The Radavist

We already saw the New Craft: 5 Continents 5 Frames show announcement last week, and now to promote this Wednesday’s (June 29th) event, Columbus just sent over a preview with photos of these unique frames. See the press release and full gallery below!

This just in from the Instagram of Richard Sachs! Check out the details below.

Photos by Derek Yarra

Above Category continues to visit the places where their utmost talented suppliers build their frame. First with Pegoretti and now with Mosaic Cycles in Boulder, Colorado. Derek continues to document the space with beautiful simplicity, so if you’ve ever wondered what Mosaic looks like from the inside out, be sure to check out this feature over at the Above Category blog!

Watching Argonaut Cycles grow and gain traction in this market is exciting. Especially within the realm of retail, a world that most framebuilders decide to avoid due to margins. But sometimes, you find a home where your brand easily nestles in between the existing offerings.

Argonaut Cycles has teamed up with Above Category, along side BAUM, Pegoretti and Mosaic. Three exceptional frame builders who have mastered their materials. It’s not bad having such great company, is it?

See more at Above Category!

I like this idea a whole lot! One of the most original frame builders of all time will be at the Brooks B1866 shop in Seven Dials, London next week. The saddle manufacturer is opening their doors to Dario Pegoretti to fit potential customers for a bike and to celebrate his new collaboration Brooks Cambium Saddle. Sounds pretty rad right? I wish I could be there to see this!

Check out the press-release below with all the juicy details and more photos of this wild bike!

I love seeing frame builders getting much-deserved recognition, especially in print. Here’s an interesting project, 73 Degrees:

“Featuring Baum, Firefly, Seven, Richard Sachs, Enigma, Independent Fabrication, Tommasini, Crisp, Mercian and Pegoretti and Columbus, through interviews and some stunning photography 73 degrees takes you behind the scenes, into the workshops and into the minds of these iconic builders. With additional technical information to enhance the readers knowledge this is the perfect book for all those who love the hand crafted bicycle. With a foreword written by former Tour De France yellow jersey holder and Team Sky Directeur Sportif Sean Yates and with additional technical information to enhance the readers knowledge of all things frame building, this is the perfect book for all those who love the handcrafted bicycle.”

Pick up a copy of 73 Degrees Volume 01 here!

Side note: that page layout looks like a PiNP-endorsement, doesn’t it?

Here’s an update to the run of production frames that Winter displayed at NAHBS. Dubbed the Tool Series, these frames offer an easily accessible, handmade road frame designed for everything from daily use to road racing. Each Tool Series frame is made in Oregon by Winter Bicycles using fillet brazing and is fit to the rider. These bikes are built to order, feature a Pegoretti Falz Carbon Fork, a Cane Creek 110 Headset and come in two color schemes: Pewter and Hammervein (pictured). See more at Winter and check out additional photos at the Winter Flickr.

Photo by Andy White

Andy, you devil you. Where do you get those wonderful toys? This 54cm Concorde Aquila road bike is stunning. The chevrons in the paint are crispy.

“Though PDM was a Dutch based team, the Concorde marque is Italian as prosciutto on melon. Out of the Ciocc factory, frames by the Concorde, Conti and Paganini name are all works of Pellizoli. All of them featuring the same cutout feature in the bottom bracket shell – just one of the signature touches. In the same way Dario Pegoretti built for Pinarello and subsequently established his own name, so too is Giovanni at the ripe old age of 69 years young.

Back to MG’s new ride

20 emails later, and an hour on the phone discussing the pros and cons of bar selection, gruppo and saddles – she is ready to go.

The Aquila (Italian for Eagle) was the top of the line offering in 1991. SLX frame and fork, neat internal routing of brake AND gear cabling. Concorde pantographed brake bridge, fork crown, head tube lugs and Columbus embossed head tube.

Equipped with Campagnolo 8 speed Chorus from 1991 – the exception being Record 1st generation ergopowers which came about in 1992.”

Check out more at Fyxo!

Apologies for getting this up so late but it’s partially Rapha’s fault for that. After a kick-ass time at their event and many Stellas, I’m a bit hungover this morning! D’Acciaio (Of Steel), is their final film with RSA Films and is now live on their homepage. Here’s the PR:

As with the others, this film will only be available on the Rapha homepage for 24 hours. With Dario Pegoretti as the subject, this film is a unique and concise exploration of a man that has continually been a subject within the cycling community. Compared to the narrative structure of the previous two films this one is more of a documentary take on this famous framebuilder from Italy. There are some great humorous moments that delve into the tortured and charismatic personality of Pegoretti.

Jeremy and everyone, it was great meeting you finally! You guys rule.

Rapha‘s projects with Ridley Scott Associates kick off today. Check out the first feature, A Throw of the Dice above by clicking on the image and read a synopsis below:

The first film A Throw Of The Dice is Director Nick Livesey‘s take on famed Professional Bike Racer and Thrice Paris-Roubaix winner Johan Museeuw. Almost every piece of Rapha clothing has what we call an “Inside Story” placed somewhere in the garment. With the jerseys it is inside the back zippered pocket, and with our current collection of Club Jerseys we turned our focus to two ex-Pro racers (Sean Kelly, and Museeuw) and one current Professional Bicycle Framebuilder (Dario Pegoretti).

Speaking from a personal standpoint, I have seen the films and the one this Friday has to be the craziest of the three. It features footage from last years Paris Roubaix as well as footage from Museeuw’s winning years. It is a very intimate look at what the race means through the eyes of one of its fiercest competitors – The Lion of Flanders (Museeuw). The directors were given free reign to interpret as they will and it goes without saying that Livesey took this explorations to the utmost maximum to produce one of the strangest, most compelling and visually stunning short films about a bicycle racer that I have ever seen. It has been a treat for us to see and hear about these films as they have been in their development stages.

For the next three weeks Rapha will be offering 24-hour free screenings for the following short films:

Trailer One:
A Throw of the Dice
Premiers August 13th

Trailer Two:
Two Broad Arrows
Premiers August 20th

Trailer Three:
Of Steel
Premiers August 27th

This rules. Seriously don’t miss out!

Wow. Ridley Scott and Rapha? Big time right there.

The inspiration for Rapha products often comes from the places, riders and stories of road racing. Our 2010 Club Jerseys were inspired by Johan Museeuw, Sean Kelly and Dario Pegoretti. To further celebrate these colourful characters Rapha commissioned three short films. The Rapha story labels were the inspiration, but the directors were given free reign to interpret them as they pleased.

Renowned film directors Nick Livesey and Adrian Moat took up the challenge, along with photographer and long time Rapha collaborator Ben Ingham. The resulting films are a delight, exploring passion, craftsmanship and the psychology of racing and getting right to the heart of the sport we love. It has been a privilege to work with Ridley Scott Associates and such talented friends on these films. I hope you enjoy them.

Awesome!

Some of you may have caught this at Tracko yesterday, so excuse the re-post. In all honesty, I didn’t watch it until just now and man, it’s really worth it. The video, shot by Ben Ingham’s, focuses on Dario Pegoretti. Entitled “Of Steel” it peers into the creative genius of Pegoretti and is the perfect segue for the opening of Bespoke on May 11th in NYC. Watch the trailer right here!

Mark your calenders for this one NYC! May 11th through mid-August brings the Museum of Art and Design‘s exhibition Bespoke: The Handbuilt Bicycle. Curated by Michael Maharam with Sacha White of Vanilla Bicycles, the exhibition will feature many contemporary framebuilders in the context of the museum’s gallery spaces. 21 frames will be on display including the works of:

Mike Flanigan, Alternative Needs Transportation (A.N.T.), Holliston, MA.
Jeff Jones, Jeff Jones Custom Bicycles, Medford, OR
Dario Pegoretti, Pegoretti Cicli, Calonazzo, Italy
Richard Sachs, Richard Sachs Cycles, Chester, CT
J. Peter Weigle, J. Peter Weigle Cycles, Lyme, CT
Sacha White, Vanilla Bicycles, Portland, OR

More details are here, at the MAD press-release.

NAHBS- The Beginning from Vuelo Velo on Vimeo.

Tarcko put up a series of edits from Vuelo Velo’s coverage of the 2010 NAHBS. There are four shorts total and here’s the first edited entitled the Beginning. To catch the rest, you’ll have to go to Beardosaurus Rex.

In this edit they interview:

Don Walker
of Don Walker Cycles

Dario Pegoretti
of Pegoretti Cicli

Sacha White
of Vanilla Bicycles