Launched 12 months ago just prior to the 2011 edition of Melburn Roobaix, Creux Cycling is establishing itself as a leading cycling apparel slash streetwear brand.

Read more: Koppenberg Creux

Most Italian cities are a buzz of bicycles any time of the day, but particularly of the evening. Friends going out for a drink, people coming home from work and heading to an osteria, criss crossing the cobbled streets. If you are an 80s tragic you'll see many bikes you'd swoon over converted to town bikes and used to get to the shops and back.

Read more: Veneto

New gloves, lights, chainrings in store, as well as new kit for Melburn Roobaix.

Not to mention these limited FYXO pantographed shifters.  Limited to 10 in the Universe.

Read more: Limited / Unlimited

It may have been wishful thinking, but maybe a little like you I was hoping to refresh the blog and find something new had been added - without me having to compose it.

No such luck.

Read more: The post fairy

A cure for a wheel hangover.

Read more: La Mondayitis

Read more: Vive le tour!

I'm going to write this in one unedited take.

Sh1t news has a habit of travelling at 10 times the speed of good.

Read more: Infectious as ever.

It takes all types.

Read more: The view from here.

Happy Friday!

This one is Rasberry and Blackberry JAM packed with images from the first Melburn Roobaix, photos from Paris and New York, some old stuff and the latest BREV. FYXO chainrings - which you can now get your name, blog or message engraved into. World's best chainrings just got better.

Read more: There and back again

For a long time I've resisted an 'about' page. I didn't see the point.

Read more: About

Rone. Fresh as #instagram gets.

Read more: Off topic

Old stuff / New stuff.

Read more: Pfffft. Pffft.

A trio of FYXO kit has landed and is now available online and at FYXO Hub.

Read more: Spring Classics

One thing about cycling photography is the photos won't tell you in they out the front flying or out the back dying.

Read more: Timelessness

One for those with small wheel addictions. Street BMX with some great visuals from #Melburn.

Read more: United we stand

Luck had everything to do with it

If you registered this weekend for Melburn Roobaix you were in the draw to win a Chrome Bag, or Chrome Shoes for that matter.

Read more: And the winner is

Leave it up to Andrew Dickey to make you feel inadequate about your cycling prowess.

Proud father, and local MTB legend Bruce Dickey dropped by the shop to tell me to watch this.  In the space of a day this received 700,000 views.  Since I watched another 300,000 have watched it. 

Black Bike is officially viral.

Read more: Time to reassess your skills.

Open throttle.  Full gas.

Some shots from the Cyclones training at Hisense in preparation for what promises to be an amazing Track World Championships in Melburn.

The Keirin, Sprint, Team Pursuits and Madison are all set to be electric contests.

Australian vs GB in the team pursuit.  Sir Chris Hoy vs Shane Perkins in the Keirin.  Queen Anna Meares vs Victoria Pendleton any time they cross paths.

Gear up.

Read more: Inside line.

This may require a full two cups of tea, or perhaps two sittings.

Darren Baum is BAUM.  This is a custom frame junkies equivalent to the Chocolate Factory, complete with a river of ti tubes all ready to be formed, drilled and welded into a everlasting gobstopper of cycling.

Read more: Darren Baum and The Chocolate Factory

In preparation for the online earthquake that FYXO experiences each year about this time it was also brought to my attention that some of the galleries had 'dead' links.

Using my internet prowess I have resurrected them to help you through this hump day.  

Read more: Desktop with a view