unknown bike

UNKNOWN BIKE ALF LV3 AD from UNKNOWNBIKE co on Vimeo.

BFF Film Festival Compilation

Bamboo Bike 1895

ZOINKS! A part of the The Pryor Dodge Collection Is a Bamboo Bicycle, 1895
The Bamboo Cycle Co., Wolverhampton
England Constructed with a frame of bamboo, oak, and aluminum, these bicycles were advertised as being lighter and "better than steel."

Two of my bikes

This is my new Hot-Rod set up.  Ol' Schwinn Heavy Duty with a child seat attached.  Holla.








and

 Since I'm on this side of the yard with a camera.  Here's a picture of the obligatory decomposing bike leaned up on the fence that all serious bike folks must have.

Thanks Mary. :)

Paris Catacombs

Here at the Fanatic Head-Quarters, I like to keep things light. I like to celebrate the things that make me happy. But, every once in awhile something comes my way that needs to be shared. The Catacombs under Paris are said to be around 400 miles long and contain 7 levels. They are so extensive nobody knows for sure how far they go. This is so interesting. I imagine people have made lives underground throughout the ages.

nice things

This is the nicest thing I've seen today.  littleprojectiles

Suwappu – AR toys from Dentsu

suwappu!

DarkCycleClothing

Yes!

Your Welcome. Here is a DIY Etsy Company sure to make you awesomer     DarkCycleClothing

Vanilla $10,000 Trike.

The Vanilla Trike was custom built by bike maker Sacha White for his daughter, which costs him around $10,000. a Brooks leather saddle, cro-moly frame, headset from Campagnolo, front hub and rear wheels from Phil Wood and front end forks fashioned from stainless steel. etc.  I think you can get your own here.  Vanilla Bicycles. 

Mike Joons Art

Mike Joos has so many cool drawing like these.  Check out more Here.

awesome town.

This is a test

ITAC011 - Piatto - Death Box (Free Download) by Italo Business

Randomness today.

There are lots of other things I should be doing, I am working on a parenting book. I know there are tons of them already, but mine is going to be the only one YOU ever need to buy. That's what I should be doing perhaps, but I'm here instead.

I like this picture.  I don't remember wear I got it.  From another blog or another and they didn't link anything.  So if you know, lemme know.  Remember kids cite your sources.

I feel like this a bit while operating this blog and honestly my life in general.  That okay, its more fun that way.   The overall presentation of the blog is not exactly as I would prefer,  I want to be able to put badges on the side linking to my friends sites, and stores, but oh well, I'll figure it out one day. Until then, I'll just keep doing what I'm doing and hope you dig it.
I sent Bike Snob and email today asking for a bit of help.  I'm hoping he dedicates a whole page to my adornment.  Is that desperate?  meh.

Warmth and water

warmth and water.  Found

vices

I was going through my vises the other day.  Kind of like spring cleaning.   I realized I've exploited almost every vice there is except gambling.  So I began buying lottos at every gas-station I stopped at the past few days. 

I f'ing love this

Frank Leder

                              FRANK LEDER | SPRING SUMMER 2011 COLLECTION 

Frank Leder is a German fashion designer.  Can you say rad?  I knew you could. LEDER

via life-time gear

devendra Banhart

A salute to Devendra.  I found out yesterday that he's only two month older than me.  

The best way to get water.

Here's the deal.  I happen to know a bit about water as its essential to life.  At my house we take our water seriously.  There are many methods of getting good water.  For some of you tap is okay.  For us the idea of chlorinated, fluoridated, medicated, tap water is less that desirable if it can be avoided.  So we opt to purchase our water.  The most economic way that we have found is to fill a seven gallon jug that I found at fleet-farm in the camp section.  Its says "BPA free" so you know their at least trying (lead-free glass is better)  Anyways, you lug your jug to the grocery store and you refill the fucker and you feel like a goddamn champ doing it, because your saving the earth and all those other assholes with carts full of individually wrapped mouth-fulls of water can fuckin' die.  Anyway...


-So now you got your reverse-osmosis, ultra-purified water bouncing along in the back of your car or bike trailer.  Before you go home, STOP,  Locate a health food store and pick up some water minerals.   These will replace all the essential shit that the purification process took out.  You body needs these mineral.  It's like the old days when you could scoop a hand-full of water out of the stream.  Full of minerals.  These are the best kind I have found, FromTrace Minerals Research   There is literally silver and gold in this stuff, along with Ionic Sea Minerals and all the other good shit that you never get in your Pabst.    Here is even a LINK

So lets review. If you find yourself in this section of the store

You are certainly an asshole, but there is an alternative. Find yourself instead here

at the refill station, hold your head high because you are a champion.

Cadillac Jersey

Speaking of free shit, I finally got my Catillac Jersey.  From Bicycle Magazine and Cadillac.  I got my jersey a whole six months or more after I qualified to receive it.  Anyways, it was free so cool.  Here it is.   And the red background looks terrible.  Instead of taking my own picture I just googled it and threw it up. Cheers.  
P.S.  I did tell you about this promo when it was going on.  Keep up with Midwest Bicycle Fanatics and you might learn something. ;)

Bike giveaway DOCKERS x JOHNNY LOCO

Here's the deal.  Buy this shirt jersey thing or anything else a HIP and you could win this sweet ass bike.
DOCKERS x JOHNNY LOCO | CLASSIC CRUISER BIKE

 This is a Dockers promo.  Hurry yer ass up, this giveaway ends soon. like real soon, like this month soon.

don't do crack

Play these at the same time.



I made this second one to illustrate the opposite of the peewee video.

exploded headset

Prolly!

Ralpha and some street fashion

Speaking of Style. Ralpha has some.  I think these are random photoworthy forks that were found on the streets in various cities.

custom down hill style.

Custom frame builder Jeff Tiedeken builds bicycles, motorcycles and other cool stuff, check out his blog HERE

I found this series of pictures at CYCLEEFIX blog  and the writer summarized Tiedeken's story better than I so I'm gonna throw some quotes around it, site my source and call it good,  cheers,

"Jeff Tiedeken, Aerospace Welder and Party Animal, has taken gravity bike design to a whole ‘nother level with his latest creation. As a side project he fabricated this downhill demon that’s so close to an engine-less motorcycle it’s sure to turn up a few puritanical noses. I’m amazed he had the time, in between building penny-farthings, trials and cargo bikes and working on projects with Exile Motorcycles, Disney Imagineering and Performance Machine.
Jeff was slated to exhibit his craft at this years NAHBS but was eventually refused entry, which was actually a blessing, as he was able to devote the extra time to perfecting the creations that were due to be shown. His gravity bike features elegant curves constructed from 4130 steel that belie a great structural integrity, as do the single-sided fork and rear end. In fact, the close-up shots reveal burly engineering and masterful welds, which happens to be a trademark of Jeff’s. That’s a 26” Crossmax Lefty wheelset, with deceleration provided by a pair of Avid Elixr hydraulic disc brakes. A pair of swap meet cranks are both set backwards and provide motorcycle-style footpeg struts."  CycleEfix

i love summer!

--I just want to say living in the Midwest can be challenging during the winter months. To be honest I became disillusioned this winter. I began to believe that I didn't love biking. What? I know. Let me explain; if you remember, I hurt both of my knees in a bike polo accident. One knee got better, but the other one remained injured until about a month ago.


- --For some reason I switch bike frames and was riding around on a fixed gear that was too small for me. This is not healthy for your knees. I rode around on that damn bike for a long time and even competed in a long urban race with it. At the end of the race my knees were killing me.


---Last week the weather here was beautiful. I pulled out all of the bikes from the garage, got air in the tires, etc. The kids were riding around in the street and driveway. I hooked up the bike trailer, we went on a ride and I went on several short rides by myself. It was Great! I felt like a kid and all those good feelings about biking came flooding back.


---At this point I was still over fixed gear bikes. Then I switched my wheels over to my original frame, an old Raleigh Grand-Prix that fits me brilliantly. I jumped on it and whizzed down the street. Amazing, I couldn't believe I was riding around on a too small frame. My Raleigh rides like a champ, the gearing is perfect and the crank-arms are longer and feel better. I envisioned myself riding on and not stopping.


- That was two days ago and I said to myself that it was the best day I ever had. Yard work, family, bike rides and sunshine.
Peace, love and wheeeeels

There something artsy about this

It reminds me of being young and listening to Lou Reed.
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m0ar! #3322 -

Unit Farm Jam 2011 - BMX Highlights

Unit Farm Jam 2011 - BMX Highlights from Unit Clothing on Vimeo.

You should play these two videos at the same time.

DISTANT RELATIVES "Patience"

holy smokes. This is fantastic.

This is Damian. ya heard?

Flying Lotus - Zodiac Shit (Official Video)

single man camper

I'm thinking this would be the perfect single person vehicle.  Gosh, just think about the possibilities,  sleep, travel, explore.  needs it.found here yo

Or you can go all out and go this route;