Portland, OR: second lives

Welded gate at River City... painted matte black and reminiscent of a Louise Nevelson assembly

Rims and spokes out front of Little Edie's Five & Dime

Mobile and fork tree at the Community Cycling Center

forever bicycles

Founded in 1940, Shanghai Forever Co., Ltd. is a China state-run factory and heritage brand. Their bicycles are significant in Chinese history having been the most popular throughout 4 generations in China.

Ai Wei Wei, the Chinese artist/social activist/provocateur, deconstructed the "Forever" bicycle to create...

an installation from 2003



thousands of cut-up pieces of bike frames for a recent installation

photos via The New Order Magazine

one handed

by Katey Jean from Liverpool, UK

Thank you, Lauren (White Bike Ceramics)

summer sun

A cyclist's summer is a season of farmer tan lines - but perhaps there is room for innovation with our skin tight outfits...


Top: Dennis Oppenheim's performance "Reading Position for Second Degree Sunburn" from 1970 at Jones Beach, NY which required: a book, skin, solar energy, 5 hours of exposure.
Middle: body drawings via izismile
Bottom: (literally) via notcouture

tiny accessory

A messenger boy and bike the size of a few grains of rice! Handmade in Australia and available on Etsy.

Thanks, Scully.