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Bespoke: Celebrating the Handbuilt Bicycle

(above: detail of Jones Bike by Jeff Jones, 2010)

Bespoke:  The Handbuilt Bicycle
May 13-August 15, 2010
The Museum of Arts and Design
2 Columbus Circle
NY, NY 10019

The Museum of Arts and Design presents a survey of 6 internationally renowned bicycle builders as part of its MADproject exhibition series.  Curated by Michael Maharam, Bespoke features twenty-one handbuilt bicycles exploring new emerging and innovative trends interlacing craft, utility, industrial design and art.  Custom builders include Mike Flanigan, Alternative Needs Transportation (A.N.T.), Jeff Jones of Jeff Jones Custom Bicycles, Dario Pegoretti (Pegoretti Cicli), Richard Sachs of Richard Sachs Cycles, J. Peter Weigle of J. Peter Weigle Cycles and Sacha White of Vanilla Bicycles.

“Custom bicycle building involves master metalwork: bending, welding, carving and wrapping steel, titanium, aluminum and carbon. A graphic artist’s eye is required in the application of paint and decorative flourishes. The custom models exhibited in Bespoke are the virtuosic productions of individual makers who lavish great attention on detail. The resulting product reflects the builder’s sensibility paired with the rider’s unique needs, turning the custom bicycle into a work of art.” (Michael Maharam)

 

 

Mike Flanigan, Truss Frame Bike, 2010

 

Sacha White, Tricycle, 2006

 

For more information go to madmuseum.org