Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - more msgr culture in the media

was delighted to see this in my mailbox today.. it's rather small but it's a msgr on a geared bike w/ thick chain 'round waist and package in the bag (let's also note the helmet, lights and whistle) facing down an entire peloton:
http://www.condenet.com/images_holiday/cover_newyorker_80.jpg

edit, here's a larger version:
http://www.ephemeroi.com/stuff/2005/front/050720-mccall.jpg

also, a friend who works in PR tells me there's a fashion spread in the latest i-D magazine that's msgr "inspired"...

also, a friend who works in PR tells me there's a fashion spread in the latest i-D magazine that's msgr "inspired"...

I really hope Derek Zoolander got that gig.

I really hope Derek Zoolander got that gig.

His bike is made out of blue steel.

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was delighted to see this in my mailbox today.. it's rather small but it's a msgr on a geared bike w/ thick chain 'round waist and package in the bag (let's also note the helmet, lights and whistle) facing down an entire peloton:
http://www.condenet.com/images_holiday/cover_newyorker_80.jpg

also, a friend who works in PR tells me there's a fashion spread in the latest i-D magazine that's msgr "inspired"...


Was the illustration for any particular article inside? I wonder what the concept for the cover was supposed to be this week.

Was the illustration for any particular article inside? I wonder what the concept for the cover was supposed to be this week.

i haven't read this issue but if it was, it would be the first time in the history of the magazine.

the cover is still cool, btw...

Was the illustration for any particular article inside? I wonder what the concept for the cover was supposed to be this week.
I'm thinking the concept was...most hated people? Something along those lines.

concept is: It's Tour de France time. The bicycles approaching the viewer are racing the TdF. Meanwhile, hard at work, a NYC messenger pedals forth, fighting traffic as usual, to get the job done.

Looks like a Bruce McCall, yes? He likes to do universal-image-tweaked-by-NYC covers. Like the one with the real estate agent showing a cardboard box to a homeless man. Etc. Nice colors on this one, unusual subtlety for him.

I hate how long I have to wait for my New Yorker.

lets get the hi-res version.

It's not a real messenger 'cuz he doesn't have any spoke cards.

It's not a real messenger 'cuz he doesn't have any spoke cards.
and is rocking gears and a reflector. also missing tattoos and beer. heh, heh...

concept is: It's Tour de France time. The bicycles approaching the viewer are racing the TdF. Meanwhile, hard at work, a NYC messenger pedals forth, fighting traffic as usual, to get the job done.

Looks like a Bruce McCall, yes? He likes to do universal-image-tweaked-by-NYC covers. Like the one with the real estate agent showing a cardboard box to a homeless man. Etc. Nice colors on this one, unusual subtlety for him.

I hate how long I have to wait for my New Yorker.


thats a very good call you made on the cover. concept and all. checked the NY'er site and it is indeed him.
looks like we got us another fan of illustration here...

i squinted and could almost read his signature--I looked at the site for a better image but didn't find one.

i'm a lifelong NYer subscriber, and my grandma before me, since it first was published. i've been trying to understand New Yorker humor much longer than I've actually been able to understand it. not sure if that is a good thing or not.

anyway. thanks!

This image is a bit bigger:

https://subscribe.condenet.com/images_covers/cover_newyorker_190.jpg

“Tour de Force” by Bruce McCall

pretty. mccall has been looking at wayne thiebaud's recent work.

CookiePuss, were you at Pie-eyed on Friday?

I really like that cover, I may even look into getting a print.
Any leads on something like that?

there is supposed to be a be fixie article in XLR8R coming out with my friend featured in the SF part.

CookiePuss, were you at Pie-eyed on Friday?

Nope. . .why do you ask?

I really like that cover, I may even look into getting a print.
Any leads on something like that?

Try the source itself:
The New Yorker Store (http://www.thenewyorkerstore.com/prints_currentissue.asp?mscssid=VLRX1TCWA4798KDUUSDTJHNJ0DUJ9DC7&sitetype=1)

But note that for this week it says "this weeks cover may be available as a print as well"

Al

Yeah, if enough people request it I'm sure that it will go into archive for later requests.

Great illustration. I'd love it as a poster

......he's also left handed....

......he's also left handed....upon examining the illustration more closely, he's not left handed after all..... the illustration is printed in reverse...

I looked at the cover in person today and noticed that he doesn't have brakes on the bike. Geared brakeless, he's hardcore.

nah I thought that for a second, but if you look closely there are rear breakpads, or something similar to them..

So that's the TdF... and he's a NY bike messenger.

Is it just me, or isn't that a long way to send something by bike?

...also, a friend who works in PR tells me there's a fashion spread in the latest i-D magazine that's msgr "inspired"...

yep, this is true. saw it myself. very cool, i must admit.

What's the thing in front of his face? Whistle? Blowing a bubble?

Definitely a whistle in his mouth. But I'm not 100 percent sure it's a helmet. It probably is, but it could conceivably just be a red baseball cap.

And the background isn't mountains at all, but the long and winding road, stretching between farms and villages.

Fun cover.

New Yorker did a piece about Lance a couple of years back which was something about the fact that he could ride further and faster than others because his body takes up more oxygen. Or something like that anyway.