Innholdsfortegnelse for #24 March 2019 i Treadlie Magazine

BRIDGET SOWERSBY PHOTOGRAPHER I used to love the freedom of my bike as a kid. With my little pack of friends we would ride around the neighbourhood for hours trying to catch tadpoles and prank call people on payphones. I had a long hiatus from bike riding until I met my boyfriend, who is bike-obsessed. He encouraged me to get back on the bike and now I ride all the time. I’m now the owner of not one, but two bikes! I love to ride wherever I can – work, parties; we even have a bike tour in Japan coming up this May. When I ride now, I feel that same sense of freedom that I felt as a kid. MATT BEN STONE PHOTOGRAPHER/WRITER Like many, my cycling passion grew…

Sense30’s retail outlet is tucked away down a rather inconspicuous laneway in Taipei. At least, I found it inconspicuous – I quite nearly walked past it. My confusion was soon remedied by a coffee served to me by the dapper Shih Hao-Yeh, the bike builder behind Sense30. The beans, he tells me, are specially-sourced, and looking around the store with its exposed walls and vintage-inspired wares it’s obvious that much pride is taken in curating Sense30’s eclectic aesthetic. Sense30 is a three-person operation (including Joe in design and Issa in brand management) that was founded in 2008. Yeh describes them as “artisans in good taste” – an inspection of a collection of gorgeous bikes and frames in-store proves this point. Aside from their own custom-builds, Yeh’s own treasures are stored…

The first time Kosuke Masuda remembers creating something akin to art was when he began studying calligraphy at six years old. Born into an Esoteric Buddhist temple in Mt. Koya, Japan, he was constantly surrounded by Buddhist paintings and imagery – but it was the simple act of putting ink to paper that initially spawned his interest in creative pursuits. When you look at his engravings, it’s obvious that the intricacies of calligraphy continue to influence Kosuke. The highly detailed dots and lines call to mind Ike no Taiga, a seminal Japanese painter and calligrapher born in 1723. Taiga’s early work offered an inspiring mix of artistic mastery, innovation and freedom of expression that Kosuke’s pieces also evoke. However, for Kosuke, whether he is engraving bicycle parts or practising sumi-e…

Who?  Ben Thompson. Occupation? Underwriter. Wearing? Two-millimetre Quiksilver stretchy and quick-dry boardies. Your bike? This is my old, trusty bike. It’s part of the family. I’ve had it for nine years, having taken over from my brother who had it for about five years before me. Until recently I somehow never had a puncture, despite riding through Collingwood (in Melbourne) most mornings amongst broken stubbies from the night before. Since moving to Sydney it has struggled a bit with the hills. The gears are clunky, the chain is a little loose, and the seat is split, but it still goes great and I love it. Going?  I was going for a surf. Or maybe I should say, checking the elusive bombie near my house. It was pretty windy and a little…

Treadlie is another issue older, and what a pleasure it is to continue to chronicle the most interesting people, places and products in the realm of cycling and beyond. This passing of time makes me think of my own two-wheeled journey. My first memory of a bike was a trike that my grandpa had painted by hand in rather fetching tones of orange and white. I remember bickering with my brother about whose turn it was to ride it through the quiet suburban streets in south east Melbourne – the very same streets my dad, as a kid, had once roamed on a bike of his own. Call me sentimental, but what touches me about cycling is its prominence in family life; a rite of passage passed down from the…

Who?  Beccy Blue Bromilow. Occupation? Owner/maker/designer BB Shoemaker – handmade footwear, dogwear and accessories (@bbshoemaker). And I’m a co-owner of Ensemble Studios – a workshop, retail and gallery space here in Adelaide. Wearing? Good Studios heap tee, op shop cut off shorts and my own worn-out BB boots. Your bike? My bike is a remake of the old style Bianchis. I bought it secondhand about four years ago and in this time we have been through a lot together. I won’t get into it, but she has been stolen once for eight hours, I’ve had one broken wrist, a few falls and a couple of embarrassing stories! Going?  Leaving the studio, heading home to sit on the couch and watch RuPaul’s Drag Race. Why ride? Riding is my main mode…

Step into the graffitied back-alleys around West Richmond Station and you might stumble along a collection of bikes sprawling onto the path. That’d be bike mechanic Travis Fryer and his budding workshop, Classic Custom Commuters. Operating out of a compact garage tucked beneath a secluded block of inconspicuous flats, Travis’ workshop is bursting with cycling bits-and-bobs, old and new frames, and the tools needed to fix just about any bike. Mending bicycles is something Travis has been doing all his life. Encouraged by a bike-obsessed family, he spent his childhood skidding up and down dirt trails. However, frequent wrecks meant Travis had to learn some early tricks to keep his wheels turning – a matter of life-and-death at the time. But it wasn’t until much later that Travis considered the…

Freewheeling was a nationally circulating general interest cycling magazine edited and published by Warren Salomon between 1977 and 1989. The magazine began its life as a specialist bicycle touring magazine and its early issues feature some truly epic cross-country and international bicycle journeys. It provided detailed coverage of the Australian cycling scene through the 1980s including the beginnings of mountain biking, mass events such as the Sydney to the Gong Bike Ride and Great Victorian Bike Ride, plus the growth of urban cycling including new cycleway infrastructure. A project to digitise all 60 issues of Freewheeling is now underway.  sustainabletransport.com.au…

Who? Kate Berry. Occupation? I do too many things. At the moment I’m finishing a book and working on a great project called OK Motels. Check out @okmotels to learn more. Wearing? Jumpsuits, always. Sunglasses I haven’t lost yet. Sparkly socks – matching today. The bike makes the outfit. No matter what I am wearing, the bike will elevate it. Your bike? It’s a bike from the 80s, which was my most prolific cycling era. I found it on Facebook Marketplace and it made me love purple again. It also matches my apartment building. So many things to love. Going? Ha! I’m going to get a Slurpee. Half cola, half raspberry. Why ride? Being on a bike is how I would imagine a dog feels with its head out of the car window. Pure…

Who?  Anny Duff. Occupation? Founder of Good Studios (@goodstudiosaus), co-founder of Ensemble Studios in Adelaide. Wearing? Denim Made Good Jeans (a collab we did with Well Made Clothes) and a vintage Wrangler sweater I paid way too much for in Soho because I loved the colour. Your bike? My little blue mate is a Mojo. My very clever partner found it for me on Gumtree as he wanted me to keep up with him on long rides. It took a while to get my head around single speed and the higher steering, but it’s safe to say I’m a convert. Going?  I’m off to visit a friend who just had her first baby a few days ago! Why ride? Living very close to work I only drive if I need…

Who? Will Courtney. Occupation? Software engineer. Seattle, Washington. Wearing?  Excellent Adventure aka “Ted” – aged for six years to perfect cuddly compliance. Your bike? This Schwinn’s name is Coraline. She was found on the kerb by a good friend, restored, and later passed on to me when he moved away. She’s meant to be my “leave-it-anywhere-don’t-worryabout-it” ride, but her sentimental value is among the highest in the pack. Maintenance on this bike is especially interesting and usually requires some innovation to mate new parts with an old platform.  Going? Ted and I were out for an egg run – with green chilli season in full swing, weekend mornings require a solid breakfast burrito. Why ride? Riding a bike makes me feel like I’m a part of the world and not…