Back in July, Mellow Johnny’s and Rapha celebrated the 30 anniversary of the release of the film Breaking Away by putting on our own Little 500 and showing the film later l. I was there and took these pictures, but Rapha has released this video of the race.
Breaking Away w/ RAPHA & Mellow Johnny’s from [...]
On Sunday, eight teams of 4 riders competed for the ultimate prize, winner of the Little 500. The 300 lap track event put on at Kealing Middle School in East Austin was put on by Mellow Johnny’s and Rapha as a celebration of the 30th anniversary of the release of the best cycling film of [...]
This year marks the 30th anniversary of arguably the best cycling film of all time, Break Away. It is a movie about blue collar/white collar classicism and growing up to adulthood, but bikes play a central roll with the racing of the Little 500 at the end. This track bike race started in 1951 and modeled [...]
The fashion industry has inspired us to pen more than one Dumbest Product of the Week. When fashion and cycling converge as they often do with clothing maker Rapha, we have pay dirt.
Some of you may recall Rapha’s $750 Tweed Softshell as our 16th edition Dumbest Product winner. This softshell may be OK for slumming [...]
‘Twas the week before Christmas, and I was searching the web,
hoping America’s habit of buying crap would finally ebb.
Seeking left and right for a silly item to mock,
with nothing to write about on Friday at 2 o’clock.
When what should my weerly eyeballs peek,
but another winner of Austin Bike Blog’s Dumbest Product of the Week.
I had [...]
