We’ve got some new stickers for sale at www.urbanvelostore.com…

We recently received some new items for both the store and the magazine from our various partners and distributors. After reviewing the Bootleg Sessions DVD last week, we had to order a batch for distribution. Some new ‘zines are available as well, Abort #19, the second issue of Next Stop Adventure, and three anti-car publications - Carbusters #32, Away with All Cars, and Dear Motorist. The Chainbreaker Bike Book is finally back in stock, and we just took delivery of a most excellent book on the history of Critical Mass, Bicycling’s Defiant Celebration. Subscriptions have been mailed, invoices are out and the store has been updated. It’s been a busy week in the Urban Velo office.

In the product testing department, gallery sponsors Wald sent in a couple of baskets for testing, which were appropriately carried home in the above pictured ancient giant delivery basket of the same mark. Check back in our Product Reviews section for information on these and other products as time goes on.

1991: Selected Art and Verses from the legendary Victor Vicente of America is now available in the UrbanVeloStore. Former road racing champion, mountain bike pioneer, Olympic athlete, actor, writer, artist and race promoter Victor Vicente is an oft-overlooked legend of American cycling. While he has not achieved the fame of other mountain bike pioneers, he was most definitely involved and influential in the early days of mountain biking. We’re honored to be able to distribute one of his books, a collection of original art and poetry. Hardbound. Handsigned and numbered out of an edition of 1000 by Victor Vicente himself.

See this previous post on VVA to hear a bit about his current work at a vinyard and for links to interviews and his personal website.

They’re finally here… A complete size run in Track Jackets. Sizes XS-XL, while supplies last. And of course, supplies are limited.

Made by American Apparel, our track jackets are black with white piping and the Urban Velo logo screened on the back.

Just added to UrbanVeloStore.com, CARtoons is an incredible collection of biting cartoons from Andy Singer, as featured on the back page of each Urban Velo. Includes quotes, and succinct information presenting a personal and provocative look at our relationship with the automobile; from Ford’s first assembly lines to today’s ‘drive-through’ society.

From the author of Chainbreaker and A Rough Guide to Bicycle Maintenance comes The Chainbreaker Bike Book. This book includes those titles and more in one 252 page volume. A hand-illustrated and accesible introduction to the world of bike repair! Through working at both Plan B Bike Project and French Quarter Bicycles in New Orleans, our co-authors have gathered a wealth of experience to share with would-be mechanics.

Back in 1981, Eugene Sloane’s Bicycle Maintenance Manual was considered the standard guide for bike shops and experts in the field. For the bike nut, it’s a really cool look into bicycle maintenance from a perspective of 25 years ago. These are used copies of this out of print book, and are in good condition but not perfect. Few things in life are, and books like this are meant to be greasy. Also check out Sloane’s Handy Pocket Guide, a somewhat dated but still valuable book that includes emergency repair info and a list of all the tools you’ll need on a bike trip.

Lincoln Ve-Low #12 is now in stock, as are all 11 back issues. The latest issue features CVO at the 2007 Homie Fall Fest—reported the only way CVO knows how. Cornbread on racing ‘cross in all it’s glory and misery, Bill Moser rode his bike to all 93 counties in the great state of Nebraska and is here to tell you about it, plus music, music and more music.

And when you get tired of reading, pop in the From Portland with Bike Love DVD. A collection of short videos made in Portland about bicycles. The films are really creative and varied. If you’ve been hearing a lot about all of the crazy bicycle stuff in Portland but didn’t really know what was going on, this is a good introduction to it. Many of the facets of the Portland alternative bike community are represented here including ZooBomb, Bike Polo, Chunk 666, bike hauling and transportation, and some more creative artistic things (like the bicycle audio project). You can even download low-res versions of the videos online.

Just in time for Black Friday we have a few additions to the Urban Velo clothing options. For starters, we have our Black T-Shirts back in stock in a full size run, and now available in a women’s cut. The grey Basket Bike shirt shows how we roll - no lettering, just a bike above the hip. Last but certainly not least we paired up with Spokepunchers to make a run of pink caps to benefit Breast Cancer Research, with all of the profits from sales going to charity.

No, we don’t really have fancy gift cards like the department stores. But we do have an online store with some nice gift ideas for the special cyclist in your life.

That’s right, we’re now offering subscriptions to the printed zine.

$18 buys you a one-year, 6-issue subscription to Urban Velo. Basically, this saves you shipping costs and the hassle of buying each print copy every two months. Subscription starts with Urban Velo #4, and will go from there.

They’re back… Those funny little hats made for us by Spokepunchers.

This time around we ordered 20 black hats with world championship ribbons and grey hand-screened artwork.

Click here to order yours before they’re gone.

Shameless, we know. But we’ve made a big batch of updates to UrbanVeloStore.com As of right now, we have 42 different ‘zine editions for sale besides our own and just added new limited-run hats and a few buttons to the mix. New shirts on the way - this time with women’s cut an option.

If you know of anyone who makes a ‘zine even loosely bicycle related, tell them to get in touch. We’re expanding our collection as much as we can and would love to help distribute the work of other self published folk.

UPDATE: Once again the UV hats are SOLD OUT. New hats are on the way with another updated design.