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This bike built by Renold Yip of YiPsan Bicycles won the “Best City Bike” and “Peoples Choice” awards at the 2010 North American Handmade Bicycle Show. We know the award goes to YiPsan, but we are definitely flattered that our Schwalbe Marathon tires were Renold’s tire of choice for this project.

I’m looking for a tire for my mountain bike turned commuter bike, with the following characteristics:
1. 26 x not less than 2” wide…no more than 2.25 wide. I like the look of a bigger tire, the nobbies on there now measure 2.25 across the widest nobs…could go slightly wider.
2. Highly puncture resistant…hate flats…don’t we all.
3. Exceptional traction, especially on wet pavement.

This is a very cool restoration project, completed by one of our customers. Yes, it’s an early 60’s Sears bike built in Austria by Puch. Yeah, I know…. not necessarily what you’d expect from Sears. George M. of Arizona finished off the project with some nice Schwalbe Delta Cruiser White Wall tires.

It’s Friday……. go ride!

Yeti is yet another bike company that has spec’d our tires on their 2010 line. We actually hooked up with Yeti last year and we’re very pleased to be their tire of choice. Check out their line of bikes at: http://www.yeticycles.com/

Yesterday I posted a Scott mountain bike, so I feel compelled to balance the scale and post a picture of one of the new Cannondale road machines; I’d hate for someone to feel neglected here. Expect this bike to come in at or around the UCI minimum weight for road machines. Cannondale doesn’t publish the weight, but encourages you to pop down to your local dealer and hang one on the scale…

2010 Scott Bikes should be out by now and on display at your favorite bike shop. This year, many of their high-end models are equipped with our tires. Very cool (at least we think so), and in some part, validation that the Schwalbe brand has arrived in North America. The white Rocket Ron tires are kick ass, but unfortunately they are not yet available to the tire buying public…..

Sycip Bicycles, located in Santa Rosa, California builds some really sweet bikes. From race bikes, to cargo bikes to some very non-conventional type bikes. Such is the case with this gas-assist bicyle.

Bikes and Beer… two things that Portland does so very well. So, why did it take this long for someone to come up with the perfect marriage? Who knows. The brain trust at Metrofiets has now put this to bed, and spectacularly so.

Today’s pic is another Fast Boy entry. This is one of the coolest urban assault vehicles I’ve ever seen. It has a flip/flop rear hub; fixie on one side, singlespeed with a freewheel on the other. Nicely finished with a set of our Super Moto tires. The Super Moto is essentially a folding Big Apple without puncture protection. More susceptible to punctures? Yes. Lighter and snappier?

Today, a cool “Bishops-Gazelle Path Racer”, equipped with some very nice creme colored Delta Cruisers.
This one ought to especially please the fixie crowd.

Their Blog: http://bishopscycles.blogspot.com/

I’m still waiting for submissions from anyone who is proud enough of their bike to send me a snap.

No reader entries yet, so another of our favorite builders. Naked Cycles in British Columbia builds some of the most interesting custom bikes you’ll ever lay eyes on. So interesting that a certain very famous cyclist from Austin named Lance, bought one on the spot at the North American Handbuilt Bicycle show in 2008. Check out their website to reveal the bike’s proud owner.

Today, the picture comes from a small frame builder in NYC; Fast Boy Cycles. Enjoy… oh, and check out his website-

www.fastboycycles.com

Fast boy decided that the Schwalbe Fat Frank tire was especially well suited for this bike.

If you would like your bike featured on the Kojak “Pic of the Day” blog, please e-mail your entries to:

schwalbetires@yahoo.ca

We reserve the right to edit or exclude pictures of questionable taste, especially pictures of bikes not decked out in Schwalbe Tires.

The Mgmt.

Hi Schwalbe lovers…. ok, haters can take a look too.