I love riding this bike! #bikenyc

Photo shoot with @nate_mumford Horse bikes and Horse brand goods. @kachadourian_pingree photo studio just next door. Such a rad space! (at The Bakery)

Three of a kind. h o r s e beach tote. Made in collaboration with Rob at MER bags. (at Ditch Planes, Long Island, NY)

At it again @paulcomponent (at Horse Cycles)

@giorgiopie touring up north on one of our bikes. Such a rad guy. He was actually the first person to get his bike out of the 32 we made. Just now finishing putting together the last few. #bikenyc to #Montreal

Matching fenders just finishing up in the spray booth (at Horse Cycles spray booth)

That point when u take a new bike out for the first time ever and it clicks and you say to yourself. “Soft serve fro yo large please.” This Urban Assault Vehicle makes me feel all soft inside. So fast, go anywhere, ass kicker. Planning for a 2014 production release

@curtisschmitt ‘s sweet urban tour. Decked out with an acorn saddle bag! Creamy!

Shipping dep. (at Horse Cycles)

I feel like a milk man except my milk is bikes. #urbantourproject #northernbound #ford150 #milkmengetlucky

Babe zone in a HORSE cap having adventures in Maine. Crushing mimosas I hope! @evajanebly

Bicycling mag shout! Thanks @mervling ! You da best! #bikecultshow #urbantourproject @abbey__normal @joshratnerd

Did some stove maintenance this morning on my 14 year old MSR whisper light international. No she perrrrrs!

Baby blue for my new 2014 Urban Tour Prototype. Getting excited! #urbantourproject #bikecultshow powder done in house by @saullyv (at Horse Cycles)

BIKE CULT SHOW this weekend Friday and Saturday. More info @ www.bikecultshow.com #bikecultshow

@curtisshmitt throwing some sweet new shwalb franks on his UT. #urbantourproject

CORE77 BIKE CULT SHOW BUILDER PROFILE: http://www.core77.com/blog/photography/bike_cult_show_builder_profile_thomas_callahan_of_horse_cycles_25390.asp

Ben Peck of Benjermin cycles in his work shop this morning. Ben is one of the guys putting on the Bike Cult Show in Brooklyn next weekend

Sweet article on GIZMOTO by @nicholasrstangoi http://gizmodo.com/a-look-inside-the-workshop-of-brooklyn-bike-builder-hor-1173366918 (at Horse Cycles Workshop)

A PART OF HISTORY

This 1935 BSA golden deluxe 3 speed bicycle rolled through my shop the other day.  It kind of blew my mind.  Every part on this bike was made with care and thought and really shows the high quality craftsmanship that was prevalent in the early 1900's.

The Gaslights on the front and rear are from the  the early 1800's and sport a sweet little suspension system.  Bernard, who owns the bike and is in love with the old details light up the lantern and let me take her for a spin.  "The glass lens is super bright and provides a focused beam for night riding."   The bike rides smooth and true.  The fork is raked way out so turns are subtle as you ease into a bank.  The handlebars and stem are called Lautawasser Bars which were made by an old bike builder name Jack Lautawasser And the shifter is an early Sturmey Archer quadrant shifter.

BSA (Birmingham Small Arms Company) was a major industrial combine, a group of businesses manufacturing military and sporting firearms; bicycles; motorcycles; cars; buses and bodies; steel; iron castings; hand powered and machine tools.  At its peak, BSA was the largest motorcycle producer in the world and the gun factory proved remarkably adaptable to the manufacture of cycle parts.

A little part of history.... on wheels

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