The 24-year-old, from Battersea, London, said he wanted to create a decent folding bike after the one he was using collapsed.
“I couldn’t find a folding bicycle I liked,” he added.
“I wanted something that could take a bit of punishment and that you could have fun with.
“So I made one myself.”read more
Our friends cw&t just came out with a new bicycle stem. The Blockhead Stem is the sturdiest stem you’ll ever meet. A solid chunk of aluminum machined with sharp edges and corners. Check it out on their site and get yourself one.
Wood frame bikes have long given way to aluminum and space age materials but designer Arndt Menkethinks we were too hasty in giving up on one of the strongest, resilient, and lightweight natural materials.The Holzweg bike’s frame is totally made of wood and weighs 5lbs, heavy for an elite frame, but light for wood–and has seat stays designed for strength that also provide shock absorption. via designboom
With 4 weeks left in the PreFab B/C/V/C/B Studio we will be increasing the content pertaining to bikes. Here are some images of Dekochari, it is typical Japanese phenomenon, deko is short for decoration and chari is slang for bike. Dekochari are actually the kids version of dekotora, which are decorated trucks. Satoshi Minakawa made these photos of these awesome vehicles. via Today and Tomorrow + wikipedia
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