Happy International Fixed Gear Day!
Thank you for spreading the simplicity of this beautiful tool of freedom, for making this community a welcoming place for all, and for keeping the culture alive. Cheers to another year of riding these wonderfully stupid bikes!
Charclo Cross: The Magic of Not Caring Who Wins
A few weeks ago, I shared my experience from the event I organized for Weis in Paris. It took almost everything I had in me for an entire week, but it also made me eager to learn more about event organizing for the cycling community.
Heat and Fixed Gear Glory: King Of Track by Ryan
Post-COVID, Korea’s fixed gear scene sis hit a recession, major importers decided shut down, used market prices spiked, and the number of rider dwindled down compared to the mid-2010s…
Bike Check: Romario’s Textima Sprint Track
I’ve already featured Romario’s collection a few times on here, with most recently his USSR Colnago. So now that you have a good sense of his “bike personality”, let’s rewind and take a look at the bike that started it all…
From Commutes to Campouts: Living with the MONoPOLE
The pleasure of finally being able to go everywhere with my cargo bike! Let’s talk about it! I’ve been riding the MONoPOLE on and off for a few months now, and I think it’s finally time to give you a proper review of this compact cargo bike.
Mission Log: Weis Galaxy Tour in Paris
Today’s a little different! While I’ve done event recaps here on SSS before, like with Rust Out and Love Letter Turbo, I’ve never been so much on the organizing side of things. But after bringing the Weis Manufacturing Team…
New Country, New Bike in Kobe by Minh and So
Like many fixed gear fans out there, a trip to Japan always felt inevitable. The hype, the arts , the roads! A chance to soak in the culture, visit my friend So (you might’ve seen him featured here before), and finally pick up a frame I’d been looking forward to for months…
Compact Vision #1: Designing it Together
Slow Spin Society has pretty much always been about its incredible community, and the people within it who are impressively eager to push cycling culture forward…
Bike Check: Romario’s Rossin Futura USSR Forkmount Pursuit
I’ve already featured Romario’s collection a few times on here, with most recently his USSR Colnago. So now that you have a good sense of his “bike personality”, let’s rewind and take a look at the bike that started it all…
Unconventional Ultracycling: Three Wild Rigs from the Desertus Bikus
The Desertus Bikus is an ultradistance race I’ve been more or less involved with over the past few years. The first time I saw the start, it was hosted at the courier company
One Month with The Swoops: A Bike Worth Backing
I often talk about how, in the cycling world, we should prioritize helping each other rather than staying isolated in our own little corners. And that’s exactly why I wanted to shine some light on The Swoops today….
François’s Summer 2025 Essentials
One of the people I spend the most time with in Paris is François. He’s what you might call the perfect city guy, stylish, always showing up with some new gear, and incredibly reliable when…
A Call from the Edge: No Funds means No Journalism.
Kind of a long read, and not something I really wished to post, but I wanted to give you an update with full transparency on what’s happening right now, here at SSS…
A glimpse behind the scenes with CycleSpeak
Hello everyone! Just a quick announcement today, as I recently sat down for an interview with Chris from CycleSpeak to talk about the very beginnings of Slow Spin Society…
Bike Check: Romario’s Colnago USSR Master Pursuit Pista
There are plenty of people who consider themselves bike collectors, each for their own reasons. Maybe it’s the way a bike looks, the way it rides, the history behind it, or maybe it’s just the joy of collecting for collecting’s sake…
The Best of STOKED Photo Contest 2025
First things first! ! huge thank you to everyone who submitted photos to the “2025 STOKED Photo Contest”! We received over 160 entries from incredibly talented photographers…
Bike Check: Romario’s Colnago Oval CX Pista
I started covering Romario’s collection a few months ago here on Slow Spin Society. With so many impressive bikes that often look completely unridable, in a “normal” setting, it’s refreshing to find one with a more traditional look, something I could actually imagine taking for a spin around the block…
Tariffs, and Trouble: A Deep Dive into the Cycling Industry’s Latest Crisis (With Mike from No.22)
It seems like the new tariffs policies are the number one topic out here in the cycling industry. And after a lot of reading, searching and cutting though the jargon of everything happening right now…
Bike Check: Yuki’s Brooklyn Tracklocross Gangta
A few years ago, I posted about Yuki’s criterium machine, her beautiful carbon fiber Kalavinka. Well, time for a change of pace: today, we’re taking a look at her Brooklyn Machine Works Gangsta V4…