Category: SUBSTANCE
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The Dream Factory
Click or not: The Dream FactoryFenders, as cyclists know them, are just useful items for wet weather riding. Real Fenders, as those who are more attuned with the musical sphere can relate, are for strumming, picking, thrashing out power chords and soloing blistering licks. Taking a look at 30th anniversary of the birthplace of the Fender Custom Shop, the legendary… …
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Jonny, Thom And A CR78
Click or not: Jonny, Thom And A CR78You can strip back The Numbers all you want, they’ll always add up to prime. …
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Worn: fi’zi:k Tempo Powerstrap R5
Click or not: Worn: fi’zi:k Tempo Powerstrap R5Everything old is new again. What goes around, comes around. Retro is metro. All well-known proverbial catchphrases, except that last one which I just made up, I think. I hope. Because it suits the vibe of the new fi’zi:k Tempo Powerstrap R5 road cycling shoes perfectly. The Italian company’s latest offering takes some features from… …
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First World Problems
Click or not: First World ProblemsWhat’s not to love about the legendary Ian Brown, on a lowrider, next to a canal, laying down some heavy truth bombs under cover of pure pop bliss? Well, I can’t think of anything… All is a distraction by design A trick of smoke and mirrors to steal your mind All is an illusion, mired… …
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Find What You Love And Let It Kill You
Click or not: Find What You Love And Let It Kill You“My dear, Find what you love and let it kill you. Let it drain you of your all. Let it cling onto your back and weigh you down into eventual nothingness. Let it kill you and let it devour your remains. For all things will kill you, both slowly and fastly, but it’s much… …
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Scrotty Mods: The SPD Grease Port
Click or not: Scrotty Mods: The SPD Grease PortThe SPD pedal is a stalwart. You can’t throw a rock without hitting a set that’s weathered years and years of abuse. If there’s a downtrodden parts bin build rattling around the trails, it’s a pretty safe bet there’ll be a set of M530s wound into her. This mod was conceived by Mike Trudgen, ordinarily… …
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Carts Of Darkness
Click or not: Carts Of DarknessIf you’ve ever battled a supermarket shopping trolley, with wheels going in different directions to where you want to go, you will give massive respect for the street bombing antics of Vancouver’s homeless bottle-collecting shopping-trolley racers. Carts of Darkness is a multi-layered documentary that has many stories to tell within its framework of extreme cart… …
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New Paths
Click or not: New PathsThe artist is drawn to the cycle, whether it be the cycle of creation, of restoration, of expression. Some are drawn to the cycle of the cycle, the bicycle, as it represents art in its very form, and pure artistry when in physical motion application. Peter Šiška uses his hands for restorative art, and his… …