Tall Bike Love T-Shirt
It’s winter right now, but after printing this new t-shirt I cannot wait to get outside and start cruising around the city on my bike. Biking Chicago is the idea behind our newest t-shirt, Tall Bike Love. My bike however is much smaller than this one and I give it up to the people who can ride these bikes. I’ve always wondering how people can hop up and off these kind of bikes. Luckily for me, a few summers ago a nice guy riding a tall bike was kind enough to stop in his tracks and show me just exactly how to dismount his bike. I never got to properly thank him for schooling me on how to do so, please consider this my official thank you to him.
The Tall Bike Love is this idea that our friend George Gonzalez came up with during one of our exhilarating brainstorms. Having a mutual love for biking and a few experiences with tall bikes ourselves, we thought this was a great idea. The designer who created this image for us is Brian Duffy, who enjoys dining, indie rock, and Tina Fey(thats pretty awesome if you ask me). The organization Brian chose to receive 10% of the sales is Maryville Academy.
While researching tall bikes in Chicago I came across this web site called Rat Patrol that goes into how Chicago actually has a rooted history in the tall bike. I also found this video from a tall bike ride through Hollywood California. If anyone has some video of something like this happening in Chicago please pass it along.
Tall Bike Ride – Hollywood from iain paterson on Vimeo.
