Best email of the day from our new friend in Italy. Thanks pal!
I honor your amazing blog with another paints about Fausto Coppi!
cheers
RK – Italy
Coppi!
September 2nd, 2010 by Ben Ferencz
Shop Sign
September 1st, 2010 by Nick Schonberger
Found here.
There is a bike shop in Germany (pictured) that uses 120 bikes on a wall as a “sign.” Made me think of the single 19th-century trade sign I posted several months ago. I like the idea, I like the graphic effect and the grandeur of it all. It creates solid public sculpture.
Go Nino!
August 31st, 2010 by Sara Ecclesine
damn, only 24 & Nino Schurter simultaneosly has the World Cup & World Championship title.
Thank You Mister Fignon
August 31st, 2010 by BF
R.I.P. Laurent Fignon, 8/12/60-8/31/10.
Cycles Gitane, as the company is called in France, has one of the richest histories in the world of cycling. They have supported some of the best riders, most notably Bernard Hinault and one of our favorites, Laurent Fignon.
Fignon rose to prominence in the 1983 Tour de France. At the age of 22, he was hired to ride support for Hinault. Hinault injured his knee in his Vuelta a Espana victory and didn’t start the Tour de France that year. Fignon was tapped as team leader since he was riding so strong and went on to win the 1983 Tour de France. The French rider then stuffed a back to back win in 1984 in France and the Milan-San Remo and the Giro d’Italia in 1989.
TIBCO finishes the NRC in Style
August 30th, 2010 by Sara Ecclesine
Sam Schneider's 1st NRC win, Jo Kiesanowski 3rd & Brooke Miller 5th
Commuting is a gateway drug.
August 27th, 2010 by Chris Piascik
When I first moved to Boston, in 2006, I quickly realized that getting around via public transportation was miserable.
Back by Popular Demand
August 27th, 2010 by Ben Ferencz
The Gravel Racer is available again. Operators are standing by. Photo by Chris Milliman
Sun Rd.
August 26th, 2010 by Tom Robertson
For more shots of Team Montana going to the sun, close your eyes and click this word.
All Hail the Seating King.
August 26th, 2010 by Daniel Stromborg
I’m guessing here, but I’d put a six of PBR on the line here and say that David Rowland didn’t make his mark on humanity by being the poster boy for The Dapper Man. It was the mark on your ass (on more than one occasion I’m sure) that was his mark. Think of it as his brand– the cowboy type, not the Arnell Group type. It’s aptly named the “40/4″ chair because you can stack 40 of them up and they only reach 4 ft. That means you can store a literal ton of them in a very small space. And as fate’s fickle finger would point out, the guy holding it (David Rowland, the designer) strangely enough couldn’t get anyone to make the damned thing*. But an order in 1963 by S.O.M. (for 17,000 of them no less) caused them to be put into production by a little company called GF Furniture Systems. We’re talking tens of millions of these things were made. RIP David Rowland.
*This, of course, would not be the first multibillion dollar design icon that was a hard sell to a manufacturer (i.e. Aeron Chair).
Always On Spot
August 24th, 2010 by Ben Ferencz
MASH Photo Spot stickerpacks now available!
The intended purpose is for it’s user to offer up a suggested location for others to create a scenic image of their own. A play on Kodak’s original Photo Spot campaign found in theme parks, and national parks around the world. We look forward to this being an ongoing icon for others to share their own favorite locations from rides around the world. Send us your photo, and we will be adding them to a photo series at mashsf.com
