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A Visit at the Cinelli/Columbus HQ

If you ever listen to the SSS podcast, you know that I have a love/hate relationship with Cinelli. I’m almost constantly upset with what they do for the fixed-gear cycling community…

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One Hundred and One Blog Posts!

That’s a lot of blogging! One hundred posts already and yet it feels like only one hundred… When I started SSS a few years ago, I would have never imagined the beautiful community that would build around this piece of cycling media…

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Bike Check: Michelle’s Look Madison 875

Alright, let's get started! A huge light leak... Check. At the worst possible place...Akso check… Michelle, I'm so sorry, film can sometimes be finicky... Weird visual artifacts aside…

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Season 2 is Finally Here!

We made it! After a few months of technical issues and setbacks, episode 100 of the Slow Spin Society podcast is finally online! But before you jump into your listening session, let me tell you…

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The Fumikiri Bike Show on F*cked Film

Do you like dramatic pictures? Over-saturated contrasts and underexposed scenes? Well, you’re in luck!When I dropped the film I shot at the first Fumikiri bike show…

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Find us on 35mmc!

A few months back, we dived into the depths of 35mmc blog on a special Patreon Episode, reveling in its trove of valuable resources for film enthusiasts….

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Micro-Review: NYLAARN Sunglasses

If you've met me before, you're probably aware that I very frequently wear sunglasses for many reasons. And it's during a recording session with Aaron Panone in Amsterdam, that he generously gifted me a pair of his Nylaarn sunglasses…

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Shuhari Bike Works: Track Bikes in Paradise.

Starting to write this article is honestly a bit overwhelming. Part of it could be because I shot a whole twelve rolls of film in barely three days, creating more content than I ever did in one single short trip…

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Bike Check: Taiga’s Brooklyn Gangsta V4

Time for another bike-check of someone you might have already seen on SSS. Where? Right here! Taiga is a graduate of the Tokyo Frame Building School and worked for Cherubim…

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The Quokka Cycles Workshop

When people with excellent taste decide to mix bike and car culture to create a bike brand based on their aesthetics and convictions, I expect nothing but great outcomes.

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We Have Bad News…

So… shit happens…Basically, we’re having an issue with episode 100. It’s mixed and ready to be exported but while rendering it, our beloved editor (a.k.a. Niels) ‘s laptop, blew up…

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Getting Together at CMWC Yokohama

The Last Japanese CMWC was all the way back in 2009. And it’s only fifteen long years later that the Cycling Messenger World Championship came back to Japan along with …

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Bike Check: Kang’s Quokka MudSlayer

Thinking back about it, I think I’ve been following the “Kang Adventure” from day 0. From his early training at Cyfac to his first Quokka Cycles prototype, and now one of the final bikes that was missing from his lineup…

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Bike Check: Yuki’s Carbon Kalavinka

During CMWC this year, I had the opportunity to meet MANY very cool people, most of them wielding equally awesome bikes. And, on the hunt for another bike-check…

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Art meets Bikes : Love Letter Turbo

Last year, Corentin, a member of the SSS community and designing wizard, asked me if I wanted to be part of his brand-new Project: Love Letter Turbo…

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Slow Spin Society, 2023 Still On Film…

As we’re starting to roll into 2024, I thought I could share a few shots that haven’t made the cut on the blog. Sceneries, bits, and bobs of street photography…

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