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…

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…

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…

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…

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 …

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…

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…

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.

During Slow Burnin’ Man, I met up with Sean a.k.a. @slowleak. Well known member of the Mash Crew, I’ve been meaning to shoot one of his bikes for years now.

2023 Slow Burnin’ Man is something that you will never EVER find anywhere else. Take a healthy dose of music, bikes, friends and honestly pure madness, and you’ll get close to the magic mix that creates this event.

There is something special about “creating” a fixed gear frame out of anything that wasn’t deign to be one in the first place. In this particular case, we’re looking at a Doppo Racer by Simworks…

You’ve already seen a couple of shots of my Mash Lava on this blog and I can’t lie by telling you that, this paint job, might be one of my favorite of the entire Mash lineup. But what you haven’t seen yet is the bike that made me want one. ..

Kalavinka has to be one of the most prestigious name in the NJS world. A legendary frame builder based in Tokyo, who created bikes for the highest ranks of Keirin. So was in Tokyo a year ago, I had the conviction to place an order…

Here is another bike check from the far east, and definitely not the last. Today we’re taking a look at Keisuke’s Mash Work and how this man and I have very similar tastes in pretty much everything…

Yes, two bike-check in one month, and another KHS on top of that! A few weeks ago, we took a look at Maki’s KHS and ended up on a picture of her and her husband, both rocking their True Tember KHS Aero Track

We all know the famous trio that made 90s track bikes the golden era of collectibles. But next to the Ctrack, Pista Concept and GT, there’s always been that odd cousin…

Good news for all of you travelers: Japan is reopening its borders to non-visa holders this November! This means two things: first off, I’m genuinely happy for many of you that have been dreaming to travel this far with the recent appreciation of Japanese culture..

If you haven’t been living under a rock for the past five years, you’ve probably heard about tracklocross. Taking your fixed gear into the woods to shred that forest harder than your last university essay.

I tend to insist a lot on the whole “Summer is finally here!” thing and if the recent “Summer special” podcast, or “Summer Newsletter” didn’t bash your heads enough with my love for the hot season…

It’s not every day that you get the opportunity to see a private collection. And when you do, it’s a big YES without even any hesitation…