The Blockhead Stem IB with integrated brake lever from CW and T. Available to order or build your own using the 3D files kindly made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike licence.

Bikes and Boards – cycling themed illustration set by raid71.

Video from Brooks on ‘L’Eroica 2009‘, a 200km randonneur in Tuscany that occurs every year in the first week of October. Cyclists must use vintage bikes made previous to 1987.

Hand to Mouth – Cinelli’s Ram 2 Carbon handlebars get the Death Spray Custom treatment. Also worth checking out are the Custom Mercian Vigorelli and Figo Vengeance and El Capitane bikes.

The Safe Bike Rack from The Emotion Lab uses the humble padlock as inspiration.

No Gear – T-Shirt design by Baster using a photo of Bernard Thévenet and Eddy Merckx from the 1975 Tour De France. Available from Pristine.

60 cycles – Jean-Claude Labrecque’s 1965 film which follows the Tour du Saint Laurent, a 1500-mile amateur cycling race in Québec. Fantastic period footage and a great soundtrack via the excellent National Film Board of Canada site.

16 Strange and Amazing Bicycle Concepts via WebEcoist.

Rapha have been previewing their Spring 2010 range on their blog with the full range being revealed Friday 12th. Particularly like the look of the pocket t-shirts.

Brooklyn Rooftop Bike Polo – Love this photographic set from Sam Robinson.