The chopper is the one special breed of bike that has come to best embody the legend of freedom on the road that is everything Americana, from Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper’s Easyrider to Hunter S. Thompson’s Hell’s Angels. In the 288 pages of Gestalten’s hardcover, Chopper: the Real Story traces chopper history back to the early customized bikes at the turn of the 19th century […]

Growing up in New England and attending Jesuit boy schools I have to say I’m not the biggest fan of boat shoes — I had to wear them daily and they bring back memories of falling asleep in religion class, 4 hour lacrosse practices, freezing my ass off on dark mornings and the general choking […]