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Tall Bike Love

Clint — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 14:09:47 +0000

Tall bikes are a staple of Chicago. They’re as tall as the Sears Tower and roll around the city all year long. We always gotta ask, how do you get down from way up there?

10% of every shirt you purchase helps Minnesota Computers for Schools provide technology access for lifelong learning. The organization trains Stillwater Correctional Facility inmates to refurbish computers donated by local businesses. The computers are then shipped to K-12 schools across the state for a nominal fee.

Tall Bike Love is printed on a white, 100% cotton American Apparel tee. This tee is available in unisex sizes and was designed by Brian Duffy.

Tall Bike Love Photos!

Clint — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 02:34:50 +0000

Last Saturday Kate and I met up with our new friend and tall bike aficionado Dan Korn. In exchange for a free Tall Bike Love T-Shirt, Dan was more than happy to show off his tall bike as well as let me take some pictures of the two of them together. It was a real pleasure meeting up with Dan and I’m happy we were able to hook up and talk about bikes and riding ’round Chicago. Here are just a couple pictures from Saturday, you check out the rest in the Flickr set.

Check us out @ the Critical Mass Art Show Friday

Kate — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:17:04 +0000

In its 13th year, the Critical Mass Art Show was created to keep the group active through the Winter when the monthly rides were likely to be less frequent.

We’re incredibly excited to announce that one of our newest t-shirts, “Tall Bike Love” by Brian Duffy will be on display at this month-long art festival. Join us at New Wave Coffee (2557 N. Milwaukee) on Friday to help kick of the art fair. Stop by to say hi, chat, browse the local art and support Scared Panda. Shirts will be available for sale Friday night.

RSVP to this event on Facebook and tell your friends.

Hope to see you there!

- Katie

Tall Bike Love T-Shirt

Clint — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:00:05 +0000

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.

Two new t-shirts!

Clint — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 03:26:49 +0000

Wow, what a day. Last night after munching down two wicked awesome burgers from Kuma’s, Matty and I picked up the new t-shirts from Art Factory Printing. The new t-shirts are now up and available for purchase on our products page. Stayed tuned through the weekend as we’re going to be updating the site with new blog posts and updated t-shirt descriptions.