23 agosto 2008

BLATANT LOCALISM






MAN,I MISS THE FILM-ERA OF GRAFF.WITH ALL THIS DIGI SHIT GOIN ON,PICS KEEP POPPIN UP ON MY COMP.....

18 agosto 2008

CICLI IRAK


IN THE GRAFFITI GAME,GETTIN A GOOD/ORIGINAL NAME,IS KEY.MANY TIMES,I VE SEEN STUFF NAMED AFTER WRITERS AND CREWS(AND VICEVERSA)HERE,ONE OF THE FINEST EXAMPLES.I EMPTIED AN OLD ROOM FULL OF OLD MAGS,PARTS AND OTHER RANDOM STUFF.AMONG ALL THAT BIKE MEMORABILIA,THIS ONE POPPED UP,STILL UNSCATHED BY THE TIME/HANDLING THAT WENT BY.I WONDER WHO WERE THE MAKERS OF SUCH BIKES AND WHERE THEY WHERE FROM.OH,BY THE WAY,TELL THESE IRAK KIDS,THAT YOU SEEN IT HERE FIRST......

VITOR BELFORT

A LOCAL FAVORITE AROUND HERE,PEEP HIM IN ACTION HERE

17 agosto 2008

YAMAHA BMX


"DANCIN',WITH TEARS IN MY EYES......." PS:WORD TO "ULTRAVOX"

ALLEY KAT KNIFE


ALLEY CATS ARE GETTIN ROUGHER AND TOUGHER THESE DAYS,AND THESE KIDS AT KATZ KNIVES DECIDED TO STEP INTO THE GAME.AFTER MESSENGER BAGS,LOCKS,WALKIE TALKIES ETC.THIS WILL BE THE NEXT ITEM THAT YOU WILL NEED TO CARRY,IF YOU WANNA STEP ON THE PODIUM.CHECK here FOR MORE INFO.

16 agosto 2008

MO' MOTTA

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYY FRESH!NOW,SHOW ME THE TRACK VERSION....

MILANO 6 DAYS POSTER

STEALIN KEIRIN POSTERS SEEMS TO BE ALL THE RAGE THESE DAYS(EVENTUALLY,THEY WILL END UP ON EBAY)BUT WHAT ABOUT A POSTER ,THAT IS ACTUALLY A PAINTING,TO REPRESENT MILANO'S '83 SIX DAYS?VIGORELLI ANYONE?

13 agosto 2008

GRAFFITRIADS


IF YOU THINK THAT TRIADS ARE SOME CHINESE GANG SHIT,THIS PIC PROVES YOU WRONG.THIS IS WHAT YOU GET WHEN WRITERS FROM THREE DIFFERENT CITIES ARE JOINING FORCES.FIRENZE,VIAREGGIO AND HELLSINKI ARE IN THE HOUSE....

ANOTHER COLNAGO PIC


ANOTHER SHOT FROM THAT COLNAGO BOOK......

THE BITE OF THE SHARK

NEVERMIND THE NAME ON THIS JAPANESE TRACK BIKE,THIS IS STRAIGHT UP BITING!

COLNAGO MEETS ATARI

BESIDE THE FACT THAT "ERNIE" LOOKS LIKE ONE OF THE SOPRANO'S,I WANT YOU TO CHECK THE ATARIESQUE SHIFTERS

02 agosto 2008

HAVE A SEAT

MAN,YOU GOTTA LOVE SHOPS!YOU MEET ALL KINDA PEOPLE,YOU SEE AL KINDA STUFF,INCLUDING THIS STOOL!FOR YOUR INFORMATION,THE BB IS A CAMPAGNOLO TITANIUM ONE....

EARLY CARGO MESSENGER

MAN,THOSE MESSENGERS IN THE STREETS ARE AWESOME,I MEAN,SKILLED RIDERS,DODGIN TRAFFIC AND ALL THAT.I VEE SEEN DUDES ON BIKES CARRYING HUGE PARCELS,BUT,HEY,I THINK THAT THIS DUDE KICKED THE WHOLE CARGO CATEGORY UP A NOTCH....FIRENZE,CIRCA 1943.

26 luglio 2008

14 luglio 2008

CINO LIVES!

















VISUAL SMORGASBORD OF VARIOUS CINELLI BIKES FOUND HERE AND THERE ON THE WEB.CHECK "THE MAN",BEFORE AND AFTER BECOMING A LEGEND.VIVA CINO!

OLDIES BUT GOODIES


STILL UP ,STILL DOPE!DUST-MNP FROM MILANO JOINS ENIST-PIARS FROM FLORENCE FOR A QUICK WALK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.CIRCA 1996.

13 luglio 2008

RETRO EPO

VYAL OF “RETRO-EPO” ,SPOTTED AT A LOCAL MECHANIC.AFTER THE CAMPAGNOLO CORK SCREW,COULD THIS BE THE ACTUAL CORK?

BMX FLASHBACK

MAN,I WOULDA KILLED FOR THEM PANTS,FOR THAT JERSEY,FOR THAT BIKE!I ALWAYS LOVED WALLRIDES...NOT TO MENTION THESE 4 PCS BARS!PURE NOSTALGIA....

04 luglio 2008

25 giugno 2008

GRAFGHANISTAN

I BELIEVE THAT THOSE SOLDIERS ARE ACTUALLY IN IRAQ,BUT STILL,ITS A PROOF THAT AMERICANS ARE ACTUALLY BOMBIN THAT COUNTRY.....

MAZA CRONO BIKE

I PICKED UP A BUNCHA CATALOGS LATELY,HERE,A NEVER HEARD BEFORE(TO ME) BRAND.COOL ,IM FEELIN IT,FULL 80'S!

FRESH!

THIS REALLY GOT ME AMPED!

06 giugno 2008

GIRO D ITALIA SCHWAG


COOL STICKER THAT I GOT FROM A FORMER PRO.THIS USED TO BE THROWN OFF THE TEAM CARS FOR PROMOTIONAL PURPOSES.CIRCA MID 70S

CICLI STELLA CREW

OLD PIX OF "CICLI STELLA CREW".GUY ON THE FAR RIGHT,WILL BECOME GIUSEPPE SARONNI'S PERSONAL MECHANIC,DURING GOODWOOD'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP.