Pedaling
I’m liking the easy-living gastro-singlespeed NYC vibe of the Pedaling video series. Great design and production too. Discovered via Dave Zabriskie’s Twitter.
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Fausto Coppi’s 1952 bike
A little bit of cycling history courtesy of Rouleur magazine.
From an article by Guy Andrews on rouleur.cc.
This is Fausto Coppi’s 1952 World Championship winning Bianchi Specialissima complete with insulated bottle covers, Campagnolo derailleurs, Ambrosio forged aluminium stem and Universal brakes. The frame was a huge advance on the bikes of the time…
(Read the full article with more images.)
Whenever I look at black and white photographs of cycling heroes, at any time from the inaugural Tour de France in 1903 to Tom Simpson’s heyday in the 60s, I am awed by their achievements. I mean, just look at their legs, their faces, their brutal bikes.
Fausto Coppi’s full-steel bike must weigh about 30 pounds, as much as a hefty budget mountain bike today. Look at the un-ergonomic bars, the single chainring, the tiny cassette. Then imagine climbing big mountains on it, trying to get comfortable on the leather saddle, wrestling with the tyre wrapped in a figure-eight around your shoulders and back.
Coppi won the Tour twice, the Giro five times, and the Paris-Roubaix in 1953. Here is one of cycling’s true legends in action:
The Cross-Canada Project
Trailer for The Cross Canada Project: Documenting a Bicycle Tour Across Canada. from mike beauchamp on Vimeo.
Another big ride project not dissimilar to this one. Mike Beauchamp rode 7000km across Canada, which is an outrageously long way. His video (which is 1 hour long by the way, the above is just a trailer) makes use of an ingenious wing mount for the camera. Perhaps I’ll be able to catch the full movie at the next Bicycle Film Festival.
Thinking about it, maybe my creaking bike vid is worthy of submission. He who dares wins.
Via the Guardian’s new bike blog.
Charge Bikes in Vimeo viral
Charge Bikes have created a viral video stream on Vimeo - an excellent video-sharing service that beats YouTube on video quality, web design and user interface, more of which on the web blog – featuring a character called Shyhop. Here are the first 2 episodes:
Introducing Shyhop from Charge Bikes on Vimeo.
Shyhop Rendezvous from Charge Bikes on Vimeo.
I’ve always fancied the Charge range. Awesome XC MTBs and styling city options too.
LanceTube
I’ve become slightly addicted to watching video clips of Lance Armstrong riding the Tour. I like the really blurry ones with bad, tinny house soundtracks. Like this one:
Alpe d’Huez – the finale of La Marmotte. Yep, it’s going to hurt.