Reid cycles Griffon single speed, Swantson St, Melbourne

Proving that you can turn an ugly duckling into something resembling a swan, with some carefully chosen decals. Thanks to Sam 'Kid Kong' Wong [link] for letting me photograph his rig. 

Unknown fixed speed, off Bowen St, Melbourne

On a black and white canvas, any colour pops 

#BikeNYC Blog by Dmitry Gudkov

Image by Dmitry Gudkov [link]

The #BikeNYC [link] blog run and photographed by Dmitry Gudkov [link] is sweet allowing a greater level of connectivness that other similar projects don't. In his own words the blog seeks to "Taken together, these images and stories begin to form a portrait of New York as an emerging cycling city."  

Hit up the groups Facebook page [link] and hashtag that twitter handle #BikeNYC [link] 

It's great to see this kind of project is building momentum with others cropping up and spreading the bike love. 

Rapha's Survey Blog [link]

                                              Matthew Reamer's Scraper Bikes series [link]
                                                 Angelo Calilap's Bike/Portrait series [link]
                                       Bicycle Portraits by Stan Engelbrecht & Nic Grobler [link]

Unknown single speed conversion, Little Collins St, Melbourne

 

Hold the phone/telegram, Downtown Abbey just called. They want their bike back and are those mudguards, are they even street legal? The fine selection of components (did I mention I can't get enough of the cantilever Dia compe brake design? [link]) just reek of a bygone era, where riding was not just a lifestyle but unless you were loaded like the muppets in Downtown Abbey your only option, bar a horse and carriage a necessity. Love the vintage chic mudguards.

Reliance Boomerang BMX, St Kilda Rd, Melbourne

The bike forums suggest these puppies weight a ton and drive like a truck. I'll take their word for it.