From the onset, New York-based Outlier has aimed to achieve the critical goal of providing garments that fulfill both a performance and design quality. In this hypebeast.tv video, we go behind the scenes with brand founders Tyler Clemens and Abe Burmeister to gain a better understanding behind their whole process.
Remember what it was like to have a crush on the boy or girl next door?
Remember choosing the colours of the Spokey-dokes to your wheels?
Remember learning to cycle without training wheels for the first time?
This 7-minute short film ‘Marry Me’ is directed by Michelle Lehman and was an entry in the 2007 Tropfest Film Festival. It’s simply adorable…and you go, girl!
Here’s a short video from Epicurean Cyclist testing out Minnehaha’s Small Canvas Saddle Bag.
In May 2011 Paul van Bellen from Dutch city bike importers Gazelle Bicycles Australia will lead 30 Australian cycling thinkers over a 500km, 13 day tour in The Netherlands, the world’s most cycle friendly country.
Filmmakers Rowena Crowe and Paulo Alberton will follow and record van Bellen’s tour as his team studies innovations and attitudes in cycling. Rowena and Paulo will be detailing their trip at www.cyclingdutchstyle.com.au and developing a documentary about the journey at the end.
Rowena and Paul are currently raising money to enable them to participate on the tour and create content for both the website and documentary. You can contribute funds via their IndieGoGo site as well as help spread the word using social networks.
Here’s a video about with Paul introducing the reasons for the tour and what we can learn from the Dutch.
This great promotional video shows how the residents of Amsterdam, of all ages, sizes and professions, use their bikes to get around their home town. Mothers, businessmen, young couples – they all say ‘This is Amsterdam….and this is my bike.’
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B-Line, a company based in Portland, Oregon, demonstrates the kind of loads that is possible to deliver on a bicycle (or in this case, tricycle). Their tricycles are faster, cleaner and cheaper than conventional trucks and the ubiquitous white van and still with over 55 cubic feet and 600-pound capacity.
Here’s a video from Franklin Jones, the founder of B-Line, and includes interviews with B-Line customers who explain why they choose to use bikes for local deliveries. Not to forget that being able to make more deliveries, faster, in groovy trucks which feature advertising, means better profits for B-Line.
The answer is A LOT. Check out this video!
Sydney-based designer and maker of Cycle Signs, Trent Jansen, talks about his sustainable design philosophy.
We have a bit of a thing of Korean film stars. In fact, we once sat through a very long and boring mockumentary called The Actresses just because it featured five beautiful Korean actresses.
So we love the look book for Korean label Mind bridge, featuring Korean actors Gong Yoo and Lee Min Jung. Yes to preppy slim-cut blazers and cropped chinos!
Even better, tere’s the stylish, smiling and sunny behind-the-scenes video of the photoshoot.
An excellent video by Dahlia Lopez Ramsay talking to several women about why they’ve taken up cycling and what they love about it and how they use their bike.
Our favourite quote ‘My A-ha! moment – biking is a really cool thing that’s a lot more than a sport.’
Today my week of guest blogging at The Design Files lands us in the city of my heart, London.
Regular readers of the blog will know that I am a huge fan of cycling in London and it’s the place where I really found my feet (or wheels) as a commuter cyclist. I have many, many fond memories of taking my bike to visit grandiose buildings, tootling along the Thames and exploring the hidden nooks of the city.
To get you in the mood for some London cycle chic, here’s the video of The Bike Song by Mark Ronson which was used in the Transport for London cycle stories which I blogged about recently.
The music video features set-through bikes, bright vintage outfits, cute girls and the streets of London. Watch it and I dare you not to break out into a smile!
In London I chat with Guy Hills of Dashing Tweeds, one dapper gentleman who supplies us with the popular Disco-bright reflective legwarmers.
When I first decided to move to London from Melbourne, I was unsure about whether I’d feel comfortable cycling around such a large, sprawling city. I’d never even heard of people cycling in London, everyone just got around on the Tube.
Shipping over my bike was the best decision I made for my time overseas. I gained immense confidence as a commuter cyclist, I got to places quicker without the stress of public transport and I discovered new places which I otherwise would never have encountered. Owning a bike really opened up the city for me and gave me headspace not to become engulfed in the strains of living in a fast-paced city of 13 million people.
Transport for London is doing great work with encouraging cycling in London, and I think these videos of everyday people and celebs cycling the city highlight the joys and benefits of city cycling everywhere, not just in London.
I hope you enjoy them as much as I did.
Before I got my bicycle, my commute was very much the same as Mambi’s – rushed, frazzled, time-consuming and a blur.
This is why I love Samatha Boswell’s video entry which won her a LIVE 2 , Globe’s new line of ‘LIVE’ city friendly bicycles. Mambi: A Sydney Commuters Story shows her daily commute and how it would be better by bike…
Mambi: A Sydney Commuters Story from samantha boswell on Vimeo.
…and this is the bike she won! How gorgeous.
If you can’t get enough cycle style inspiration on this blog, cool video site Instructables can teach you all manner of cool cycling tips. On our favourites list:
How to Ride Your Bike in Style
How to Ride Your Bike in Style – More DIY How To Projects
Bicycling Modestly in a Skirt
Bicyling Modestly in a Skirt – More DIY How To Projects
Make a Helmet Mohawk in 10 minutes
Helmet Mohawks in 10 Minutes – More DIY How To Projects
Quick & Easy Bicycle Skirt Guards – More DIY How To Projects
We can only dream…
Rush hour in Utrecht, Amsterdam. And look! Everyone riding around in their normal, every day clothes.
Guy Hills is one of the founders of the Dashing Tweeds, the supplier of our fabulous Disco-bright reflective wool legwarmers and the reflective, waterproof tweed fabric for our upcoming bespoke cycling capes.
It’s always nice to put a face and a voice to a name – so here you can see Guy in real life, being interviewed by Tom Stubbs for Finch’s Quarterly.
If you’re wondering how Freehands Gloves work, check out this video demonstrating the magnetic finger tips. Seriously nifty.
Some fabulous photos from Washington DC’s Tweed Ride last year (presented by Dandies and Quaintrelles) - such fashionable riders harking back to the yesteryear of cycling elegance.
via Hi, Dandies!
There’s even a cool video with featuring some foot-tappin’ jazz.
Ignore the dinky music and watch this video from BikeCommuters which tests whether the Banjo Brothers Commuter Backpack really is waterproof…
….yep!
CycleStyle are the exclusive Australian distributors of Banjo Brothers – you can get your Commuter Backpack (Medium or Large) here.
