Tough Brake

So 2014 is coming to an end. I kinda dig those few days between Christmas and New Year’s Eve, just strolling around, visiting some friends and having a coffee on almost every corner. So I hit one of my favorite coffee spots, typically crowded by a couple style conscious bike enthusiasts. It’s fun to listen ...

Tall Tales

Tall bikes, as in welding two or more junky old frames together have become a rather common sight around here. I dig the whole DIY frame building thing but – call me conservative, boring, old fashioned or ignorant – I might just be too much of a rational character to really wanna own one. Instead, ...

Last Minute

Everybody loves christmas, right? Especially the gruesome act of buying presents for your loved ones. Maybe it’s not the buying part though, the tough thing is to come up with something witty and useful that doesn’t cost a fortune. So with one day to go, we’d like to offer some last minute help for the ...

Urban Pursuit

The urban singlespeed style has undergone a million bizarre changes in the last decade, it seems there are too many subsidiaries to consider these days. From oldschool steel track bikes to modern aluminum singlespeeds and beyond, one thing that miraculously sticks around is the gentleman’s quasi singlespeed: I believe it’s supposed to epitomize the dandy’s ...

No Escape

Christmas is approaching and what better thing to do than hit the escape button and have yourself a couple of days at sea? In my case it was a nice little 3 day trip, long walks, quiet all over and a fine beach motel, sauna included and thanks to last minute booking, cheap as fuck. ...

Shoppin

Aah, lunchbreak. The 30 to 60 minutes of your workday that are supposed to fill your belly and free your mind. So what better thing to do than hit the local supermarket and get your favorite sandwich ingredients and a fresh juice. Quite an easy task, if I had only remembered to bring my shoppin ...

Heavy Metal

True. A title you had to earn by being true to the game back in the good old days of Thrash. Black skinny jeans, white sneakers, rather loose shirts, basically a style not too uncommonly found in today’s urban surroundings. Only today they call it ‘real’. As in street realness, knowhamsayn? If you do, you ...