Cycling fans will want to spend some time exploring this gallery. Brooks England gives us a preview of the 2012 edition to the John Boultbee collection of cycling jackets with the introduction of the Elder Street MK1. It is a beautiful mix of old and new tech.

The casual Elder Street blazer is made from Fox Brothers tweed (a Savile Row textile supplier for some time) which has been specially treated to make the fabric water repellant, but the true story lies in the small details: shaped sleeves cut for cycling, an angle storm welt back pocket, a reflective Boultbee strap on the underside, 6mm topstitching…

The John Boultbee Elder Street is meant to look incredible on and off the bicycle while being built tough to work under any environment you are able to safely cycle or walk in. Timothy Everest designed.

Photography: Selectism.com

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The Selvedge Yard points us towards the 21 Helmets exhibition currently showing at The One Motorcycle Show in Portland, Oregon. Custom, illustrated helmets designed by “noted weirdo artists” including Ray Gordon, Brent Wick, Gretta Anne and Cheyenne Sawyer. Pure white Bell Helmets play canvas to all kinds of off-beat creations. Makes you want to attack your nearest white surface with a Sharpie.

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Designboom points us this work by Partrick Jouffret of Agency 360. Jourffret collaborated with engineer, Phillippe Arrount on concepts for these foldable bicycle helmets. The aim with the packaway helmet is to ease the number of cyclists who do not commute with one (as crazy as that sounds). Originally prototyped in 2010, the Overade helmets look to be headed to production this year.

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In the heat of stump speech season, “American Ingenuity” is centered on whatever manufacturing plant a candidate is standing in, but there’s a spring well of the stuff on Etsy year-round. Case in point, this Bicycle Can Cage that comes our way. It does not take much explaining to make the sale: a handsome leather drink holster that sits right where you need it. That it looks like a deconstructed football is just icing. Beer is probably going to dominate it’s useage, but the Cage’s Etsy page notes that a flat can of Coke is a cyclist’s secret weapon—a splash of sugar and caffeine to push you up and over the last hills. -jt

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Lewis Leathers continue to bring back old favourites, this time the Mudlarker makes its return. A smart motorcycle jacket in a similar vein to the Trialmaster or International. This one features the patented double cuff, a solution to unwanted rain and wind entering sleeves whilst riding, as well as a two way zip and drawstring hem. Heavy grade wax cotton, stormproof pockets and removable quilted lining, this child of the 60s is ready for the road or a brisk stroll on a bad weather day. .

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This one is pure porn to those that love the classic frames. Rizzoli is set to deliver The Competition Bicycle, a strong look at the world history of bicycle races and competitions as told primarily from the aspect of he bicycles themselves. Richly detailed photos of the classic frames from ages past are served up across 168-pages. Simply put, this one is gorgeous and is highly recommended for cyclists, design junkies, and anyone would can appreciate simple form of a two-wheeled sprinter. The representation is strong: ‘74 Merckx De Rosa, Lemond’s Gitane from ‘81. You want this book.

Coming Febraury 21, 2012 on the Rizzoli imprint. Available from Amazon.

Photography: Jeff Carvalho/Selectism.com

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Headed up by husband and wife design team Karson and Mary Shadley, Shape Field Office are a design firm based in San Francisco. Taking on the skills of Nicholas Riddle, an expert in bike design, the rather attractive Shape Field Bike was born.

Design Milk tells us more. “A lightweight porteur-style bike with a Columbus SL frame and based the geometry on the 1978 Cinelli Supercorsa…Being a porteur bicycle, it has a removable front rack with quarter details that can hold up to 80lbs. The bicycle features a laser-etched signage panel, a custom head badge, as well as Honjo fenders and Paul Component’s brake calipers around which the frame was designed”.

You can’t buy a helmet if you don’t own a motorbike. We asked ourselves the question when we saw this. We wondered, ‘what if we buy it and just carried it around on our arm, nobody need know that our main mode of transport was an Oyster card’. Then we considered that, even if everyone else fell for it, when we lay our head down at night we’d be haunted by our Motorcycle lie, shamed by our unnecessary purchase. If you do own a bike then lucky ol’ you. Go out and grab this, the return of a classic. “Originally known as the Trackstar Super-Jet when it first appeared in 1958, the Super Jet, with its sleek  lines soon became a the #1 helmet amongst the Ton Up Boys of the day.” Find it at Lewis Leathers.

Andy Ray of One Man’s Style shares with us his eight holiday choices. The Boston Brahmin does his best at choosing some of the most unique picks of the bunch. From Trussardi duffles, to impossible to find bourbons, Mr. Ray digs deeps into a list that could double as a “holy grail” list of gifting.

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Jordan Hufnagel likes bikes. He rides them a lot and when not spinning around Portland Oregon he’s designing and building them. His latest project is the Porteur/City bike, the result of a years work to create his perfect bike. As you can see it’s pretty good looking but we’re told it’s also a joy to ride. But seriously, look at it,  handsome right?

Anyway, this features “a custom fitted hand built frame, fork, stem and rack.All designed to have a clean look and intuitive function.” A lot of the bits n’ pieces that make up the frame were made in Jordan’s own house with much love care and attention no doubt. It’s a limited run and if you’re looking for a Christmas present to make everyone elses efforts seem pathetic then this is it. More over here.

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