Cycling Codex

Look what has finally made it to the top of our nightstand reading pile. The much-coveted and ever-elusive Landlords Cycling book. 

As best as we can tell, the Landlords book represents nothing short of a visual cycling manifesto. Take some old school East Coast bike messenger culture, a lot of neon and Italian steel, a healthy dose of Merckx, and a dash of weed, put it all in a hardbound cover, and you have Landlords Cycling. Straight from Philly.

And it's amazing.

(We don't want to give too much of the book away, but continue on for a few pics.)

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Ritte CX

Earlier last week, our favorite California-based bike brand Ritte was featured in Wired Magazine. We've been meaning to post these photos of the beautiful stainless/carbon Ritte Steeplechase that we sold to an NYC customer recently (build via Ifixbyx). Søren J from the NYC Rapha Racing squad put this bike together for the Northeast CX season, and performed quite admirably at several local races. He keeps telling us how much he loved the performance, and how much attention the bike drew each weekend (we believe him).

On a recent visit, the folks at Ifixbyx were giving it an end-of-season tune up and we grabbed the bike for a quick photo shoot. Don't hesitate to get in touch if you'd like to stop by our space in Red Hook to check out a Bosberg or just chat about Ritte in general.

Ritte Racing :: Official Site

A Series Of Unfortunate Incidents

 This was the first episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus that involved just one story (as opposed to a series of skits) - called simply "The Cycling Tour". (Aired December 1972) 

In the sketch, a tour of North Cornwall quickly devolves into a travelogue of bicycle accidents, damaged foodstuffs, and hanging out with Trotsky - as it somehow winds its way through Southern France, Smolensk, and Moscow. Eartha Kitt even makes an appearance at the end.

By far the smartest sketch comedy show of its era, Monty Python's Flying Circus went on to make some of the funniest (and most quoted) films ever.

The official Python site (Pythonline) hosts an extensive video archive here.

Monty Python's Flying Circus :: Official Site

History Lesson :: Les Colombiens

Klaus over at Cycling Inquisition does it again. Putting the emergence of "the Colombians" on the Euro stage in context with this found French video (tranlsated into English) - including a perfect Where are they now? folllow up - today's CI post is a love letter to pro cycling.

A definitive must watch/read.

Cycling Inquisition :: Les Colombiens - The Reason Why A Whole Nation Cried Uncontrollably