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Mini Bike Fest Berlin #2: 20” Madness

Part 2 of my favorite bikes from Mini Bike Fest 2026! By now, you’ve probably seen the first chapter of this multi-part series, and if not, you can catch all the entries through this link…

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What’s Shanghai Riding Right Now #01

When I was in Shanghai last year, I wasn’t really able to document the incredibly rich culture I witnessed in the Chinese megalopolis. Fixed gear, road, cargo bikes and so many uniqu…

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The Bikes We Keep: David Hong’s Low Collection

The long-awaited LOW collection review is finally here! I met up with David (@afe_hdy1016) back in October, and although this story had to be split into two parts, I’m excited to share what is very likely the one and only fully matching LOW// collection…

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Bike Check: Bordure Cycles’s  Symbiose X

This week, we’re featuring another French frame builder with Pierre from Bordure Cycles. Based in Épernay, in the northeast of France, Bordure is still a relatively young brand…

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Bike Check: Curve’s Custom GMX+

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…

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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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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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