When you start to look into boutique frame builders you’re usually in for a wild ride. Sizing, color, custom bits, waiting time, and of course money are many reasons for a lot of us to go back to simplicity and pick something off the shelf.

Brooklyn Machine Works (BMW) has always been into its own category in fixed gear culture. With the massive success of the recent Gangsta V4 and the number of questions that I heard around me…

Would you look at that! Our first International bike check! And what better way to start than with my good friend Kotaro’s Kevin Winter. It’s a bike I know well, since I helped him import it in Japan