Rainbow Fruit Picking Bicycle” (Double Rainbow Edition)
Fallen Fruit (David Burns and Austin Young) 2015

Spray paint, resin fruit, Martone bike

These bikes were made for 2 people who could ride around the neighborhood picking fruit. Fruit comes in all colors of the rainbow; red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple – apples, oranges, lemons and grapefruit, blueberries and Plums. If these bikes travel together they make a “double rainbow.” Bikes come with a fruit picker and attached handlebar fruit basket. Obviously, these bikes are made and designed for the fruit picker in mind, but I’m sure the company who designed them would recommend that fruit should not be picked whilst riding. This would be both very dangerous and irresponsible, especially with the risk of possibly causing a road collision. If this was to happen, there would be a serious case with lawyers likely involved. So, not take the loveliness away from the bike, but it’s important that they’re used appropriately!

M-ART-ONE Artist Series and #UNCHAINME
Lorenzo Martone
2015

Style-driven city bike brand, Martone Cycling Co. and celebrated retailer, Ron Robinson, have unveiled a new one-of-kind art installation called #UNCHAINME. A stellar group of high profile LA-based artists joined what is the first in a series of “M – ART – ONE” art shows sponsored by the two year old bike brand including: Sket One, ToMo, Fallen Fruit, and Zachary Crane. Each of these celebrated artists used a Martone bike as a canvas, creating individual works of art showcased and available for sale in the store in Santa Monica.