Bike: The Duke by Mojo Bike

If you're like me and you've been waiting up till 2:00am to watch the Tour de France every night for the last three weeks, you'll be experiencing what I like to call the 'cycling bug'. After watching Wigins power up the french Alps you can't help but be inspired to jump on a set of wheels yourself and go for the yellow jersey. But before you race out and buy yourself a new bike, first consider what you want your bike to say about you. Like anything else, your bike should reflect your own style. Therefore, over the next couple of weeks I'll be introducing you to some great bikes that wont just get you from A to B but will also look good too.

That brings us to The Duke by Mojo Bike. The Duke embodies noble, gentlemanly style with an air of heritage craftsmanship. The Duke features 4130 Chrome-moly frame with sweeping lugged forks, leather saddle and handgrips, elegant wheel guards and optional rack and saddle bag. The  Dukes' power comes from a Sturmey Archer 8 speed internal rear hub. The duke is perfect for those wanting to ride to work everday whilst still emodying the urban-street style. It's vintage look is timeless and luxurious.

Mojo Bike is all about individualism, offering customers the chance to customise their own bikes, ensuring that no two bikes are exactly alike. Mojo offers a range of shapes and sizes from which customers can chose and apply their own colour scheme. Mojo then builds and ships the bike straight to your front door. Mojos' classic bike designs and huge colour range guarantee you're bound to find the bike for you.

 

To visit the Mojo Bike online store click here.

Ilott Vintage Cameras

Ilott Vintage collect and restore vintage rangefinder cameras to create stunning, unique cameras that are works of art themselves. Illot Vintage replace the traditional leather casings with premium quality wood vaneers crafted for each individual camera. These cameras are  also fully functioning and used by Ilot themselves to produce the images for their gallery.

The traditional leather cases of vintage rangefinder cameras are often worn and damaged and have to be removed for repairs. In rejuvenating these cameras, Ilot use durable real wood veneer sealed with Danish oil to give each camera an elegant, hand-crafted appearance. The result is an intriguing mix of the natural and mechanical. 

Ilot use both Mansonia and Mahogany for their wood veneers. Mansonia is imported from Western Africa and commonly used for high quality furniture work and joinery. Mahogany is a richly coloured wood sourced from South America.

All the cameras are fully functioning and use 35mm film which is still readily available. They are also entirely mechanical so they don't require batteries. Whilst these camera's are probably out of most budding photographers price range, they are an exquisite piece of design and Ilot's webpage is fascinating for any photography enthusiasts. 

To visit the Ilot Vintage webpage click here.