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Bike Check: Logan’s Custom Scarab Páramo

When you think about framebuilding, Colombia isn’t exactly the first place your mind wanders to. But Scarab has been crafting beautiful bikes since 2019, and today we’re looking at Logan’s personal build, dressed in the truly stunning “Tropical Cliché” paint job…

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Art in Motion: By Jaegher Cycles

Cycling and art have long been intertwined, forming countless meaningful connections over the years. To me, any cycling company that gives artists the opportunity to express themselves on such a unique canvas…

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Bike Check: Breezy’s “Xiaohon” Dahon 412

You could say the Shanghai bike scene is really colorful, bright paint, anodized parts, neon decals, everything to make your ride as loud and unique as possible. So you can imagine how curious I was when I spotted a tiny flash of silver…

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Bespoked: It’s About the People

If you follow anything about the custom and tailor made bike world, you probably already know about the Bespoked bike show. For its third edition in Dresden, Germany, I was finally there, camera in hand…

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Bike Check: Bennet’s Custom Ballern Cycles

While I was at TXWC in Barcelona this year, cheering for the braves going through sand, dust, and sweat, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to scout a couple of potential bikechecks…

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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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