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The Berlin-based bike manufacturer Hawk Bikes now focuses on city, trail and e-bikes, but they had two really nice frame designs going a few years ago. There were a few models with different finishes, each of which got its own name, such as DUNCON, DOUGLAS, HUDSON, ACE, SUPERIOR and AYTON, maybe more. The ACE model was also available with cardan shaft drive.
Model DUNCON especially appeals to me. Hawk Bikes here appear regularly on the used market, so maybe next year....

DOUGLAS
hawk douglas (4).png
hawk douglas (1).png


DUNCON
hawk duncon yellow (3).png
hawk duncon (2).jpg


AYTON
hawk_ayton_2.jpg



SUPERIOR
hawk superior (1).png



ACE
hawk ace (kardan) (2).png
hawk ace (kardan) (3).png



HUDSON
hawk hudson.jpg
 
Today I would like to introduce CYKELMAGEREN from Copenhagen, Denmark.

Cykelmageren is a bike shop in Norrebro, Copenhagen, founded 1994 by Rasmus Gjesing, who is selling bikes built by his own.
It seems that this guy is a friend of understatement, because he has no website for his shop and informations or good pictures are rarely to find on the web.

I first heard of the shop around 2009 and screenshot a few pictures for my file folder. Though the bikes were nothing special, just a very stylish and nice way to get from A to B, they really appealed to me for the very clean and beautiful design.

A few pictures, poor quality:
cykelmageren tourist men black (2).png
cykelmageren tourist lady.jpg

cykelmageren01.jpg
cykelmageren racer.jpg

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.....


Now today I googled for a long time again for these bikes and found the following, pretty impressive:

His contribution for the NAHBS 2015

cykelmageren nahbs2015 (5).jpg

cykelmageren nahbs2015 (4).jpg

cykelmageren nahbs2015 (1).jpg

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cykelmageren nahbs2015 (2).jpg

cykelmageren nahbs2015 (3).jpg



That's something different, huh?

And what do you think about Cykelmageren's last hit?
Handwheel-shifting and cable-brake-lever....

cykelmageren gentlemen race (1).jpg

cykelmageren gentlemen race (2).jpg

cykelmageren gentlemen race (3).jpg




I think these are designs at the very end of taste and style.
Cykelmageren from Copenhagen.


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I remember reading that he started with restoring old bikes and then opened his shop.
 
I'm not only really into bikes and cycling, i'm also very receptive to the fine arts. Besides movies, music, painting, i'm particularly fond of street art, which became popular at the beginning of the millennium.
I still walk the streets with a keen eye, no matter where I am. It was around 2007 that I first saw a work by the Dutch artist Erosie, who immortalizes his love of cycling on the walls.

Here are a few pictures:

erosie art (1).png
erosie eindhoven 2008.png

erosie berlin 2003.jpg

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erosie (2).jpg

erosie rotterdam 2002.jpg
erosie sketchbook.jpg

erosie bikes.jpg

erosie london 2005.jpg
erosie tilburg (3).jpg

erosie art (2).png
erosie rotterdam(5).jpg

erosie berlin.png
erosie sketchbook (2).jpg

erosie rotterdam 2001.png
erosie rotterdam 2002.png

erosie berlin 2003 (2).jpg

erosie fietstunnel eindhoven (1).jpg

erosie fietstunnel eindhoven (2).jpg

erosie fietstunnel eindhoven (1).png

erosie london 2008.jpg



And here the artist himself:

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camus said:
Oh, I'm only 5'8. My 27.5 Leafcycle is almost too big for me.....
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NNAAaaah... They's reasons your bike is too tall. Before skeletal shrink (part of aging), I was barely 5'10". At 68, standing about 5'8 3/4", my 29" & 32" are rideable because the seats are low enough. My 1st Cannondale was a 26" that was too tall with stand over for the very tall.
 
Wheel size isn’t the determination for “rideable”. Frame size is

I ride with a guy that’s only 5’4 with a ridiculously short inseam and he rides a size S Specialized 29’er without issue. Frame size and design is the key
 

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