This is a beautiful solution to bike storage. The Bike Shelf by Knife&Saw is a hand made shelf that elegantly displays and stores your bike with room for the accessories every rider has. The shelf is made to order in your choice of woods and sizes and is mounted to the wall with a sturdy steel bracket.
The hand made custom head badges and laser cut stainless steel chain guards from Poka Cycle are sure to add some personality to your ride. Check out the Poka Cycle website and shop to see what is currently in stock or contact them directly for something custom.
Cycling Quotes is a beautifully simple poster series by designer Marc Evans. The series of 5 posters is designed around quotes from influential ‘cyclers; John F. Kennedy ( a president who loved to cycle), Mario Cipollini, Lance Armstrong, Greg LeMond, and James E. Starrs. The quotes are printed on heavyweight cover stock and are available in both A3 and A2 format. The prints are a limited edition of 50 hand signed and numbered.
You can order the prints online from The Footdown Shop.
I’m a big fan of Shinya Kimura’s work. His motorcycles are built from his heart and his soul and not what the current trends are. His bikes are built free for the limitations of what bikes are supposed to be. He rarely draws his ideas on paper, leaving him to discover the bikes through the feeling of the materials rather than planning them out start to finish. Shinya currently builds under the shop name Chabott Engineering, located in Azusa California. This great video about Shinya Kimura was filmed by Henrik Hansen.
The Road Popper is a bike mounted bottle opener designed by Adam Pickard for Chromoly and 3D printed by Shapeways. The Road Popper attaches under the rails of your bike seat and provides a much needed tool for cooling off after a long bike ride. The dilemma of needing a bottle opener on a bike ride can be permanently solved with The Road Popper for only $40 in the Shapeways Store.
The Victor bike by Christophe Robillard is as unusual as they come. It’s a minimalist’s dream on 2 wheels. Robillard removed all the material he could from the bike by using a tube bending process that left him with a skeleton structure of a frame. The benefit, other that the bike looks really cool, is that all the costs of building a traditional frame are cut in half. The amount of metal forming required is drastically cut as is the number of welds that are traditionally done by hand.
The bike features an integrated rear wheel fender and reflectors on both the front and back. My only concern with the frame is that the back wheel may wobble with the flexing of the frame, something I’m sure he has taken into account.
— Via DesignBoom
I saw a prototype of this floating around the web a while back and I was never sure if it was just someone with a knowledge in welding and a love for bikes or the beginning of a really awesome bike accessory available to the masses. It seems it is the later case. Copenhagen Parts has released one hell of a beautiful bike accessory, the Bike Porter bike basket with integrated handles.
My all time favorite bike basket is still the Pop-Up basket from MIO since it fits a greater demographic of riders being that it can work on any bike without reconfiguring any parts. The Bike Porter from Copenhagen Parts requires you to remove your handle bars (as well as anything attached to them, shifters, breaks, etc.) and replace them with the basket. While the installation of the basket could be complex, depending on your current setup, the finished look is nothing short of stunning.
The basket can be purchased ($250.00) online from iMiNUSD here: Bike Porter
Really fun poster for the Minneapolis bike art show, Art Crank, by Allen Peters.
Check out some of the thumbnails for some process shots.
This poster was created for Art Crank Minneapolis – a poster show for people who love biking. When I got this project, my wife and I had just found out that we were going to have a baby and so I wanted to do something that mixed that joy with my joy of biking.
There is an awesome movement on 2 wheels going on in Oakland California right now, Scraper Bikes, lead by CHAMP the king of the Original Scraper Bike Team. It seems like this movement is being driven by a passion to keep kids on the straight and narrow and o give them something to focus their creativity on. CHAMP seems to care not only about being fly, but inspiring others to get in touch with their creativity as a positive outlet for dealing with life in Oakland.
The video was done by California is a Place.
The scraper bike movement seeks to capture the creativity of youth within dangerous communities and give them a positive outlet thats fun, educational, and promotes healthy lifestyles. It gives youth a sustainable group of peers thats positive and motivating. We want to expand and enlighten young peoples perspective on life through fixing and painting bicycles, also by supporting entrepreneurship and innovation.
In order to become a member of the Original Scraper Bike Team, you must: Be a resident of Oakland, CA. Be at least 7y/o or older. Retain A 3.0 Grade Point Average (GPA), Create your own Scraper Bike (It Has To Be Amazing, Or Else You Cant Ride.) A single-file line when riding. After 10 rides The Scraper Bike King and his Captains will decide if your bike is up to standards and if you can follow simple guidelines. — The Scraper Bike King
MIO has released some awesome new products at this years ICFF in New York. I for one am really excited about the new direction these products are taking them. All of the products hold the 2000+ Hat collection are now available for order on the MIO website. I can’t wait to see them in person. Bravo MIO, Bravo.
Be sure to check out the rest of the great stuff MIO has to offer.
These sleeves are perfect for storing your precious digital products. Designed in a variety of sizes to fit everything for an iPad to a full size laptop. The sleeves have one flat side and one side with molded bumps. Using traditional felt fabrication methods coupled with a 100% natural material and local manufacturing, these sleeves are as eco as you can get in this digital age. Available on the MIO website for $68 in red, orange, green and black. 
The Loop jackets (and the hats below) mark a new direction for MIO into fashion. Made for their custom printed material, Loop By The Yard, this windbreaker will definitely make you stand out. The simple construction and offset zipper add to the beauty and portability, Loop Jacket can easily be rolled into a small ball and stored away. The very nature of the material changes with the age and use of the Loop Jacket, as the user wears the coat in, the material becomes softer. Available in Green/Grey, Orange/Red, and Pink/Purple for $49.99 on the MIO website. 
Like the Loop Jacket, The 2000+ Hat collections marks MIO’s move into fashion. You can mix and match your colors and shapes to design the perfect hat for yourself. Customerization in its finest form! The hats are all locally sourced within Philadelphia and use traditional manufacturing methods. The possibilities are endless with this collection. The hats will be availble soon directly from MIO. 
MIO’s first cycling product! The MIO Bike Basket is the perfect blend of Eco and function. The Basket is made from laser cut steel and ships to you flat. Simply expand the basket and attach it to your ride on either the front or back with the provided hardware. The basket is the perfect size for shopping bags, purses, or pretty much anything else. The basket comes in one of three colors: black, white, and green and is priced at $75 and can be purchased on MIO website. 
The Pop-Up basket is a flat packed, laser cut steel basket that the user expands to fit their needs. You can expand it only a little to use it as a decorative container on your counter, or expand it all the way to use it as a recycling bin or toy storage! The user simply hold the center down with their foot and pulls up to the desired height. Whats great about this basket is the user “designs” the basket to fit their specific need. Available now for $65 at the MIO website in red, white and aqua. 
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