On Wednesday, 22nd June, NonUsual, the makers of Gropes, are having a small gathering for the launch of their online shop and new product colours at Family Tree in Exmouth Market. They will be exhibiting a bespoke bike with Gropes, especially built for the evening by Mechanical Alchemist There also will be a raffle, you could win scrumptious prizes ( Golden Gropes Trophy is the one of them) when you sign up to Family Tree mailing list at the party. UPDATE 27.6.11: Nice write up [...]
Dokumenta is a touring photographic project by Filip K. Next stop, London on Sunday 12th June.
To kick off Artsadmin’s Two Degrees festival with Arcola Green Sundays you are invited to hop on your bike and join in the fun. Routes between Toynbee Studios and Arcola Theatre will be overrun with a host of artist-led bicycle events, including bike bingo, a graffiti tour of East London, a game of Capture the Flag and a mass community Tour de Dalston. Events leave from both venues throughout the day – arrive early to sign up for your favourite, have a bite to eat [...]
Brian Perkins: on the joy of the design classic bicycle, the Moulton, and the craft of renovation FRIDAY 3 JUNE 2011, 19.00 – 21.00 Practitioners’ Parlour takes place at The School of Life once month. It brings together makers, bakers, experimenters, creators and craftspeople, in an active exploration of human hinterland of everyday craft. Brian Perkins created the Bicycle Hub website dedicated to the restoration of classic bicycles, especially the innovative small wheeled revolution in cycling known as the Moulton, after its inventor Alex Moulton [...]
Click here to be kept up-to-date by Brompton’s Will Carleysmith on the exciting development of Project X. Progress is going well, we are still in the development stage but each prototype continues to get better and better. What I’m most looking forward to is getting out of the workshop and doing some real world testing in the coming months. Image of Andrew Ritchie courtesy of Brompton
Registration for the 2011 Brompton World Championship opens on Monday 16.05.11. The race is on 21.08.11
If you cycle to the Marylebone Farmers’ Market on the 8th May you will receive a free cup of farmhouse apple juice and a free bike service courtesy of Velorution. Hopefully we will enable lots of you to get back on your bike for the Summer, safe in the knowledge that your bike is fully roadworthy. A group cycle ride will also be organised to the Marylebone Farmers’ Market by Westminster Cyclists. Meet Colin Wing of Westminster Cyclists at the corner of Elgin Avenue and [...]
Friday 22nd – Closed Saturday 23rd – Open 10:30-18:30 Sunday 24th – Closed Monday 25th – Closed Friday 29th – Closed Saturday 30th – Open 10:30-18:30 Sunday 1st – Closed Monday 2nd – Closed Image above advertises the Royal Critical Mass on the 30th.
From Monday 18th April, for two weeks the Frameless gallery (20 Clerkenwell Green, EC1) will feature new work by James Straffon Comprising large-scale, mixed-media canvases, these new works focus on ten celebrated aspects of Italian culture, using the famous Giro d’Italia cycling road race as its fulcrum. Incorporating original newsprint front pages from the Gazzetta dello Sport, some dating back to 1949, the Gran Corsa d’Italia collection is every bit a celebration of La Dolce Vita – abstractly presenting the erstwhile glories of grand opera, [...]
*** Auction Preview at the ICA gallery at the Mall from 23rd to 27th March. Open to all. *** On Tuesday the 29th of March, Velorution and the ICA will publicly showcase the hard-earned results of their recent partnership to help create and showcase “Bicycle Art”. This hard work of joining well-known modern artists working with the ICA (or Institute of Contemporary Arts) with generous bike suppliers (including Brompton, Skeppshult, Helkama Jopo, LikeABike, Early Rider, Cooper Bikes, Globe Bikes from Specialised, Trek Bikes, Kansi [...]
The Brompton World Championships, now in it’s sixth year, is an iconic race for all those who love there Bromptons and want to dress up and have some fun, Places are always limited but this year there are 150 guaranteed places available for those riding for charity. The other 600 places wont be available till the 4th May! registration is open now so don’t delay! You can register here “Breast Cancer Care is the official charity of Bike Blenheim Palace. Brompton are keen to support [...]
It’s always a good time to go to Look Mum No Hands, enjoy amazing food and soak up the atmosphere so Wednesday 16th March @ 6.30 will be especially good as its hosting the book launch for “Cyclepedia: A Tour Of Iconic Bicycle Designs” The host of “The Bike Show” on Resonance FM, Jack Thurston, will be in conversation with the books author Michael Embacher looking at some of his favourite bicycles. You can buy the book here. UPDATE: The book is now featured on [...]
