Show us your favorite bike poster art

Bicycle posters have a rich history, going back to the 1870’s. Show us your favorite bicycle-related posters from then and now – what’s on your walls; the best you’ve ever seen; the poster you have to get.

Here is my example:

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Permalink Reply by Spencer "Thunderball" Thayer! on September 3, 2010 at 5:01pm

I used to paint oils but now that I have a full time job and various other activities I just print art onto a canvas, build the frame and stretch it to fit.

This by the way is an very low quality rendering without gradient meshing turned on. This way it does not compare to an original. The only one printed so far is hanging at Ciclo Urbano.

Duppie said:

Spencer,
This one is absolutely awesome. Did you make that on a computer and then print it on canvas? Spencer "Thunderball" Thayer! said:
A little shameless self promotion: these 36x48in Canvas pieces are on sale for $250.

Communist Critcal Mass 36x48in Canvas

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Permalink Reply by Lee Crandell on September 4, 2010 at 5:33am

The Chicago International Poster Biennial student competition this year was on transportation and had some great posters. Here are two of my favorites. See the other student finalists here: http://chicagobiennial.org/2010/finalists/

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Permalink Reply by Carl on September 4, 2010 at 8:47am

Mucha = LOVE

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Permalink Reply by Don P on September 4, 2010 at 12:02pm

For those that may have wondered about Joe TV’s poster pick on page 1, here it is, sans the “bad Bart” screen:

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Permalink Reply by XV on September 4, 2010 at 12:18pm

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Permalink Reply by Don P on September 5, 2010 at 1:48am

Hey XV - Let's call it "Winkies on Parade". Don't think it's a poster, but it is bicycle related. Actually, for those wondering, it's the Polish Bicycle Team, sharing a group moment.

Back on topic, here is something a little more abstract:

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Permalink Reply by Lee Diamond on September 5, 2010 at 4:40am

I have to plug my friend and regular artist Ross Felten, who regularly does bicycle themed work that reminds me of a sort of Shel Silverstein meets Jay Ryan meets Derek Hess style. Very pop art themed, highly graphic and an underlying wit and good humor. His work always amazes me and I am very proud that he does so much work for us and in general. Here are the bike posters he has done for our tours:

http://www.thechainlink.org/photo/albums/bike-tour-posters

He has also done all the original art on the Big Shoulders site, our band together, stuff for Boulevard Bikes, and he has a great website himself here.

www.rossfelten.com

Yay Ross Felten.

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Permalink Reply by Keith Lewis on September 5, 2010 at 1:22pm

H3N3 said:

2 7 11 1 10 . . . maybe that's a code to something important?

Hmm... maybe there needs to be a 27 mile ride planned for 11/1/10. The Polish Winkies Ride? It could end at a favorite kielbasa place... or at the Polish Museum of America.

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Permalink Reply by Don P on September 6, 2010 at 4:13am

H3N3 said:
2 7 11 1 10 . . . maybe that's a code to something important?

Perhaps.... Utilizing the magical decoder-ring qualities of "92 Code" and the numbers you have provided with one substitution (no 11 in 92 code) may provide your answer.....

Maybe they were riding JC Higgins-like bicycles, and got too close to the stingray-like shifter:

Poster by Aesthetic Apparatus, released this year.

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Permalink Reply by Keith Lewis on October 17, 2010 at 6:52pm

Saw this framed poster in a the men's room at a restaurant I went to on Saturday (Nickson's Eatery in Lagrange) and fell in love with it. Remembered this thread and decided to post...