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Carhartt WIP x Pelago 'Freeway your Mind' Bike , both brands have teamed up to make this bike, with the Finnish bike company Pelago doing all the hard work to produce this very limited custom bike in steel green, as you would imagine the components are all top drawer and one thing is for sure Pelago know how to put a bike together. Below is a breakdown of the components used to make up this fine machine. I022432 46 00 SSP custom edit S/M/L full 4130 CRMO, double butted main frame Tires: Schwalbe Kojak Raceguard 35-622, Tubes: Schwalbe Sv17 Brakes: TRP Spyre disc brakes with TR 160-7 160mm rotors, Tektro levers Chain: 1/2" x 1/8” (100L) Grips: 130mm with one side lock on Saddle: Canvas M (57 cm)    Back in 2013, a group from Carhartt WIP’s skate team took a trip to the island of Fuerteventura to do little more than skate and bike for a week. It wasn’t exactly an ordinary vacation. The idea was to source ex-skaters-turned-bike-makers to build them...

One of our favourite brands at Fat Buddha Store has to be Bookman, who are renowned for their bike lights, and who we are pleased to have received a top up delivery from. The company began life at the end of 2009 with three friends who had about half a semester left of their degree in Industrial engineering and another friend that also didn’t want to get a proper 9-5 job. They took the choice to try the entrepreneurial route and went to work. Most of them were dedicated cyclists and all shared an interest in design which gave them the direction for the brand. They thought that they are so many gadgets and accessories for bikes in the market but there was so few that we would like to put on their bikes. The company wanted to make accessories that would complement the bike instead of detract from it. They did some projects on the side to get the money for tooling and after a lot of samples getting sent back and forth they were happy to place the first order of lights in ...