Monday 30 April 2012

Bicycle Portraits

Kleinbooi Kabinde - Kirschner rd., Boksburg, Gauteng, South Africa
 taken by Stan Engelbrecht


Stan Engelbrecht & Nic Grobler travelled the vast depths and breaths of South Africa on a two year sojourn to discover the faces of it's cycling culture. To which the portraits and now glossy coffee table book are testimate. I throughly encourage you to checkout thier great work here [link].  

Straight from the horses mouth

" As you'll see we are not photographing people who ride purely for exercise or recreation, but instead we are focussing on those who use bicycles as an integral tool in their day-to-day existence." 

amen to that. 




Monday 23 April 2012

Unknown White Moss special edition single speed, Flinders Lane, Melbourne









And now for something completely different....... There seems to be a proliferation of bikes used as billboards around town. This I feel is a billboard done well. The hints of red and green really standout from the white frame. And the vintage feel matches the company it is trying to advertise.  

Thursday 19 April 2012

Allegro Onya single speed, St Kilda Rd, Melbourne















Nice selection of parts on a solid frame. Black and yellow all the way taking no focus away from the frame.

Tuesday 3 April 2012

Breakbrake17 Charmer fixed gear, Swanston St, Melbourne

Break break 17, chamer, bicycle, the biketorialist, biketorialist, fixed speed, fixie, blue, frame, tim macauley, timothy macauley, model, frame, Melbourne, Victoria,  Australia, velocity, wheels, rims, brakes, orange, blue, base, m base, mbase,  1/8 crank, half link chain, transfixed

Break break 17, chamer, bicycle, the biketorialist, biketorialist, fixed speed, fixie, blue, frame, tim macauley, timothy macauley, model, frame, Melbourne, Victoria,  Australia, velocity, wheels, rims, brakes, orange, blue, base, m base, mbase,  1/8 crank, half link chain, head tube, head badge,




Break break 17, chamer, bicycle, the biketorialist, biketorialist, fixed speed, fixie, blue, frame, tim macauley, timothy macauley, model, frame, Melbourne, Victoria,  Australia, velocity, wheels, rims, brakes, orange, blue, base, m base, mbase,  1/8 crank, half link chain, dropout, drops,






 
This bike forms part of the M-Base crew. You can checkout some of their moves at Transfixed [link] Solid combination of parts and colour scheme to boot. 

Jelly Bean fixed gear, Swanston St, Melbourne













Very unique brake lever arrangment which I haven't seen before. Even the cable routing is a bit off beat. The purple and yellow scheme works well.