MONTY HELLMAN UNSUNG HERO OR NOT SUNG ENOUGH…SO HEREBY TWO LANE BLACKTOPMonte Hellman sadly passed away on 20 april 2021. He reached the respectable age of 91 years.He became famous mostly for directing the film Two Lane Blacktop. Completely deserved, the first time I saw the film I was awe-struck. He painted a perfect picture of the […]
HECHO EN MÉXICO A lot of interesting things come from Mexico. The mix of Spanish catholic baroque and native Mexican roots seem to stimulate a weird and wonderful aesthetic. The landscape, the cultural heritage, either native or imported, concocted a psychological mix that sprouted a very specific artisanal output. Though violence sadly seems […]
GOING ON A TRIP OUT .. OVER THERE.. It was never an appealing idea to me to go across the channel. For what? For a holiday in the rain? Or to go to a place where there is still ‘class’ distinction? Where stiff upper lip rules and these whiny 80-ies bands ruled? Never […]
WHO’S RUMBLE WHAT IS RUMBLESPEED SHOP It begins somewhere .. here ..When the world sees too many fanatics who force their ideology on anyone close, you know it’s time to get real and humanWhen the world is flooded with cheap stuff, manufactured to last a day, you know it’s time to get real and human.We’re neither preachers nor politicians. We’re just […]
WATSON GLOVES, AND WHY WE SELL (AND WEAR) THEM. Whenever I was looking for a pair of affordable motorcycle-gloves, I could never find what I wanted. Sure, there were many around that provided warmth, protection and whatever technical feature you can think of. But they never looked good, and were pricey as well. So when we […]
THE RUMBLE STRONGMAN CUFF Rumble Speed Shop makes another classic available. Les Glòries flea market in Barcelona was where I found my Strongman Cuff. The archetypical, here we go again, wrist-bands for added strength. Used back in the day by bare-knuckle fighters, dock men and acrobats at carnivals. In recent days adopted by motor-riders for […]
RUMBLE MEXICAN SOUVENIR RING I first encountered these crazy beautiful rings in Rin Tanaka’s book: My Freedamn! 5 featuring Rock ‘n’ Roll Fashions from the 1930s to Early 1950s. (See below a photo of several great examples). I had to make a Rumble version. My silversmith friend Rob from Zilverdawn helped me create this ring. […]
HANGING OUT IN THE PYRENEES We’ve been there before. But now we aimed to cross the Pyrenees east to west on our motorbikes, to end our trip in the Bardenas Reales, an unreal beautiful desertlike area south of the mountains on Spanish soil. Our bikes were a hybrid Yamaha XT500 with a C&J-frame and […]
FLAT TRACK RACING IN BELGIUM I had to see it with my own eyes, after watching On Any Sunday the hundredth time. There was this flat track race event called ‘Hells Race’ in the Helzold Speedway Stadium in Belgium. Organised by ‘Sinners Supply’. Sounds good, I thought. A lot of hot after-worldly sin. So […]
WE WERE AT WHEELS AND WAVES (and did we know it) It has always been a dream for Rumble Speed Shop to participate in the famous Wheels & Waves event at Biarritz. Our own little Mecca near the Atlantic for a few days a year. Our friend Alvin from The Rogue Company invited us to […]