Traveling rules. Exploring new places or revisiting old spots you haven’t been to for years, meeting new people and catching up with old friends, all garnished by sunny weather and hopefully a bike – I believe we can all agree on the dopeness of that. There’s an external and internal voyage so to speak, especially ...
With singlespeed bikes being mainstream nowadays and about a million companies offering off the rack singlespeed models in all kinds of colors and shapes you would think we’ve reached the anti-climax of trendy urban cycling. But you failed miserably. There’s people out there who just can’t get enough. Enough color, enough uniqueness, enough ‘look at me ...
It’s funny how the simple idea of pedaling to go forward becomes manifest in so many different ways. I’m talking technical aspects, not wearing classy tweed dress pants vs wearing cargo shorts with ridiculous amounts of hip bags on your belt while strolling around on your vintage second hand never ever seen before 80s Koga Miyata ...
Humans and machines are funny. Humans invent machines to fulfill a purpose first and foremost. Then they start modifying the shit out of them, making them stronger, lighter, faster, better. Whatever. Somewhere in that process they seem to lose their focus though. The machine gets modified in ways that don’t make sense and often times ...
The 26″ urban singlespeed machine is a minority within a minority. It’s so rare you’re more likely to spot a panda hangin out at your favorite coffee spot. So every time I see a 26″ conversion I know it’s time to take a closer look. I didn’t get disappointed when I spotted dis ride here: ...
Sometimes I wonder how my personal bike game is perceived by others. Or if it’s perceived at all, because most of the times I probably look like an average guy, riding a semi-fancy steel frame to get my way around town. No shinyness or glamour included, at least not on an everyday cold season basis. ...
Something strange is goin on in this city. I don’t know if it’s a new underground scene on the rise or just pure coincidence cause I’ve seen this before but thought it was a once in a lifetime situation. Or maybe it’s the time of the year where all of them shiny pimped up fixed ...
Overcoming New Year’s somewhat hungover if not depressing vibes can be quickly and successfully done by simply shopping your ass off and spending all your hardly earned Christmas cash in the first couple of days of the year. I’m not gonna give you a list such as ‘The top 10 things a bike nerd can buy in ...
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 ...
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 ...