The Radavist

BMX twins Lizsurley and Queensaray prove to be ‘2 in a million’ as they work their way up from local freestylers to olympic hopefuls despite their lack of training infrastructure and resources.

Custom bikes with custom paint are one thing but the work of Richard Diebenkorn is on another level. Scarab Cycles is based in the Andes Mountains of Colombia, where cycling is taken very seriously! I found this story behind their RAUCH paint job on the Santa Rosa road model very interesting.

SC: What did you want the paint scheme to be based on? Why?

JR: …I had been kicking around the idea of a bike interpretation of “Ocean Park #79” by Richard Diebenkorn, and once I floated the idea by the team some additional inspiration started to bubble up, namely Omar Rayo’s geometric work. For a Colombian-made frame that was going to live in the California hills, the conversation around incorporating elements around these two artists seemed a natural fit.

Check out the full bike and interview at Scarab Cycles.

This teaser has me hooked for the full-length video.

I don’t know how I missed this but as a photographer, if you enjoy shooting photos of cycling as well, I highly recommend this video. Thanks for the heads up, Tracko!

Agustin Hincapie is the last remaining bike framebuilder in Colombia, where he builds under the name Tinno. Great video, Klaus!

There’s a great piece on the younger Colombian cycling teams up on Manual for Speed that’s well worth the click-through. The Colombians take cycling very seriously and this first piece by MFS barely scratches the surface…

“Because in Colombia, we’re into pedaling / We’re so good, that even Colombian cycling fans and amateurs / Could easily compete with the world’s best cyclists”

—El Lider by Diomedes Diaz

Manual for Speed