Twelve-year-old bike shoes, meet one-day-old bike shoes.

Why did I wait so long to replace the old shoes? Well the old ones still worked, kinda. Sure I had to cut holes in them to ventilate and add room after my old feet started to spread out. Sure I had to cut off the velcro top-straps because the velcro had lost the will to be useful, and subsequently I had to replace the laces three times. But the final straw was a pain in my outer right calf that I could only attribute to a few hundred miles on a shoe that was barely hanging onto my foot, let alone providing adequate pedal pushing power.

But the real reason I waited so long is this: Let’s see you find some size 49 bike shoes that are not $260 Sidi Dominators. Thanks Shimano for finally making a decent shoe with the style I was looking for, although the Stormtrooper-esque color scheme is not exactly what I had in mind.

Anyway, faster.

PS Shimano size 50 (which these are) feel more like 48, but they will do.

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unconsumption:

We’ve come across examples of bicycle inner tubes upcycled into a variety of items: jewelry, wallets, furniture (see photos of ‘em here).

Now here’s a different use: as an organizer/holder (for keys or other small items), made from inner tubes and tire valves attached to a piece of MDF.

The holders are available via a German DaWanda shop (here) that also sells key rings, handbags, coin purses, mobile phone cases, and other accessories.

(Spotted on Recyclart.)

micasaessucasa:

(via Furniture for Bikes: Sculptural Bike Storage | Design Milk)

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Copper fixie (by emersunn)

arkanciscan:

Sperm Bike that delivers sperm… really

Guy needs a jimmy hat helmet. Oh don’t you fucking judge my 80’s Rap reference. Also what a better photo for the birth of a bike porn blog.

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Surly “Rat Ride” Xtracycle 96er (by emersunn)