Pieces of History

Five and Dime has been selected by the Marshall County Historical Society in West Virginia to prepare two antique bicycles for the Historic Cockayne Farmstead. These beautiful bikes were found inside the farmhouse this past summer. From our initial research they are an 1897 Cleveland Lozier built by Columbia and an early 1900s Mead Crusader. The elegant yet solid craftsmanship of these cycles kind of blows my mind. I'll be posting updates of the progress in the weeks to come. 

The Burgers "Pick Up"

http://www.burgersfietsen.nl/collectie-2010/pick-up/1/

I'm Buggin'

Five and Dime has two really cool projects coming up. Living dreams and mountaintops and hustlin'. Stay tuned.

Papercuts

Hand cut paper. Amazing.

Recommended Reading

http://www.amazon.com/Bicycle-Diaries-David-Byrne/dp/0670021148

I Could Do This

Don't Steal Bikes (Unless It's For Love)

Brooklyn

My wife Molly and I chilling out with friends after a morning of cycling through Brooklyn, NY.

Fuel - Stickered in Pittsburgh

This guy sent me this pic, taken outside of the Whole Foods in Pittsburgh.

Fuel: Bookman Lights

I want these!

http://bookman.se/

Fuel: My Weekend

After work on Friday I'm doing this trip...

I'm taking a small backpack, a hammock, and a good book. I'll be sleeping in the woods and waking to the arrival of my family who have secured a pontoon boat for day of sun-soaked cruising on Ohio's lovely Seneca Lake. Life is good.

Fuel: Berlin, Germany

We recently visited the very bike-friendly city of Berlin. This was one of our favorite adver-bikes:

Love the use of the wine corks. Kind of like this bike we did in 2009.

Fuel: Roo Ride

http://ridetotheroo.com/

We will be making our 6th trip to the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival this year. We have a 9 hour drive by car but it's great to see people that live a bit closer arranging a bike ride to Bonnaroo.

Oh, and check out this cycle-related pic post from last years' Roo! Maybe we should ditch the car and head south on bikes?

SOLD - Custom Beach Cruiser

I had promised Rusty that I would do a bike for him. It took forever but turned out great. New brown leather seat, cork grips, high rise bars, rear rack, rocket head light, and white wall ballon tires. Rusty lives in Ormond Beach, Florida where he and his bike fit right in.

$250.00

Fuel: Pedersen Bicycles

http://www.pedersenbicycles.com/



Fuel: DIGnGO Gourmet Bike Tours

GPS guided bicycle tours through the French Countryside? Check. Wine tasting at semi-private wine cellars? Check. Luxury chateau accomodations? Check.

They're called "Gourmet Bike Tours" and here is where you can book your very own...

http://www.digngo.com/

SOLD - 1967 Schwinn Stingray Custom Lowrider

It's safe to say that this bike is pretty gangster. The buyer, Corey Roth (pictured), reserved the bike almost as soon as I found it. Corey is rebuilding a 1967 Mercury Cougar hot rod and wanted a lowrider to match his car.

The previous owner had allowed his grandkids to go nuts on the bike with two cans of spray paint: metallic green and orange construction marking paint. I took it down to bare metal and repainted in satin black paint to match Corey's car.  

Then I went nuts ordering parts from a lowrider shop in L.A. New parts include springer forks, fenders, seat, tires, and skull valve caps.  Everthing else is orginal and cleaned up nicely. As you can tell from the pictures, this thing rides dangerously low. There is a bit of a learning curve when you first hop on but once you get accustomed to it, it is really fun to cruise on.

$600.00

SOLD - 1982 Schwinn Caliente Custom Single Speed

This is my favorite bike that I've done so far. Tons of new stuff: paint, straight bars, fenders, rims, tires, single speed freewheel hub, brake, and seat.

The buyer, Brian Flinchbaugh, was involved in the conception of this bike and he earned status as the patron Saint of Patience as the bike went through several evolutionary changes.

More specs: 60cm steel frame, 27" rims, Origin 8 seat and bars.

$450.00

Fuel: People for Bikes

I joined today. You should too.

http://www.peopleforbikes.org/

Fuel: Lee's Univega Nuovo Touring

My friend Lee is a bike messenger in Cleveland. Over dinner last week he told me about a great bike he had found, this Univega Nuovo Touring cycle, and promised to send pictures. It seems to be from the early 80s. Mint condition. I like understated bikes like this. Well built, simple, not too flashy.