Spacelander Bicycle by Benjamin Bowden
The single-speed Spacelander features a fiberglass body, battery operated lights and a push-button horn. Ultimately, the production of this space-age bicycle proved to be costly and it is estimated that only 522 examples were ever made.
Rapha & Raeburn. Get it while you can.
theathletic: Grab your handbag, we’re going riding. Nice one Gage + Desoto.
The Rapha & Raeburn Hooded Wind Jacket I’ve been testing is completely nuts! They went all out making it lightweight, windproof, packable AND highly reflective with the reflective tape and dots all over the jacket.
The full rundown:
- Individual race number
- Lightweight and wind resistant
- Made in England
- Reflective polka dot print and tape
- Self-packing with hanging loop
- Full-length zip with soft chin guard
- Riri zips and hoop pullers
- Lycra cuffs and drawcord hem
This releases April 12th, comes in 3 colorways (white, orange, green) and because they only made a few of them (individually numbered), it will sell out. For reference, I wear a size Medium. Good luck!
Drying off from a failed rainy day attempt to march up Twin Peaks on the bike.
Spring is in the air.
My new ride. A 1986 Eddy Merckx Corsa Extra.
54cm Merckx Corsa Extra
H/S: Tange CDS Headset
B/B: Velo Orange 103mm Sealed BB
Stem: 110mm Cinelli XA
Handlebars: 40/2 Cinelli Giro D’Italia
Seatpost: Campy Record
Saddle: Selle San Marco Concor Supercorsa
Cables: Yokozuna Reaction
Shifters/Brakes: DA 7400 STI
Crankset: DA 7410 / 53-42
F/D: DA 7410
R/D: DA 7403
Brakeset: DA 7700 / Koolstop Salmon
Front Wheel: DA 7700 / Radial Laced DT Triple Butted Spokes / Veloflex Master 23
Rear Wheel: DA 7700 / 12-26 / DT Double Butted Spokes / Veloflex Master 23
19.6lbs
Video is a few years old but this ride is still legend. MASH does the entire Tour de California…by track bike.
Do I dare?
![Speaking of racing, there’s a rather well-known photo of you taken after you crashed at last year’s junior Paris-Roubaix.In the photo I’m wearing the Merci Roubaix [Rapha Pro Team] base layer. I’m wondering if I should wear the same base layer this year; I can’t decide whether that’s being too superstitious. In the photo we’re trying to find a doctor – in the crash I tore a huge hole in my back. Before the crash I was feeling good, giving bottles to [team leader] Jon Dibben and leading him out on sectors. By that time the group was quite small, we were doing well, 30km to go and we still had five Brits in there. I tried to get back after the crash but I couldn’t pedal properly and was having back spasms over the cobbles. By the time I reached the velodrome, the gates were closed and they wouldn’t let me in. It’s a cliché but it was a big lesson for me; one moment of lost concentration.
Rapha interviews Seventeen year-old Tao Geoghegan Hart, born and raised in east London and part of the British Cycling Olympic Development Programme and races for CC Hackney.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/06bc72e2b0e2d6947bb220ce1fd342bb/tumblr_mjpox0yf8u1qzu6nxo1_500.jpg)
Speaking of racing, there’s a rather well-known photo of you taken after you crashed at last year’s junior Paris-Roubaix.
In the photo I’m wearing the Merci Roubaix [Rapha Pro Team] base layer. I’m wondering if I should wear the same base layer this year; I can’t decide whether that’s being too superstitious. In the photo we’re trying to find a doctor – in the crash I tore a huge hole in my back. Before the crash I was feeling good, giving bottles to [team leader] Jon Dibben and leading him out on sectors. By that time the group was quite small, we were doing well, 30km to go and we still had five Brits in there. I tried to get back after the crash but I couldn’t pedal properly and was having back spasms over the cobbles. By the time I reached the velodrome, the gates were closed and they wouldn’t let me in. It’s a cliché but it was a big lesson for me; one moment of lost concentration.
Rapha interviews Seventeen year-old Tao Geoghegan Hart, born and raised in east London and part of the British Cycling Olympic Development Programme and races for CC Hackney.
