Matthew's involved in the San Francisco singlespeed scene

I remember when Matthew's, an electronic store in Daly City, would give away a bike with any purchase over $200. The bikes were Firenzes. Italian only in name, they were made from plumbing pipe. Ha! I always thought they were a notch lower than Murray or Huffy. It's nice to see them getting second lives as singlespeeds. I always think of Matthew when i see them on Valencia. (Oh! Bonus points for this commercial having "Get a Bike!" in Tagalog. "Kumuha ng bisikleta!")

Rapha X Bridgestone

Seems like B'stones are on some velo cool kid steeze. Pink and Orange though? Yep!

Rapha + Paul Smith SS11 from RAPHA on Vimeo.

Birthday Wish: Ride a Bike, Take a Pic!!!

My Birthday Wish: Ride a Bike, Take a Pic!!!, originally uploaded by OwlBoogie.

My birthday wish from you? Ride your bike this Sunday and take a pic for me! I'll be at Sunday Streets maybe we can take a pic there together! Look for my orange bike.

http://www.sundaystreetssf.com

Ride. Snap. Send. Thanks a lot guys!

(My actual birthday is next Thursday, April 14)

Computerized

15 MPH, originally uploaded by OwlBoogie.

I added a computer to the XO-1 again. this one is way more secure than the Cateye I had previously. It's basic and I feel like it suits the aesthetic of Fiona. I was interested in an Avocet as well, but those are hard to come by.

New lanes in my hood!

Today was a "ride to work in a t-shirt" kinda of day. Before I mentioned that they were putting lanes in my neighborhood. They are starting to sprout up!

Before I would take the right most outlet part where the tourists would park to see the city and I felt the curve was too much of a blind spot. Now with the designated lane it is much safer to ride in the actual street.


I did see cars cutting into the lane on this curve though. At a rather fast pace too. I am just hoping that the lane extends down to Corbett soon.



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Spring has sprung!

Really nice commute day yesterday. I wish I rode in to work today. For my ride up home to Twin Peaks I just wore a sweater and it was fine. I made it door-to-door as well.

New bike lane on 17th.


Fellow commuter.


Loooong shadow.


Door to door.


Gorgeous day.

XO-1 Poster

XO-1 Poster, originally uploaded by OwlBoogie.

Probably gonna make more edits. But I like it so far. I am gonna get this printed and hang it in my living room. I really would like an XO-1 poster done by George Retseck, the Illustration in the 1993 B'stone catalog. But since I don't think that exists, I thought I'd take a stab at making my own in my style of drawing.

The sketch/painting is rendered in Illustrator CS4 (my favorite program) and Wacom products. Both the Cintiq 21 and a Graphire 4x5 tablet (opposite ends of the Wacom spectrum). The initial sketch was done from memory. A result of spending time on my own bike. Then I'd refer to pictures for the details like cantilever construction or m'bar bends.

I think I've found a way of using Illustrator that is more like the way I sketch in a book. Before my Illustrator work would be tight and clean, almost techincal, which is different from the way my sketchbook is. Now, with the Cintiq I can draw loose as I would with a pen and pad. :D