Today I remembered that I never did an “All My Bikes” drawing for my STA-L. Don’t tell my other bikes, but this one is my favorite. It was custom made for me by Standard Byke Co. in Davenport, Iowa! Support companies that make their products here, in the United States.
Prints and more available at Society6! / Daily Drawing #1203.
Last month, I drew all over a Standard Byke Co. STA bicycle frame for the Human Powered Works show in Boston. The magic of Facebook allowed Rick Moliterno, the owner of Standard, to see the photos of the frame. It turned out that he was really into what I had done. This was hugely exciting for me because I have been a big fan of his since the 90′s (for both his riding and products). After some emails back and forth I am now the proud owner of a custom Standard frame—and I couldn’t be anymore stoked. Standard is one of the few manufacturers still producing their products in the USA and I am proud to be riding one of their frames.
Earlier today John at Prolly is Not Probably posted some really nice photos of my new zine, All My Bikes. I liked them so much that I wanted to post them here as well. Typostruction 2 also shown.
This FBM is my current BMX bike and it’s amazing. I love the FBM brand, especially since they build their frames by hand in the USA. That’s a rare thing these days. I caught the documentary about FBM called, “I Love My Bicycle” at the Bicycle Film Festival and it was rad. Afterwards I wanted to go out and buy everything they’ve ever made.
Previously:
All My Bikes: Flings
All My Bikes 27: Soul Genesis
All My Bikes 26: All City Dropout
All My Bikes 25: Volume Cutter
All My Bikes 24: Milwaukee Bruiser Production
All My Bikes 23: Area 51
All My Bikes 22: WeThePeople Trust
All My Bikes 21: Milwaukee Bruiser Prototype
All My Bikes 20: Chubby Waters
All My Bikes 19: Soma Rush
All My Bikes 18: Standard 125R
All My Bikes 17: Mercier Kilo TT
All My Bikes 16: Dawes
All My Bikes 15: Panasonic
All My Bikes 14: DK General Lee
All My Bikes 13: S&M Holmes
All My Bikes 12: Huffy TL-88
All My Bikes 11: Huffy MJ-12
All My Bikes 10: Specialized Fatboy
All My Bikes 9: Haro Group 1
All My Bikes 8: Balance AL550
All My Bikes 7: Lotus Cobra
All My Bikes 6: Schwinn Predator
All My Bikes 5: GT Interceptor
All My Bikes 4: Robinson SST
All My Bikes 3: Diamondback Viper
All My Bikes 2: General Hustler
All My Bikes 1: Huffy
I debated not including these 4 bicycles in the series, but then decided it was necessary since the title is “All My Bikes.” I owned each one of these at different points in my life—but there was no real love involved.
Schwinn Sting Ray: I bought this bike randomly at a tagsale, I thought I was going to restore it. It sat in my mom’s basement for a few years when I went off to college. I think it was scrapped at some point.
Haro X24: This Haro Cruiser was an impulse Craigslist buy. I thought a cruiser was going to be a fast and fun way to get around Boston. That may be the case but this tank of a bike was unbelievably heavy and sluggish. I ended up transferring most of the parts over to my Standard 125R Cruiser. The frame went back on Craigslist.
Haro Backtrail: I had the Backtrail during high school for a short time. Now that I think about it, I think I traded my MJ12 for it—ughh what a mistake!
Specialized Rockhopper: Yet another impulse Craigslist purchase. One of the years I was in Boston it was snowing a lot and it was making my relatively long commute slightly difficult. I decided a cheap older mountain bike would be a great bad-weather beater. Meh, not so much. I just put some grippier tires on the Bruiser and called it a day.
Previously:
All My Bikes 27: Soul Genesis
All My Bikes 26: All City Dropout
All My Bikes 25: Volume Cutter
All My Bikes 24: Milwaukee Bruiser Production
All My Bikes 23: Area 51
All My Bikes 22: WeThePeople Trust
All My Bikes 21: Milwaukee Bruiser Prototype
All My Bikes 20: Chubby Waters
All My Bikes 19: Soma Rush
All My Bikes 18: Standard 125R
All My Bikes 17: Mercier Kilo TT
All My Bikes 16: Dawes
All My Bikes 15: Panasonic
All My Bikes 14: DK General Lee
All My Bikes 13: S&M Holmes
All My Bikes 12: Huffy TL-88
All My Bikes 11: Huffy MJ-12
All My Bikes 10: Specialized Fatboy
All My Bikes 9: Haro Group 1
All My Bikes 8: Balance AL550
All My Bikes 7: Lotus Cobra
All My Bikes 6: Schwinn Predator
All My Bikes 5: GT Interceptor
All My Bikes 4: Robinson SST
All My Bikes 3: Diamondback Viper
All My Bikes 2: General Hustler
All My Bikes 1: Huffy
