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Hillbrick Track by Pony Bikes

 The famous cobblestone alleyways of Melbourne is the perfect backdrop for this Aussie made bike.  Sasha Strickland established Pony Bikes nearly 6 years ago and conintues to gain popularity among Melbourne's cycling community.  This beautifully lugged Hillbrick frame features custom paint, Paul royal flush crank, Brooks saddle, and rounded out by Phil Wood components.

Track Meet

Factory 5 Low Pro Track

Factory 5 track bike.  61cm frame with killer component kit including one of only five pairs of H+Son carbon fiber wrapped Formation Face rims.  They won't see full production, because they are a pain to fabricate, but look great.  Love the stylish Paul Royal Flush cranks which make this bike go.  The photo shoot was in the midst of a Chinese tour which add to the bike's character reminding us that bike's are made to be ridden.  
"We Build. We Ride" Factory 5

Two for tea

Bilenky Cycle Works

This gorgeous tandem can join you anywhere in the world.  Six couplers allows the bike to be broken down into a single suitcase without sacrificing the frame's integrity.  Typically I trust collapsible frames as much as I do carbon fiber which is not much.  However, the ability to travel a bike overseas is a benefit that far outweighs (literally) the benefit of an ultralight bike that will only last 20,000 miles.  Bilenky has mastered fillet-brazing bike joints to add stability especially to weight bearing tandems.  The video below introduces Bilenky as well as the technique.


Art In The Age Presents... Fillet-Brazing with Steve Bilenky from Art In The Age on Vimeo.

L'Eroica

I can't add anything about this amazing event that the video and pictures don't convey.  All I can say is this is bucket-list priority one.  Now accepting donations.


L'EROICA (english version) from Edouard Sepulchre on Vimeo.

Not for a hundred million, trillion, billion dollars!

Wolfies Cycles

Wine, cheese, ballparks, and bikes all get better with age.   It’s the weather worn bikes with a few battle scar, greasy chain, and timeless style that have the most personality.  During the 50s, everything looked like it could blast off into orbit.  Kitchen appliances became more streamlined, cars grew fins and even bicycles began to look like they would roar like a jet and exceed the speed of light.   Australian Mark Austin, with a background in architecture concentrated on this era and amassed an inventory of some of the most impeccable examples of bicycles from this era.  He sold this collection in 2011 and I'm sure he's regretted it ever since.
The collection includes bikes from Roadmaster, Western Flyer, Elgin, J.C. Higgins, Schwinn, Monark and a shaft-drive Columbia from 1895.

"I wouldn't sell my bike for all the money in the world. Not for a hundred million, trillion, billion dollars!"

Bikes with baggage

MAP Randonneur

Randonneur (noun): long-distance cyclist, especially one who participates in randonneuring events usually consisting of courses 200km or more.

The true beauty of randonneuring is there is no more glory for the day's first finisher than the days last.  Though many chastise the modern day 'everybody wins' athletic mentality, completing such a distance in a day puts you in an elite club and forever crowns the successful.  

Another example of beautiful West Coast bike makers making beautiful West Coast bikes.

Sioux sweet

Figo Vengeance

Part two of DSC and Gee's collaboration is based on Figo Vengeance, a Sioux shaman known for winning a West Coast bike race in 1957.  Featuring tied leather grips, trailing feather, and Sioux totem graphics, the ride pays tribute to the man as well as Lakota heritage.