The Radavist

This Saturday, May 12th, Grant Petersen of Bridgestone and Rivendell fame will be at Velo Cult. Show up, have a beer and discuss how a touring bike should be loaded and the benefits of 650b. Oh Portland, you’re so rad.

Photo by Brenton Salo

Brenton Salo is the king of photographing bicycle reflections. It’s gotta be a contextual thing since the Pacific Northwest is always wet. This Cannondale portrait is pretty rad and I’m guessing it’s Patrick’s from PC? Check out more at Brenton’s blog.

I get a few emails from time to time asking if I know what “happened to TCB Racks?”. Honestly, I have no idea but this photo that Damian Riehl posted to his Tumblr implies that Tad might be back in business.

Could this be the Mark Nobilette-built Velo Cult randonneur project popping up, ever so discreetly on the Velo Cult blog? I hope so! Come on Anthony, show us more. It’s been a year since the last teaser.

Patrick at Pedal Consumption teamed up with BLAQ out of Portland to design a roll-top backpack for his Kagero frames. Pick one up here and check out more information here! These are on sale now, through the 13th, so take advantage of the savings and support made in the USA products.

I like what I see here. Two solid companies, visiting each other’s facilities. Chris King and Tanner Goods. Head to the Cielo Blog for more!

Thanks for sharing Mr. Kyle Von Hoetzendorff and nice photos Mr. Dylan Van Weeldan!

It’s spring in NYC and that means you can put your favorite riding jeans away and swap out for some shorts. Chari recently collaborated with Gear PDX on a pair of rider shorts:

“The new Chari & Co. NYC x GEAR PDX joints are the perfect shorts for people on the go. They’re slim-fitting and have a ton of features that urban cyclists will find useful:

-Two front pockets
-One vertical zip-up pocket
-Reflective liners on the inner cuffs (roll ‘em up!)
-Three rear pockets, including one specifically designed to hold a u-lock
-Stretchy!

Made in beautiful Portlandia, these shorts are only available at United Arrows Beauty & Youth in Japan and Chari & Co. NYC. $110.”

I’ll swear by Outlier but it’s nice to have options and these look a lot slimmer fitting than other options.

See more at Chari! and no, the balleur-ass LOOK is not included!

Psychedelic, cult rock, mixed in with Pacific Northwest vernacular influences is how’d describe White Orange‘s sound. But since they’re such stoners, they rant on about how White Orange embodies a “synesthesia of sound and movement, an ideological translucent experience, jammy epic psychedelic trance rock”. If you grew up listening to desert rocksters Kyuss, or had your skateboarding sessions fueled by Dinosaur Jr, these guys are for you. Hell, my dad’s love for King Crimson trickled over into my childhood music taste. All of these bands, mixed in with some Alex Grey-inspired cult album art make White Orange one unique band. And you can win some of their music, including a 2x LP.

Tuesday Teardown is back and I figured I’d start it off with something a lil different.

Check out more below.

Tracko paid me thousands of dollars to shoot photos of the Tanner Goods “bike line” at the Ira Ryan booth during the 2012 NAHBS. When he texted me my contract to submit photos, I didn’t think it was that Tanner. I’ve got a belt and a wallet from them, both are top-notch. We’ve already seen the Ned Ludd cargo bike, sporting a few of these products, but Tracko’s got the EXCLUSIVE on the rest of the line. Head over to check the rest out.

I just wanted to add that I think cycling-related overlap with solid companies is a good thing, especially from Portland. If these bike accessories are anything like their wallets, they’ll be a worthy investment. Stay tuned.

Velo Cult left the sunny beaches of San Diego for Portland’s bridges, frame builders and coffee. On March 24th, their new space will be unveiled and knowing what the old shop looked like, the one in Portland is bound to be even better. I’m going to try my best to make it to Portland next month!

For full details, see the flier below.

One of my favorite projects at the 2012 NAHBS was this Ira Ryan-fabricated Ned Ludd Market Bike. I met Jason in Sacramento and heard most of what he says here in this video over tacos at Steve Rex‘s spot one night. Jason’s a passionate individual and seeing this project get some much-deserved attention has got to be inspirational. Exceptional!

More on those Tanner bags tomorrow.

Photo by Brenton Salo

We’ve been having a ton of rain here in Austin for the past week, which has me focusing a lot on the various puddles. It’s not often that we get rain like this. Riding a bike can be a drag when it’s pouring but oftentimes, when you embrace it, you can have fun. Which brings me to one of my favorite photos by Brenton Salo. I don’t think I’ve seen a better skid photo than this one in years and it’s from 2009.

I just saw Mr. Hufnagel here in Austin yesterday and we talked about his Porteur City Bike Project rather extensively. As far as a personal branding machine is concerned, Hufnagel Cycles has delivered the total package with this roll-out. Everything is dialed and his price is more than reasonable for the complete bike. Hats off to your Jordan, these bikes are great.

I had the chance to finally meet Matt Cardinal and Nate Meschke, co-owners of the Portland-based Signal Cycles. In their carefully-curated booth, they were selling these handmade posters. Each sheet was stained with Stumptown coffee before they were printed. How Portland is that? Even if you can’t own a Signal Cycles, you can probably afford one of these nice prints. Head to Signal Cycles for more information.