Reviews - Cyclepassion

On the 3rd day of Christmas, the Crankset gave to me:
The 3rd Edition of the Cyclepassion - Bicycle Calendar,
Stocking stuffers from Three Story Press, and
Shimano and Campagnolo compatible "enhancement" brake HUDZ

Cyclepassion - Bicycle Calendar
In its 3rd Edition, the calendar with the tag line "a sensual bike calendar project from cyclist for cyclists" has taken a new twist for 2008 by incorporating some of the beautiful faces [and yes bodies] of the sport. The previous two editions exclusively used professional models and brought us images such as:



But gracing the cover of the 2008 edition of the calendar is multiple World Champion mountain biker, Norway's Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå. And inside you'll find T-Mobile's, err High Road's Emilia Fahlin, and mountain biker Niki Gudex, among others.


Perhaps the most interesting thing about the calendar [of course, aside from the actual photos] is how it originated. The idea for the project actually came from a female, Anke Wilken.

From RoadCycling UK (2006):
"But I guess it makes sense when you hear where the creator, Anke is coming from...The original motivation for this project is self-defense. Anke Wilken is the wife of a frenetic, obsessed cyclist who spends any and all of his free time on a bike. Being surrounded by nothing but bikes, bikers, bike magazines and bike parts, Anke felt she would sooner or later become a bike widow – fast losing ground to her husband’s love affair with the wheeling sport. Being confronted with the topic, her husband had argued, that beauty solely lies in the engineering and technical aspects of a bike."

To order your copy [or for your own "obsessed cyclist"] go to the Cyclepassion website. If you can't wait patiently enough for the calendar to be delivered, you can always check out the YouTube "making of" series of videos.

Photos: Ivo Kljuce (top); Daniel Geiger (middle, bottom)