By Gary Bradnick • 28th December 2012 • Posted in Art & Design
Cycling as a cultural attitude
Cycling as a cultural attitude. Not just style or ‘Streetstyle’, a phrase first expressed by anthropologist Ted Polhemus and one that is omnipresent across many sartorial blogs. This is what I think of when I think of the Rapha Survey blog:
To me Survey is a scrapbook documentation of people whose love and passion is cycling. This in turn exudes an attitude in both their attire, style and bike choices. That’s me just below: no brakes, no helmet, just a bit of gold and my cycling attitude. Say what you will but like all people we have the choice of what we do and how we wear ourselves to the outside world, and this is how I like to roll.
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By James Fairbank • 14th December 2012 • Posted in Art & Design
Publisher Thames & Hudson have teamed up with Rapha to produce a collection of City Cycling Guides for 2013. The pocket size guides offer a cyclist’s view of Europe's major cities accompanied by drawings from seven different illustrators, creating an individual style for each city.
The initial publication will be in a limited edition box set of eight. Number eight in the series – Milan – is yet to be illustrated and Thames & Hudson and Rapha are launching a competition to find the eighth illustrator.
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By Chris DiStefano • 19th October 2012 • Posted in Art & Design
Illustration by Jack Saunders
As a road cyclist you either shave your legs or your friends assume you do. I have a running joke with my more conservative fraternity brothers from college about it, often reminding them: "I don't shave my legs because I ride road bikes, I ride road bikes so I can shave my legs."
Legs account for approximately 36% of the body's surface. That's a lot of work and a lot of potential for irritation. For men, add another 3 to 4% for the face and neck and shaving becomes a task.
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By Jeremy Dunn • 28th September 2012 • Posted in Art & Design
All photography © Emily Maye
Emily Maye only began shooting cycling a little over a year ago but it’s easy to see that not only does she have a great eye for photography but also for the sport itself. On September 19th, she shot her first cyclocross race in Las Vegas — Cross Vegas. We’ll be featuring more of Emily’s work throughout the cyclocross season, both from here in the States and across the pond, in Belgium. In the meantime, we caught up with Emily to get the lowdown on her work.
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By Guest Author • 10th September 2012 • Posted in Art & Design
Words and Photography: Gavin Campbell
Think of Reynolds and most will instantly think of 531, the iconic cold-forged steel tubing used not only for Tour de France winning race bikes but also fighter planes and land-speed motor-crafts. Since the 1950s Reynolds butted tubesets have dominated the roads, being flexed and contorted by the likes of Anquetil, Merckx and Hinault.
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By Joe Hall • 16th August 2012 • Posted in Art & Design
Mutton Chops, sideboards, cheek muffs, face furniture… We’ve all done it at some point (mostly men that is) to varying levels of success, thickness and texture. At the age of 16 – when I was getting to grips with the joys of facial hair – my father quipped: “what are those silly tufts on the side of your face?” I soon sliced these apparently offensive creepers off with my Wilkinson Sword. Since then I’ve only ever opted for a generic beard: no wax, no grooming or delicate topiary, just overgrown stubble.
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By Joe Hall • 26th July 2012 • Posted in Art & Design
Le Tour - from Maillot Jaune to Lanterne Rouge is an exhibition by artist James Straffon. Featuring collage, paintings and stories celebrating the greatest race in the world, the exhibition is now in its last week. Straffon's work depicts some of the greatest icons of the sport using a distinctive technique and aesthetic.
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