Book Review – Bicycling Science
Bicycling Science, 3rd Edition Everything you wanted to know about the bicycle but were too afraid to ask By David Gordon Wilson with contributions by Jim Papadopoulos. The MIT Press David Gordon Wilson is British born Professor of Mechanical Engineering Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the co-author of the first two editions of Bicycling Science and was the editor of the journal Human Power from 1994... Read More
From the Crayon of Neil Stevens
Bradley Wiggins – Tour Great – © Crayonfire 2012 Stage 12 – Type Print – © Crayonfire 2012 Mark Cavendish – Tour Great – © Crayonfire 2012 In my quest to bring you interesting cycling art I stumbled across the work of Neil Stevens; a Graphic artist and Illustrtor based in St. Albans, London. He goes by the name of “Crayonfire” in the design world. One of his favourite subjects is the world of cycling.... Read More
Bruce Doscher – Tour de France Poster Competition
NOW CLOSED! And the winner is… Oliver Greville-Heygate For the second year you lovely people are being given the chance to win signed artwork of your choice from Bruce Doscher’s Daily Tour de France collection. If you’re not familiar with Bruce’s work he has been entering into his own personal Tour de France challenge for the past three years. Bruce creates a piece of artwork every day during le Tour depicting... Read More
Aarline Typogram Competition Winners
NOW CLOSED! Bike Typogram Scorcher Red Signed Print The lucky winners of the Aarline Bike Typogram Prints Prize Draw are: Adrian Wilde (Cycling Shorts. Subscriber) @fitful_head (Twitter) Congratulations guys! You will receive a Scorcher Red signed screen print. I will be contacting you during the next few days to get your delivery addresses. For those who didn’t win, don’t worry there will be more chances to get your hands on other... Read More
Aarline Signed Bike Typogram Prints Giveaway!
The lovely and very generous Aaron Kuehn (Aarline) has given Cycling Shorts. some exclusive signed artists proof prints of his impressive Bike Typogram Illustration in Scorcher Red to give away. All you have to do to be in with a chance of getting one of these beauties for free is to do one or all of the following: Option 1: Subscribe to the Cycling Shorts. website by email in the subscription box at the top right of this page.... Read More
Bike Typograms – A creative solution to find your way around your bike
Bike Typogram by Aaron Kuehn @Aarline Bike Typograms by designer Aaron Kuehn at Aarline Ever found yourself stuck trying to remember that thingimy, you know, the one that attaches to the oojamaflip, well stress no more! With the help of this beautiful typographic illustration from designer/illustrator Aaron Kuehn at Aarline. Aaron pulling a screen print of the Bike Typogram This illustration was first produced by Aaron for the LACBC Bicycle... Read More
Bruce Doscher Cycling Poster Prize Draw!
Tour de France Etapes 12, 16 & 17 - 2011 ©Copyright Bruce Doscher Friend of Cycling Shorts. Bruce Doscher has kindly given us a selection of special signed prints of his amazing Tour de France posters to give away to a few lucky readers. All you have to do to be in with a chance of getting your cycling mitt clad hands on one of these very desirable design treats is to do one or all of the following: Option 1:Subscribe to the cycling shorts blog... Read More
Bruce Doscher
Tour de France Preview 2011 Poster ©Copyright Bruce Doscher Today I spoke to the multi award winning designer, keen cyclist and triathlete Bruce Doscher to chat about his own incredible annual illustration – based Tour de France. Bruce goes through the daily deadline pain barrier to produce a poster for every day of the Tour de France as it happens. Tell me a bit about your career? Well, I’m originally from New York and I started off... Read More
