07 Mar 2019: A Simply Sublime Visual Story About the Power of Bicycles
"It's not about being the first, the fastest, or the best. It's about choosing my own path and creating my own trail."
04 Jul 2018: Hack Bike Derby
The Hack Bike Derby Annual Invitational is an excuse for framebuilders to make some bikes for the hell of it, then race them against each other. This year’s event was Klunker themed, and it was awesome…
13 Jan 2018: ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE BOLIVIAN WEST
After spending a year riding the constantly undulating roads in the Cordilleras of Perú and Bolivia, it was time to switch it up just a bit and head out for the altiplano of Bolivia’s volcano-laden western region. This is the area where most cycle tourists head when passing through Bolivia and it’s also the place where the country really earns its reputation of vast open spaces with an endless array of sandy/corrugated roads, and other-worldly landscapes.
Photos and words by Ryan Wilson, via theradavist.com
03 Oct 2017: Riding high with Japan’s technicolor Keirin cyclists
Inside the high-octane and lucrative world of Japan’s cycling spectacle
Before fixed-gear bikes became de rigueur for urban aesthetes, they were the weapon of choice for Japan’s fearless Keirin cyclists. A gladiatorial incarnation of track cycling that dates back to 1948, the Japanese sporting phenomenon operates by an intricate set of rules that sees competitors jostling for position on steeply banked tracks at lightning fast speeds, all but encouraging spectacular crashes. In today's film for NOWNESS, Jonathan de Villiers (whose fashion photography and portraiture has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Wallpaper* and Fantastic Man) traveled to the national Keirin school in Tokyo and the Tachikawa and Yokkaichi velodromes to decode the strategy that governs the racing phenomenon. “I knew next to nothing about it when I went,” says de Villiers, “but I'm a big admirer of the anthropological documentary where you get taken into a whole different world. And what a strange, special and complex universe it turned out to be.” The state-run industry amasses tens of billions of dollars in gambling revenue each year. To read about the Tokyo-based bicycle design company that has won the affections of cyclists around the world click here.