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This Trek for Armstrong, by Damien Hirst finished with real butterflies sold at auction for $500,000 in 2009, rumoured to be worth $3 million now, officially the most expensive bike ever.

This is a work of art: a friend had one stolen from his bike shop a few years back, never saw it again. I reckon it would be almost impossible to resell, there are so few of them out there.

Blimey, where is your shop? I'll definitely come for a visit if you're wearing tees like the above 😀

The GB Altenburger rear derailleur seems to have been a flop: mounted under the chainstay it looked pretty precarious. Here's the blurb on it: In 1950, Karl Altenburger bought the patent for the horizontally pivoting rear derailleur from Nieddu, Mariani, and Blaser. ... Heinz Muller, a famous...

She's definitely on her mobile: probably buying some cycling tat off Temu 😂

Johnny Helms: a little retrospective

She's checking her Instagram: she's just not that into you pal!

This is the front cover of the (then) popular Schwinn magazine

Some of the steel art of the Taylor brothers.

This is Japanese, no idea the artist but it's a great idea 💡

Jack Taylor, Tour of Britain with 'Mondrian' graphics

I suppose all cycling components (and frames) have to be imagined in someone's head, in 'brain renderings' or 'art' before they can be put into physical form, often technically drawn or at least sketched first. I remember watching Jack Taylor (I was only a lad) drawing up a frame at their...

This is a fabulous image from the front cover of a vintage Cinelli catalogue

I really like that! Cycling is probably the most philosophical of sports.

Cycling memorabilia and Artworks seem to be all over the auction sites and Etsy etc, but very little (if any) is discussed or raved about on RB. I'm mad for cycling posters, brochures and old workshop illustrations, and have been collecting them for about twenty years. Is it just not that...