I love this bike. The old, reworkedness about it.
The light and tough simple.
lovely.

Alvin Drysdale built lightweight bicycles in Manhattan,
working from the 1920s until the 1950s.
He made bikes with his own name, such as Drysdale Special,
and with other names including Alvin and Velox.

Alvin Drysdale built lightweight bicycles in Manhattan,
working from the 1920s until the 1950s.
He made bikes with his own name, such as Drysdale Special,
and with other names including Alvin and Velox.

aiming to make a practice of quick morning sketches
before a larger project.

Honk for pride! A post shared by Fishs Eddy (@fishseddynyc) on Jun 22, 2017 at 8:49am PDT

This Spaceliner got dressed up
for the window at Fishs Eddy!!

Drawing, letting ideas run in my head

Mucking around  
trying to integrate the way I draw at Mineva's 
with the figure to the way I work with bikes in my studio.

Mucking around  
trying to integrate the way I draw at Mineva's 
with the figure to the way I work with bikes in my studio.

Mucking around  
trying to integrate the way I draw at Mineva's 
with the figure to the way I work with bikes in my studio.

Sketches before painting. This 1940's BSA track bike is one of my favorite muses.
It's simple and beautiful and has a wonderful worn quality
that conjures up old style 6 day races.