Next to a fading “Welcome to Sipi Falls” sign a few locals beckoned us under cover. Hid on someone’s porch, we watched the sky give in right before us. Houses on the side of the road flooded and the mountain pass we had just climbed resembled more of a river than anything else…

During our Addis Ababa layover I decided I wanted a snack and a bottle of water, not the best idea. We missed our connecting flight and spent the night in fluorescent purgatory. One missed connection later Stan smugly watched on as I arduously assembled my Chinese aluminium bike…

One more bike from the TXWC in Barcelona this year! Today we’re looking at Zach’s Squid VRY HRD (pronounced “Very Hard”), one of the setups that really caught my eye during the event…

So! As you might have noticed, the title has changed a little… And don’t worry, I have answers! But before that I want a talk about how every year, as I push myself to create the best work I can for SSS…

When you think about cycling and China, you probably picture the thousands of shared city bikes or the massive factories producing carbon frames and wheels for the entire world…

Big-tire gravel bikes were definitely the trend at Bespoked Dresden this year, but this custom Curve GMX+ that Jimmy let me shoot was in a category of its own. This expedition machine…

You might already know Logan from Weis, as I’ve mentioned him before here on SSS. Logan handles everything at Weis that involves making your frame pretty…

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…

Is it cold outside and the weather just isn’t calling for a ride? Don’t worry! I’ve got you covered. Since so many of you enjoyed last year’s “When Bikes Make It on the Big Screen: Six Cycling Movies for Winter”, I decided to dig up five more bike-centric films…

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…

Hi everyone! So here! When my friend Zebraman (yes that’s his nickname, it’s a long story…) recently built a Titanium Omnium CXC with a pretty interesting setup…

If you’ve been following the past few months of bike checks, you know that many of them featured Romario’s impressive track bike collection. I saved what I consider the best for last…

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….

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…

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.

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…

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…

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…

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…