Over the last two decades or so we’ve seen a lot of cycling styles come and go and while some styles like authentic classic road bikes seem to completely linger under the radar, some others tenaciously stick around for whatever reason. Like the urban camo/matt black scheme seen ever so often in contemporary urban rides, ...
Let’s talk style for a minute. Generally I believe that style is a very personal matter yet it’s a form of communication and affects your surroundings whether you like it or not. I also blieve that in 2014 it’s ok to feel a bit haunted by people flashing their style at you, most commonly through ...
I like to be believe I’m a loyal person. Like with pretty much everyone else this first and foremost applies to family and friends of course but it can be extended to a lot of other things like your favourite bands or artists or even bike brands for that matter. The thing is that all ...
In a time where realness is a desperately sought after attribute we find ourselves confronted with people acquiring all sorts of lifestyle gimmicks to underline their personality and uniqueness. It often seems like a battle lost before it has even begun. Sometimes though, realness is to be found in places noone could have imagined. Like ...
Quick quiz: Which letter of the alphabet never asked to be transformed into bicycle geometry data? If you – despite the small hint in the title – struggle to find the answer please keep reading. Anyway, I think there’s a Y-Bike (got it?) for every single type of city cyclist out there. Like the Italian vintage ...
I moved into a new neighborhood almost a year ago so I’m about to come full circle with my settling-in phase. I really like how this area offers a nice range of day to day bikes, the intersection right in front of my door carries hundreds of cyclists every day yet it’s not too crowdy ...
So I’m not really into vintage lugged steel frames, but I do feel a certain attraction to vintage tubular track wheelsets. Found a pair of ’em and couldn’t resist buying. The bearings weren’t in best shape, but it was nothing a simple disassembly and a bit of grease wouldn’t fix. So after reassembling the hubs ...
Blessed by an unusually warm and rain free fall we’re still riding around town comfortably at pretty much any given opportunity. So why not take friday night, leisure ride? Couple of friends, couple of drinks, lotsa laughter, you know the deal. It was a real ‘tour de culture’ that led us through some finer and ...