s ending today on eBay…

Woof brings us a little Campagnolo love in his latest Happiness on a Bicycle illustration.

Yow!!!! I haven’t really seen anything from Eroica Cicli lately but this Sarroni Red Colnago Super Pista makes up for it. Damn. Check out more of this Beautiful Bicycle here at Eroica Cicli.

Mr. Andy White just served up a plate of a complete Colnago-pantographed Super Record group. Head over to fill up but don’t ask for seconds…

Molteni shirts? Sure! These aren’t quite available yet but when they are, I’ll letcha know. They’re gonna be good and that’s not the only Eddy Merckx-inspired shirt for this week’s Merckx Mondays. There’s one more shirt in today’s post, along with a crazy Merckx time trial bike, sent in by a reader.

Check out more Merckx Mondays below!

Let’s face it, FYXO has been shooting Beautiful Bicycles since forever (2004). His new site layout needed some throwback photos so he upped some classics. Check out the new FYXO and some of his stunning photos here!

And this is King Kog‘s. Tracko always gives me a hard time about not looking around enough, but maybe he’s into this? I’m adding this to a series of prints I hope to have at the end of the month. Who’d buy one?

Photos by Guilherme Rosa

As you might have guessed, the Reader’s Rides posts are hard to stay on top of. I get so many emails from people showing me their latest rides and I can’t conceivably post them all (yet). For now, I’m relying on people like Guilherme who posses a great eye for composition, as well as a Beautiful Bicycle. His De Rosa SLX Professional caught my eye. Perhaps it’ll catch yours too.

Check out more below.

Photo by Matthew Aull

Damn to the man who keeps Campy cranks clean and sitting in a box. Even the uber-rare non-fluted Campy Pista cranks deserve to be ridden. Nice shot Matthew!