Showing posts with label Red Boots Design. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Red Boots Design. Show all posts

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Random Stuff 06-13-09

I can't buy a bike yet so I don't know why I keep torturing myself by looking through Craigslist. This awesome bike showed up on CL yesterday. It's a Univega Gran Turismo. The seller wants $175 for it.


I've seen some nice examples of what can be done with the GTs. These picture are from The Unofficial Univega Appreciation thread on Bike Forums.



Red Boots Design: When I started selling on Etsy a couple of years ago there were just a handful of people printing t shirts with bike related designs. That number has grown considerably. Red Boots Design seems to be doing pretty well. I have featured their 3 Speed t shirt in the past. I saw their new shirt below on the Etsy blog the other day and thought it was cool.

Bike Love T Shirt

Chainring Capri Tights by RBD

VeloNews: The guys at VN received a set of Mavic R-Sys wheels to test. Things didn't turn out the way Mavic thought they would.

This is Mavic's 2nd generation post-recall carbon spoke R-Sys wheel.

This is the result of the damaged wheel shown above. The tester/ writer ended up with a broken shoulder.

Whale Wars: I don't try to stir up arguments or push my politics or anything else on my blog as I consider this blog a nice form of stress relief. I've recently become addicted to Whale Wars on Animal Planet. It has got to be one of the most entertaining shows on television. I don't know or care if you agree with what the activists on this ship are doing, what makes this show so enjoyable is watching the man in charge, Captain Paul Watson, do everything in his power to kill his crew of clueless volunteers. According to the captains own words, he was kicked out of Greenpeace for being too extreme and aggressive. The ignorance and total lack of responsible decision making by everybody on this ship is incredible! If you've never seen this show before, watch the most recent episode here, it's excellent! The captain, who always seems to be locked in his room when dangerous stuff is happening, ends up getting the ship stuck in ice. The hull of the ship is being crushed by icebergs which leads to a great scene where one of the camera crew abandons his camera below deck to prepare to abandon ship. Good stuff!


Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Random Stuff 11-26-08

With Christmas less than a month way I thought I would point out some interesting items I've found over the last few days. 

First up is this interesting 3 Speed t shirt design, $28 from Red Boots Design out of Bellingham, Washington. They've got a selection of t shirts, hoodies, track jackets, and kids shirts in their Etsy shop.




The guy (I don't know his name) behind Lemolo Bags now offers a set of handmade panniers for $275 a set. He's using Arkel mounting hardware and offers you the choice of interior and exterior colors.







I wouldn't mind one of these, it's a porteur rack from Pass & Stow, $250. For $25 more you can have a light mount added with internal cable routing from your generator hub. The little badge on the cross tube is a nice touch.





I also like this coloring book  ($8) from the Bicycle Paintings  shop on Etsy.