The Radavist

Velocult‘s been thriving in their new Portland location and with all the events going on at the shop, the guys will be putting up a monthly video blog, starting with May.

Packing a bike shouldn’t be that hard to do and yet, I’ve seen some horrid examples. Boxes made from three, with the edges exposed and the cardboard literally falling apart. Like everything FYXO, Andy did a little tutorial on his site not necessarily showing how to pack a bike, but how he packs a bike. Check it out here.

I just had to post this photo from the Keith Anderson Cycles Flickr, based on the name alone. Resprays: a crime?

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…

Mmmmmmmm. Fyxomatosis brings us a little Friday morning delight with this 1972 Cinelli Supercorsa. Thanks for the email and morning laughs Andy!

Sometimes the day begins with a bunch of framebuilding posts and that’s the case this morning. I couldn’t pass up this article on Rouleur’s blog:

“When I started, the biggest problem was that in Grosetto there were no people who could work to give me a hand – I needed more people to increase production. I had to do it all myself, work the day and the night, weld and do everything. But I succeeded. At that time there were so many of us. The framebuilders back then were all really good, but with my bikes… Moser raced, and Freddy Maertens, and Cipollini. Marked or unmarked, those bikes were Tommasini, and that’s a really beautiful satisfaction. And I am still here today.” Irio Tommasini

Check out more here.

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

While I didn’t get the chance to do a Shop Visit at Pushbike, I did manage to get some great Merckx Mondays content. Sarah has quite the collection of Eddy Merckx memorabilia at the shop, so if you haven’t been, you should really check it out. For now, see more below!

This is one of those videos that I watched one night and blanked on posting, then I received a flood of emails from readers sharing it with me. Though rudimentary by today’s standards, this 1945 video depicts how Raleigh bicycles were made in England. I love the dry and sterile explanation, reminiscent of an old sex ed video you’d watch in grade school, but with better visuals. Don’t miss the hub packing clip…

For more sexiness, head to Raleigh‘s website to see how far they’ve come.

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.

It’s never too late for a quick Merckx Mondays is it? Thanks to Chas of the Messenger Mansion for the supplied art and you can see two more gems below.

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…

Photo by Andy White

This was the best birthday present I received today, as I scrolled through the Rapha blogs. My lovely lady behind the lens of Andy = smiles all around.

Photos by Robin Nilssen

Yeah, go ahead and file this under “oh my fucking god”. So it seems that a plane, loaded with NOS Cinelli Lasers crash-landed in Stockholm many years ago. On an epic journey through the forests, in search of ancient runes, Sönkes came across the mangled vessel, only to find all of the bikes were destroyed, save for one. He took it home and found it to be in incredible, NOS condition. Knowing that the Italians (or that Aussie) would be on his tail, he took it to Robin’s studio for documentation.

Check out more shots of this Beautiful Bicycle below!