Brooklyn’s Horse Cycles supplies ACE Hotel New York with a fleet of bicycles available on loan for guests as well as purchase. The steel bicycles are made for those looking to pound through New York streets – handy if you hate cabbing it or using the subway. Horse Cycle’s Thomas Callahan put the fleet together for the ACE. Play is safe though and wear a helmet. Available now in-hotel or online.

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(capsule) New York returns next week, January 16 and 17 with their first of many markets for 2012. One addition this year is their “Donut Shop,” which expands on the vintage offering of past shows to include vintage dealers Orange Crush, Heller’s Café, Wooden Sleepers, Kings County Salvage, and others. Terrapin will be on hand with a run of stationary as well.

(capsule) show will also take place in Berlin, January 19 and 20, and Paris, Januray 21 – 23.

We featured Vahram Muratyan’s work a while back. He continues the series with a new book, Paris versus New York: A Tally of Two Cities featuring 105 colourful illustrations poking fun at two idiosyncratic cities. As Cool Hunting“Muratyan presents his unique observations in this delightful book, featuring visually striking graphics paired with witty, thought-provoking taglines that celebrate the special details of each city.” Coming Jan 31 from Penguin. Available from Amazon.

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Janette Beckman has spent decades photographing the great and good of London and New York.  One of the most influential photographers of the punk era, she’s worked for the likes of The Face, Melody Maker, Vogue, Rolling Stone and The Times. A Self-Described documentary photographer her incredible work has been brought together in ‘The Janette Beckman Newspaper’, a limited edition, 24 page collection of black and white work featuring street scenes, poseurs, hip hop kids and a selection of stances.

Find it at Arkitip.

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You would except that the largest flagship shop from Japanese basics/fashion brand, UNIQLO would reside somewhere in Tokyo. Truth is, it will reside inNew York City. The “new” global flagship from UNIQLO, opening this Friday morning on Fifth Ave, is the largest build-out in the company’s history.

Designed by Wonderwall (you know the name), the new UNIQLO shop will be the largest single retailer on Fifth Ave. with more than 89,000 square feet of retail space across three floors. Those familiar with the UNIQLO SOHO location and the congestion that fills it during the busy weekend, will want to explore the new Fifth Ave location. The retail space is open and wide for shopping and browsing. More than 200 LCD and LED screens throughout the new store will deliver UNIQLO styled looks and more.

The UNIQLO Fifth Ave. opening has been blitzed hard in the media for months now and Friday will be a exceptional day for the retailer. Those looking for store opening specials will be pleased to hear that their basic v-neck cashmere sweater will sell for $50 (down from the normal $99) and Japanese denim lovers will want to be quick to lock in a pair of slim or straight denim for $9.99. That’s right: $9.99.

See you Friday.

Photography: Robert Wunsch/Selectism.com

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NYT is reporting that New York has finally made a decision on who will run their 600 station, 10,000 bicycle share program that will bring the much needed program to the Big Apple. “The program will encourage participants to purchase long- or short-term memberships that include an unlimited number of trips of up to 45 minutes; additional fees will apply for longer trips. A yearly membership will cost $100 or less; other pricing details have yet to be made final.” While the article discusses implementation of the program and the fact that more than 250 miles of bicycle lanes has been added to the city, it does pass over many of the common hurdles cyclists are facing today in Manhattan and the boroughs. We wish this program the best.

The NYC Bike Share, once implemented, will be the largest deployment in the world.

Cycling fanatics from all forms of the sport will take over NYC from June 22-26 for the 11th annual Bicycle Film Festival. Looks to be a big one. “The festival merges many creative communities, including fashion, music and art, as well as various bicycling communities – road cycling, mountain biking, fixed gear, BMX, cyclocross – over a shared passion for bike riding.”

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Here’s an in-house boat shoe with chukka styling from Barneys New York. The Italian-made shoe comes in a dark brown finish and features a pronounced stitch detail on the sole (is it jute?).  Takes some strong queues from Japanese takes on this silhouette from a few years back.

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Things must be going better for UNIQLO this time around. The Japanese basics (and beyond) retailer has announced a third store to open this Autumn, in line with their second shop opening on Madison Ave. “The 34th Street store is set to open late in the fall of 2011, following the opening of the largest UNIQLO Global Flagship in the world on New York’s prestigious Fifth Avenue in early fall 2011. These stores will join the current UNIQLO location in Manhattan’s Soho district.”

While I prefer a fine cordura backpack, some may prefer the suede leathers. The only issue is that sometimes, when your back is sweating, the fine suede *may* bleed onto your wardrobe. Just saying… At $225 this suede backpack from Assembly New York may be perfect for you. The O.C. has them.

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