Category: Cycling and Music, Cinema, Art

Sedona Istanbul

Sedona Istanbul is a concept road bike produced by Turkish bicycle manufacturer Sedona. Artworks on the frame are drawn by Aydan Çelik, a friend of mine.

The artworks on the frame are some historical and cultural details of Istanbul: buildings, boats, bridges, etc.

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The Last Kilometer, a cycling documentary

Post author By M. Özgür Nevres
Post date November 16, 2012
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The Last Kilometer (L’Ultimo Chilometro) is a documentary film featuring Davide Rebellin and Ignazio Moser (son of legendary Italian cyclist Francesco Moser).

Gianni Mura (a famous Italian journalist) and Didi Senft (Tour de France devil) are the other main characters in the movie.

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Cycling and Music, Cinema, Art

SRAM pArt Project – Amazing Sculptures Made of Bicycle Parts

Post author By M. Özgür Nevres
Post date November 15, 2012
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SRAM pART Project - Free Wheeling by Lewis Tardy — Artist: Lewis Tardy - tardysculpture.com Materials: SRAM parts, steel bicycle parts, surgical devices, aluminum
Dimensions: 20'' w x 17'' d x 21'' h Statement: Freewheeling captures the empowerment, freedom, and joy of cycling. Born in Kalamazoo Michigan, Lewis Tardy spent his youth exploring all things mechanical. During that time, he also was discovering his creative passion. In 1985 while working as an assistant in a sculpture studio, the two interests fused. The combination of found steel materials coupled with a mixture of commentaries including levity, strength, and sexuality result in this unique expression of Tardy's vision. Significant inspiration comes from shapes and designs discovered within the found parts and materials, which takes shape in human and animal subjects alike. On many occasions, a single shape or part will inspire and become the building block of a whole Idea. Lewis Tardy's sculptures are included in corporate and private collections across many countries of the world.

SRAM pART Project New York City debuts on November 29, 2012, in New York, with twice as many artists and a whole new way to transform bicycle parts into art.

Races Cycling and Music, Cinema, Art History and Legends Tour de France

Two great photos about cycling, with no bikes

Post author By M. Özgür Nevres
Post date November 10, 2012
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Robert Capa with a camera — Robert Capa (born Endre Ernő Friedmann; October 22, 1913 – May 25, 1954) was a Hungarian combat photographer and photojournalist who covered five different wars: the Spanish Civil War, the Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II across Europe, the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and the First Indochina War.In the early 1950s, Capa traveled to Japan for an exhibition associated with Magnum Photos. While there, Life magazine asked him to go on assignment to Southeast Asia, where the French had been fighting for eight years in the First Indochina War. Despite the fact he had sworn not to photograph another war a few years earlier, Capa accepted and accompanied a French regiment with two other Time-Life journalists, John Mecklin and Jim Lucas. On May 25, 1954 at 2:55 p.m., the regiment was passing through a dangerous area under fire when Capa decided to leave his Jeep and go up the road to photograph the advance. About five minutes later, Mecklin and Lucas heard an explosion; Capa had stepped on a landmine. When they arrived on the scene, he was still alive but his left leg had been blown to pieces, and he had a serious wound in his chest. Mecklin called for a medic and Capa was taken to a small field hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. (wikipedia)

Look at these two great photos about cycling, with no bikes. The photos were taken by Robert Capa in Pleyben, Brittany, France, during the 1939 Tour de France. The owner of the small bicycle shop in Brittany, Pierre Cloarec was competing in the 1939 tour for the French team A. Leducq-Hutchinson. The excited crowd in the photos watching the tour come by in front of the bicycle shop owned by Cloarec. He won two stages in this Tour, stages 3 and 14.

Cycling and Music, Cinema, Art

John Lennon is 72-year-old

Post author By M. Özgür Nevres
Post date October 9, 2012
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Today is the 72nd birthday of John Lennon, the English musician, singer, and songwriter. He was born on 9 October 1940 in Liverpool, England.

He was a founder member of The Beatles.

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Top 10 worst cycling jerseys ever

Post author By M. Özgür Nevres
Post date September 11, 2012
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Since most of the cycling kits are awful, some of them were particularly atrocious. Here are the top ~~ten~~ twelve worst cycling jerseys from the pro peleton over the years.

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35 Best Cycling Quotes

Albert Einstein, riding a bike — "Life is like riding a bicycle. In order to keep your balance, you must keep moving." --Albert Einstein

Cycling is perhaps the most inspiring sport in the world. It’s not only inspiring, but also brutal, punishing, filled with pain and suffering, yet still beautiful. It inspired many writers and poets. Here are the best cycling quotes below (ordered by owners’ surname):