The Radavist

It’s been a while since I’ve posted up something from LOW. Andrew’s been putting out some quality work over the past few weeks. Do I need to mention Massan’s new frame? So clean. Here’s Brian Novelo’s low pro, shot by Six Nguyen.

For a while, Andrew Low was posting new photos almost daily. I love the gusset on his track bikes. Has anyone ordered one of these yet? What do you think of it?

Check out more on the Low Tumblr.

Photos by Jason Rosete

Jason Rosete from Macaframa recently met up with Andrew at LOW to shoot some photos and aside from the photo of Andrew working in the dark, this pink track frame caught my eye. Need some extra stiffness?

Check out more of Jason’s photos from LOW below!

Check out the latest video from YNOT Cycle, featuring their rider Andrew Romashyna. Also be sure to check out the Junction and the Gulper, two new models from YNOT.

While I’m still recovering from my tour, I figured I’d give you guys some eye candy to check out on this Thursday morning. Yesterday I swung through Low Bicycles to see how Andrew was doing. Like my last visit, his queue was packed with sick track bikes but this time, he had some special projects in the works!

Check out more below!

Massan has been riding his Low track bike and he just posted up this snapshot of it in action. I still think it’s completely bad ass that Andrew is making these in the states!

Previously:
Shop Visit: Low Bicycles – Handmade 7005 Aluminum Track Frames

Andrew, aka Blakey, is a Co-Motion enthusiast. This Streaker single-speed makes another addition to his already plump stable. Earlier we saw his Demon Cross that he trekked around the States with and today when I met him for a Long Black (espresso drink), he was riding this beauty.

Check out more below!

Andrew Low of Low Bicycles has been busy, busy, busy in his Mission studio in SF. After a boost in demand for his handmade in the USA aluminum track bikes, he’s finally completed his first run of frames.

Check out more photos at the Low blog and expect more coverage here on PiNP of Andrew’s work in July. I’ll be out there for a few weeks this time!

Previously:
Shop Visit: Low Bicycles – Handmade 7005 Aluminum Track Frames

The Low track frames are definitely unique looking. While they’re in no way the first aluminum low-pro, Andrew is continuing the tradition of the SF hill-bomber track bike. I took a few photos of Marc’s Low while I was in SF and like a lot of the SF builds, it contains a lotta build faux pas.

Check out more below!

When you think of the term, frame building, what kind of connotations arise? Shavings, mills, flux and steel right? As commonplace as steel framebuilders are nowadays, there are very few that are still making aluminum bikes, much less aluminum track bikes. That’s where Low Bicycles comes in. Andrew Low began building track bikes in 2010 after a he got tired of making roll cages for off-road vehicles in Colorado.

Now he’s got a small shop in the Mission in SF where he designs, fabricates and even heat treats his frames.

Check out more photos from my Shop Visit to Low Bicycles below!

Here’s Andrew’s newest edit. Watch as he takes to the streets and parks of Florida. I kinda like that toboggan wheelie.

Andrew Blake is what I call a cyclo-tourist. Over the past few weeks, he’s traveled from Melbourne to Austin, to NYC, back to Austin and today, he arrives in LA. With all the flying Andrew does, it’s no wonder that he chose an S&S couplered Co-Motion to ride. I met up with Andrew one last time yesterday to shoot photos of his Co-Motion Demon cross bike before he left for LA.

Check out more photos below.

With the NAHBS approaching, a friend of mine cornered me at a party and told me what I needed to do to really cover the event. He suggested a team of people, all covering different aspects of the weekend. So I sat and thought about who could possibly help me out. That’s when I remembered my buddy Andrew Franciosa ( @Mastodon ) who runs Keep Albany Boring. I had set him up with my friend Ellen Stagg (NSFW) this summer to be her photo intern. We hung out a lot this summer and I got to know him pretty well.

So I hit him up and flew him down to help me cover the 2011 NAHBS. We each had a list of builders to cover and day by day, we documented them all. Without him, it would have been nearly impossible to shoot all these photos myself. It was a lot of work but also a lot of play.

After the NAHBS, we went out on a ride. To show him a little bit of Austin’s hills, I took him and Chris Bishop up this starter hill to my daily ride. When we got to the top, I shot photos of Andrew’s Brooklyn Machine Works Gangsta Track.

Check out more photos below!

Chas from TCB Courier shot me an email introducing a local (read: 3 blocks from his house) framebuilder named Andrew Low. Like many of us, Low has a pining fascination with the track bikes of the early 90’s, namely the KHS Aero Track and Cannondale track. These two frames inspired him to hand-build his own bikes. Yes, those are aluminum!

Check out more photos and info below!

Photo by Andrew Franciosa

Andrew has extensive race coverage from this weekend’s Uncle Sam Grand Prix up on Bike Albany. Out of the dozens of photos in the set, there’s an extensive bike-check on Austin Horse’s custom Brooklyn Machine Works cross bike. Known mostly for their Gangsta track (also pictured above), Brooklyn has been recently experimenting with road and cross frames.

Check out more photos below.

Ah Copenhagen, the place where you can buy a townie from a vending machine. Where the streets are without glass and the coffee shops give you musette bags with your croissant. Ok, that’s all a stretch but it makes sense that the Bicycle Film Festival would choose Copenhagen as its newest host city. Because, afterall the bicycle is an essential part of Copenhagen’s culture. Andrew Blackman put together two shorts to promote the BFF this year. Above is entitled “Exercycle Projector” and one more, “Long John Living Room” is below.

Check it out!

I know Empire seems like it’s been dormant, but it hasn’t. Between Crihs doing the 42 Below Ride, various injuries and a dead scooter (R.I.P. baby), the guys have been battling all kinds of unforeseen setbacks.

Now that summer’s gone and the cold winter months are right around the corner, Luke is keeping it fresh with some pics from production this summer. Head on over to see a few shots by Andy T. and me wearing the most ridiculous Mishka shirt ever.