• Bike as Art

    Bike Personalization Options Expand

    by  • June 21, 2010 • Bike as Art, Ideas We Love • 2 Comments

    One might argue that custom bikes have long been around since the days of the hand-built bike but now with the accessibility of the web and the global marketplace were are starting to see the customized bike marketplace explode. A cheap price tag, flashy colors and an Urban Outfitters collaboration helped Republic Bikes take...

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    Bikes with Horns: Bi-King by Sung Kug Kim

    by  • June 1, 2010 • Bike as Art • 1 Comment

    These wooden bicycle handlebar horns by Sung Kug Kim are totally impractical but beautiful pieces of art. I totally love the mixture of wood with the steel, it’s a beautiful combination that looks both industrial and natural all at once. I know that the antler ones are a bit more impractical, but c’mon, you’d...

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    The Scraper Bike Movement

    by  • May 12, 2010 • Bike as Art, Ideas We Love • 0 Comments

    Watching this video was definitely the highlight of my day. Scraper bikes, giving something to the kids in East Oakland where art meets bike. Oh an for those of you that don’t know a scraper bike is a movement in which people ride their tricked out bikes. Generally, the bikes have nice designs, such...

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    Inside Brooks Saddle Factory

    by  • March 2, 2010 • Bike as Art, Photos • 0 Comments

    Found this fantastic gallery of photos from Brooks Saddle factory in Smethwick England. Metal parts are stamped out and heat-treated, flat pieces of leather are soaked and then formed in molds and the parts are all assembled by hand. After seeing how much work goes into a single bike seat, these famously expensive saddles start...

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