Bike Check: Patrick’s Pearl Samson
If you’re always hanging out on njs-export.com and you just need that “extra push” to pull the trigger on your dream japanese-made frameset, well I’m afraid that article might just do it for you.
Craft Cadence Essential Case and Jersey.
Tube, check! Co2 cartridge, check! Multitool, I got that too! Either by myself or with some friends, on any ride with a roady vibe to it, I end up doing the same process over and over to check if I have everything I need…
Track Cycling is beautiful
I’ll start with that: Track cycling is beautiful. Like many of you reading this, I come from the “street” part of track cycling where our only goal is to have fun and just ride in traffic.
A technical review of the new Chrome Industries KURSK 2.0
Alright! So it’s been now a little over 2 months with the new Chromes Industries Kursk shoes and it is time for a review from someone that destroyed a few pairs of the previous version but was really eager to try the new ones…
Bike Check: Piotr’s Somec Tempest
The Somec Tempest! Let’s talk about it! Already pretty uncommon as a road bike, it is even rarer as a track bike. Truth be told, I’ve only seen three in my life and that includes the two I saw online.
Steel Coffee: When city life pushes you outside.
For a lot of us riders, it is almost a reflex to check the local bike shops, bike cafes, and other potentially interesting places when we visit a new city…
Self Bike Check: Neon Fade Mash Steel
Alright, I know I’m a little bit late to the party. You’ve seen them online or in your local group ride, but after the new release of the Mash steel, and the sexy Blue Lug/Mash color exclusive, I couldn’t really deny that I wanted one…
Bike Check: Rob’s Custom FGFS Frame
What? Two bike checks in a row? Must be Christmas or something, right? Well, what can I say, maybe you’re just lucky that I have so many amazing bikes around me! This week we have our friendly Rob a.k.a. @Cairnsy.co coming all the way from Berlin to Paris to show off his skills and custom handmade track bike.
Bike Check: Clément’s Look 396
A few months back, I was recording the podcast and you might have heard this: “Hey, by the way, shout out to this automotive designer I know who owns several Cannondale tracks!” Well, I got the chance to enter his man cave to take a few shots of two really special bikes in his collection…
South-West Pit Stop: Musette Bicycles and Cofee
For a lot of us riders, it is almost a reflex to check the local bike shops, bike cafes, and other potentially interesting places when we visit a new city…
Bike Check: Cédric’s Freaky Dolan
Why am I so happy to do this bike check? Because of this! This is the perfect mix of “let me build something fully custom” and “okay, but no more than 100 euros”. From the rattle can paint job to the part selection, everything on this bike screams: I don’t care what you think, I look sick anyway! So let’s see what this is all about.
A fixed-gear in the middle of the desert. Tracklopacking in the Bardenas Reales.
Summer is here again and for most of us, it’s also time to take some time off and ride to new places. Fortunately for us, a good friend of Ella and I had the perfect destination in mind and we took the opportunity to ride our bikes and go shred some dust.
Bike Check: Pierre’s BMC TR02
Ha Switzerland! A country of beautiful lakes, impressive train infrastructure, and weirdly mountain-shaped chocolate bars. But Switzerland is also known for its precision engineering and striking craftsmanship.
La Chouette, My favorite Parisian Bike Shop
There is always that one time when you have a problem with your bike and you don’t want to fix it yourself because it either looks too tricky or you don’t have the right tools for the job…
Bike Check: Brivaël’s Samson
Get ready because this will be a weird one. And I’m gonna start with the elephant in the room. The pictures! What happened? Why so much grain and why colors that looks like it’s straight out of a bad western spaghetti movie. Well let me explain…
Important Updates and Photography Workflow
Hello everyone and welcome to a slightly different write-up than usual. If you enjoy the blog and the podcast, this is definitely something you should read to understand the work behind Slow Spin Society.
Why do I love Night Snaps?
One could easily argue that black and white film photography could make any situation look like a piece of art. And I agree! I think that more often than not, shooting anything in…
Bike Check: Romain’s Resurgam
Today is bike check day! Yay! You already know how it goes: great bike, pictures, story, and so on. But today is different. Today we’re gonna focus on the story and how you go from a journey to an idea, to something real and tangible for your hands only…
My Outer Shell Framebags Review
After almost two years of owning these bags and a decent amount of time taking them with me on various trips, it's finally time for an in-depth review of my three Outer Shell bags…
The Pink Episode
With France still under its third lockdown and the good amount of work and life events that have bombarded us recently, we didn’t really find the time to take the car or bike and go somewhere to enjoy some fresh air. Today, I wanted to roll things back a little bit and share a trip we did last summer…