The Radavist

Photo by Jeremy Dunn

Ummmm. You think this guy’s a sprinter? Head to the Athletic to read up on this insane photo.

Blah, blah, blah, MTB, blah, blah, blah, Alps. Even I’m ready to get on the road more these next few weeks. Just like the latest Firefly customer. Ti and carbon with internal Di2? Yes please. Check out more photos at the Firefly Flickr!

Mavic really captures the beauty of the Alps in this web miniseries called “Les Alpes – A non-stop Journey from Évian-les-Bains to Nice”. I’d love to ride the French Alps on the road bike but I gotta say, the trails look like even more fun. Here’s part one and check out part two below.

The guys at No 22 have been working hard to get their bike company off the ground. One of their recent customer builds is this Great Divide road with Shimano Ultegra 6800. I really, really love the total package here. Check out more at the No 22 Flickr!

Interested in one? They’re offering this package as a stock build for $4,499 CDN. Email sales@22bicycles.com for details.

Photo by Keith Teket

I know this photo shows very little of the actual frame, or of the Campy 80th group, but you’ve gotta have a reason to go to the Bishop Flickr, right? That and the seat tube cluster is what I would consider Chris’ speciality.

As you can imagine, it’s tough to find somewhat original Merckx Mondays content. Not saying this is by no means original, but these excerpts from a photo album haven’t been posted all over the internet… yet.

Roleur posted an extract from L’Album d’Eddy (issue 8) on their blog and I highly suggest you check it out.

I should have warned you, posting something this bright first thing on a Monday morning. Can you blame me? See more of this fluorescent Covert Speedvagen Road Machine at the Vanilla Flickr!

Here’s the full version of the San Marco “We Ride with You” project:

“We want to share with you the emotions, that ispired us every time we create our products.
An emotional video to tell the spirit of our brand and to show a preview of the new products. To describe the history of the company, to talk about activities and tell through images, music and words the different cycling cultures and worlds, we ride with.
We Ride with You!”

I’m digging this one for sure!

I love everything about these two detail photos from the latest Busyman-equipped Ti Firefly. Head over to the Firefly blog to see more exceptional framebuilding craft and photography.

I love seeing brands working with their local frame builders. Ten Speed Hero and Method Bikes worked on a pulling together a small batch of fillet brazed road frames. Once built up with Campy Super Record 11, it comes in around 15lbs. Head over to Ten Speed Hero for more.

I’ve only ridden in Marin county a handful of times and from what I can tell, I’ve only scratched the surface. Marin Bikes were developed there and here’s their new brand intro video.

Cyclist Mike Cotty is about to embark on a personal journey. He’s planning on riding 666 kilometers of the French Alps from Evian Les Bains to Nice. In doing so, he must traverse 17 mountain passes. Yes, those passes: Télégraphe, Col de la Colombière, Galibier, Madeleine, Glandon, Croix de Fer, Vars, Izoard, Bonette and Madone. In doing so, he’ll have an elevation gain of 16,000 metres.

Yikes. But hey, that’s pretty fuckin’ metal. Talk about the Mountains of Madness…

Photos by Emiliano Granado

Manual for Speed continues their documentation of American cycling with a race report from the Parx Casino Philly Cycling Classic, through awesome photos and some words by Ben Chaddock. See the full report and more of Emi’s great photos at Manual for Speed.

Speedvagen has a great piece up on their Speedbloggen showcasing the design process and procedures that produced the 2013 Surprise Me road paint scheme. Once you’re done reading, head over to the Speedvagen Flickr for more photos!