What is the ultimate "art deco" bicycle that you've seen?
11-27-10, 09:58 PM
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What is the ultimate "art deco" bicycle that you've seen?
I have a 60s Japanese miyata road frameset that I'm thinking of getting some parts to build an art deco machine. What have you seen in vintage bicycles that best epitomize "art deco"? 
11-27-10, 10:42 PM
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What? Not steampunk?
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I suppose leather and rivets can be a plenty after the bike looks semi-complete for a touch of crafts.
11-27-10, 10:48 PM
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A soma deco rack...
11-28-10, 12:42 AM
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Hmm, I'm not sure anything that's been shown really qualifies as "art deco" - at least in the architectural-design sense. The only bike I can think of that utilizes art deco design are the 70's Peugeot bikes with the sort of "aztec style" lugs.
11-28-10, 08:00 AM
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yeah-- vo's got lots of cool stuff that'd qualify. i'd say a TA crankset would come close too 
. while velo orange doesn't sell those-- their gran cru copy of it is pretty great looking as well. i kinda feel like the entire rando bike at it's best has a very art deco-ey feel to it if it's done right.. industrial grace!
. while velo orange doesn't sell those-- their gran cru copy of it is pretty great looking as well. i kinda feel like the entire rando bike at it's best has a very art deco-ey feel to it if it's done right.. industrial grace!
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now modern /streamline.. like some of those rocket and jet inspired cruisers of the '50
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11-28-10, 08:16 AM
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Southpawboston has posted photos of his wife's bike here before (Dutch?). It's gorgeous and I recall it had an art deco aesthetic to it.
Edit: maybe not so much art deco, but still a great looking bike.
Here's his Flickr page for it.
Edit: maybe not so much art deco, but still a great looking bike.
Here's his Flickr page for it.
11-28-10, 08:19 AM
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Just because I've been up and awake for a while on Sunday morning before the family, dog, and cats, art nouveau, which preceded art deco, was, in my own crude words, distinguished by ornate curves and scrolls (at least as I am trying to tie it to bikes). Art deco, on the other hand, tended towards more use of geometric shapes and their relationships to each other. Thus, a form of modernism.
The examples I am seeing above, and no one other a bike geek could make this comparison, are more nouveau. If you want an art deco bike, think of a bike that, at least conceptually, looks like the Golden Gate Bridge.
The examples I am seeing above, and no one other a bike geek could make this comparison, are more nouveau. If you want an art deco bike, think of a bike that, at least conceptually, looks like the Golden Gate Bridge.
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11-28-10, 08:42 AM
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This
11-28-10, 08:53 AM
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See top right window. A Chicago bike shop that big_chainring told me about. Owner is a really nice guy with a cool collection.
https://cyclesmithy.com/?page_id=43
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11-28-10, 08:56 AM
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This is new from Velorbis - Its electric too -
11-28-10, 08:59 AM
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^Wow Matt, I didnt know Mark had one of those - Cool,^(up two posts)
11-28-10, 09:06 AM
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Have you seen the photo set of that bike with the redheaded model. To absolutely die for. I posted a link once, but it was removed as being to lascivious and salacious.
11-28-10, 09:41 AM
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Lascivious and Salacious were the names of twinns I dated back in the 70's.
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11-28-10, 09:51 AM
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The Campagnolo Rally derailleur has an industrial/deco look.
