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Lovely Bicycle Is Giving Away Basil Tour Panniers

Written by Boston Biker on Feb 19

Head over to lovely bicycle for this awesome give-away.

 

I’ve received an extra set of sample panniers from the Dutch bicycle accessory manufacturer Basil, to give away locally as I see fit. Can’t decide who to give them to, so will use the blog and pick randomly. Local readers, this one’s for you:

Basil Tour Panniers 
silver and black
32cm x 12cm x 32cm
26L capacity


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Bicycle Giveaway!

Written by Boston Biker on Jun 09

The good folks at Lovely Bicycle are giving away another bike!

Lovely Bicycle is giving away a beautiful Pilen city bike. The Pilen Lyx is a traditional, heavy duty bicycle from Sweden, featuring cro-moly “swan” frame construction, 700C Schwalbe Big Apple tires, fenders, upright handlebars, and dynamo lighting. The size is suitable for persons 5’7″ or taller. Deadline for entry is Sunday, June 26th. For contest details, see here


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Lovely Bicycle Visits Geekhouse

Written by Boston Biker on Dec 06

I nearly had to perform rescue breathing on Greg from Geekhouse the other day, but luckily for all of us he is immune to cars, and bounced instead of splatted. Lovely Bicycle has a wonderful blog post up about her recent visit to the shop.

Greg. The mans mustache makes him immune to car attack, and gives him +2 charisma

Today I had the pleasure of visiting Geekhouse Bikes in Allston, Mass. A region of greater Boston that’s just across the river from Cambridge, Allston is notorious for how dangerous it is to cycle there and I was fully prepared for a journey fraught with peril. Instead, I found myself pedaling along a bike lane followed by a series of quiet streets – at the end of which was Geekhouse, nestled picturesquely between a white picket fence and a rusty chainlink fence, amidst rows of family homes with tidy back yards offset by a sinister-looking warehouse in the distance.

Read the rest here.

If you are in the market for an awesome bike made by a local check out Geekhouse, and you should really be reading Lovely Bicycle, its a great blog.


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Aww Shucks, Nice Write Up About My Headbadges

Written by Boston Biker on Feb 11

I like to fiddle around with metal, occasionally making some head badges. The nice author of Lovely Bicycle, has been kind enough to write up a nice post about my work.

After looking around a bit, I discovered that Boston Biker is a metal worker and makes splendid bicycle headbadges.

What I like about Boston Biker’s work is that it is artisanal: every badge is hand made, which I think is a good match for the “expressionist woodcut” style logo I have chosen. In the course of making arrangements with him to create my headbadge we also discussed the process itself, and I paraphrase it here in case others are curious how this works.

Thanks!

At some point I am going to put up some of my creations in the shop, but until then, if you are interested in a head badge, contact me. I also do other assorted bike jewelry/stuff with metal.


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