Monthly Archives: June 2009

This week in Berlin : Nike IAM1 Journey

The Bread & Butter Tradeshow for Selected Brands, an urban fashion week of sorts,  is heading back to its hometown for this year’s events. Cyclezine friend and darling, Lily poses for the IAM1 Journey flier that will exhibit the history … Continue reading

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A Sad Week

It’s been a sad week for sure and while we try pretty hard to keep all of our posts bike related, this week’s events could not go unmentioned. Lots of things and people have passed on quite recently. Of note: … Continue reading

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Friday: Vintage Bicycle Film Fest

Yanked this from Pete Gowdy’s Flare site today. Looks he is guest-curating an Oddball films screening of vintage cycling films tomorrow on Capp Street. For those of you not going to the American Velodrome Challenge at Hellyer in San Jose, … Continue reading

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Landed in Bangkok

Finally- landed in Bangkok- I’ll be here for two months! I just wanted to say ”thanks” to all my friends in San Francisco who, in the last minutes before my departure, equipped me with all these goodies needed for CycleZine to organize a very … Continue reading

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Tour de Felon – Cycliste Penitentiaire

Prisoners riding bikes with guards and judges?!   Leave it to the French to take a scenario from the film world and bring it into real life, but with a totally amazing twist.  Yes, in the 1970s there was a little known comedy … Continue reading

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Seen On Ebay- The Perfect Father’s Day Gift?

Well hello there! It’s been some time since our last installment of Seen On Ebay and since today is Father’s Day, I’ve found the perfect gift! Because I know that our 4 faithful readers not only seek out the latest … Continue reading

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Bicycle Hobo-ism

There are two past times that capture the free spirit of easy living better than any other human activity, and both share many similarities as far as history and transportation go.  The bicycle and the train were both monumental inventions … Continue reading

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Hub Porn- Unique Non-Sealed Superbe Pro Track hubs

In my opinion, the Suntour Superbe Pro track hub was one of, if not the best track hub ever created- this goes for most modern hubs as well. It was a solid, well made, smooth spining hub that has yet … Continue reading

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Tough Titty Kitty in the City, messenger organized race, june 20th

This Saturday, meet at Alamo Square.. 1:30pm, Registration/Donation: Ten bucks (give more if you can!) It’s june 20th. It’s gonna be fun. and it benefits breast cancer.

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Le Cyclisme Sur Piste — Vitesse

I recently picked up this little pamphlet on track racing in France. And with the TDF just around the corner, it seems like it was a good time to post it up. The title roughly translates to ‘Track Cycling – … Continue reading

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