Imaginative use of old bike parts by Oliver Staiano, a design student of Nottingham Trent University’s Product Design.
You can check how they are made here.
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Cycle Hangers
Sunday, June 10th, 2012Bicycle Travel Journal
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
Next time you go riding on your bike, why not record these journeys with the Bicycle Travel Journal designed by Roger Fawcett-Tang of Struktur Design?
Nigel Peake’s beautiful drawings map out ideas and guide riders through new landscapes, both real and imaginary. The journal comes with 20 illustrations, blank pages to write on and 4 envelopes to store mementoes of your journeys.
Bike in the Bathroom
Wednesday, April 11th, 2012We’ve seen lots of photos of bikes used as part of room decoration – but this is the first time we’ve seen a bike adorning a bathroom!
Bicycle Valentine
Monday, February 13th, 2012
Rachel Pfeffer makes and sells bicycle necklaces from her Etsy shop and turned this one into a unique wearable Valentine’s Day card.
The Casual Cyclist’s Guide to Melbourne + Giveaway!
Friday, December 2nd, 2011
We are big fans of Melbourne-based bike rental company The Humble Vintage and the limited edition hand-drawn maps coming out of it called Melbourne for Visitors and Casual Cyclists.
Now author and entrepreneur Matt Hurst has written The Casual Cyclist’s Guide Melbourne, a book bringing a fresh perspective to cycle routes in Melbourne interspersed with articles on cycling tips, tricks and thoughts as varied as Taking the Scenic Route and Five Surprising Situations When it’s Better to Take the Bike.
The guide brings together contributions from a range of Melbourne architects, historians, chefs, designers and local identities, including chef Guy Grossi and milliner Richard Nylon.
With hand drawn maps by Matt, design by Studio Pip & Co and illustrations from graphic design duo Tin & Ed, it’s a uniquely Melbourne collaboration. The book is a delightful read and it’s an essential item for the ambling Melbourne cyclist.
Giveaway! Thanks to Hardie Grant, we have one copy of The Casual Cyclist’s Guide Melbourne to give away. All you have to do is leave a comment below by Friday 9 December and the winner will be drawn randomly. The competition is restricted to Australian residents. Good luck!
The winner by random draw was Beth! Congratulations, your prize will be sent to you shortly!
Cutie Coolbox from Beg Bicycles
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
It’s Melbourne Cup day and our thoughts turn to champagne and picnics.
Which is why we’re completely in love with this Cutie Coolbox from Beg Bicycles in England. The cool box fits into your bicycle basket to keep your sandwiches and drinks chilled and fresh. Plus the tan leather and cross stitch details is just so stylish.
Just something cute
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011
Dashing Tweeds Cycle Jacket
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
Dashing Tweeds is one of our suppliers out of the UK and we like them a lot because they do innovative work with cycling fashion and reflective fabrics.
Their latest ready to wear item is the Dashing Jacket. As you can see, it comes complete with reflective elements, a sloping cut in the back so there’s no gap between the jacket and your bottoms, ventilation where it’s most needed and elasticised wrists to keep out the wind.
Re-collect upcycled bags
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011Re-Collect is a range of eco-friendly and sustainable accessories made in the UK by Katcha Bilek in her Bristol workshop.
All these materials are collected locally and everything is hand-made without the use of industrial machinery. The bags and purses are made of truck inner tubes. The straps on them are old car seatbelts. The belts are made of bike tyres.
We like her range of large bags, which are highly durable and will keep your precious items safe and dry whilst you cycle.
A bit of man-style from Brooks England
Friday, August 5th, 2011
Brooks England deliciousness
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011We are big fans of the cycling products from Brooks England but we have chosen not to stock them because they are quite easy to find at most local bike shops and frankly a bit out of our price range.
That doesn’t mean that we can’t drool over their products – in particular, their latest release of bike bags named after two of our favourite leafy London suburbs – Islington and Hampstead.
Light Up Leggings
Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
We’re fascinated by these LEDs tights which we found on Instructables.
“Wear them dancing and all eyes in the room will be on you. Wear them running and drivers will know to get out of the way!”
A nifty alternative to our Disco-bright Reflective Legwarmers!