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[Video] Builders Talk: Weis MFG x Stolen Garage

If you weren’t there during the Weis Galaxy Tour weekend in Paris this summer, you’re in luck! We decided (a bit last minute) to record the meetup between Romain and Fin from Stolen Garage, and Cole, Logan, and Tom from Weis MFG…

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FPP RetroChrome 400… a big oops moment

When it comes to photography, I’m on a pretty intense never-ending streak of messing things up just by “trying stuff.” That includes buying film without ever looking it up…

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10–9! Happy Messenger Appreciation Day!

Bicycle messengers are, for many of us who love cycling, part of our culture. You’ve either been one, know one, or crossed paths with these incredible individuals working quietly to carry anything you can imagine, as long as it fits in a bag or on a cargo bike…

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Figuring it out: Half a Lifetime on a BMX, by Conor.

BMX has been part of me for literally half my life. I started on my 15th birthday, when I received a beginner complete from Mongoose: loose ball bearing hubs, three-piece cranks, and a sprocket smaller than what was usual at the time…

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Bike Check: Dai’s Mash Parallax

When you’re a Parallax fanboy like me, there are certain bikes you’ve seen countless times online, always feeling just out of reach, the kind of thing you expect to admire only through a screen….

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From Perfect to Personal : Building a Bike You Actually Love

For most cyclists, the search for the perfect bike is a familiar obsession. I’ll admit, I’m usually the first one hunting for the “next” thing, and I fall way too often for the famous N+1 rule: the correct number of bikes to own is always one more than you currently have.

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Compact Vision #2: Manufacturing: Where and How?

After the first article on the Compact Vision Project, it turns out that 90% of you are interested in a mini-velo with track bike geometry. Truth be told, we’ve already started working on some technical drawings and even sent a few emails to explore how we might take our first real steps.

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Self Bike Check: Custom Weis Hammer Gravel Ti Plus

I think everyone’s waited long enough for a full reveal of what I’ve decided to dub “The Weis Beach Ripper”, simply because riding along the sea is probably what I’ve done most with this bike so far…

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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!

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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…

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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.

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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…

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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…

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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…

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