Good evening!
I'm sore from racing cyclocross today and still stoked from 2 days at the International Cargo Bike Festival! (Day 1 & Day 2). Both at the race & the cargo bike show, I was handing out flyers and letting people know that...
The 22nd Annual @BicycleFilmFestival is returning to Amsterdam Dec 2-4, 2022!
There will be 3 days of nearly 50 short & feature-length films from over 20 countries curated into 7 programs curated from submissions of the most celebrated filmmakers in the world will be hosted by @move.amsterdam and @rideout.amsterdam. The program is filled with films, music, races, rides, and panel discussions.
On opening night, there will be live music from Simone and Amedeo Pace (of @blonderedheadofficial) performing, on opening night, a live score to #STARSANDWATERCARRIERS by Jorgen Leth; the story of the 1973 Giro d'Italia where Eddy Merckx battled his longtime rival and later friend, Felice Gimondi. The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam has honored Leth with its Lifetime Achievement Award.
A mega bonus is Twotone Amsterdam's 8th bday party is the official opening night afterparty! (More about that soon!)
A selection of Films to be screened includes:
- GET OFF: about a young woman in Iran who buys a bicycle and is afraid of the morality police.
- @kampalacycling COURIERS Executive produced by Dutch cycling legend, @annavdbreggen
- ON FALLING Features downhill world champion @mirandamillermtb, Enduro World Series medalist @andreaneln & pro rider/Winter Olympic medalist @brittanyphelan.
- THE CLIMB This short premiered at The Sundance Film Festival. Feature film by the same title, premiering at Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section.
- IT’S TIME TO CHANGE THE FACE OF CYCLING The inaugural @teamamani @migrationgravelrace by our dear friend @saltlake_lian
- WHITE EYE 2021 Oscar Nomination best live-action short.
- JPG NEON PHANTOM (Fantasma Neon) Best Short Film winner at Locarno Film Festival and official selection at San Sebastian Film Festival
- UNA CHIMBA @laurens_ten_dam & @pstetina race the @transcordilleras #bikepacking race.
Looking forward to seeing many of you there & let us know if you need a place to stay if traveling far! And if you'd like to host out-of-towners, sign up here.
wishing you a great week ahead,
Jon
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Cycling
Twotone's 2022 Gift Guide
As we did back in 2018 & 2019, The Twotone team has created a collection of items filled with love & consideration not only for our clients but for some friends of the agency as well. We’re sure each option has the potential to bring joy to any guys, gals, or non-binary pals.
BroomWagon Podcast 🚌 at Bespoked!
A great episode featuring conversations with people at this year's Bespoked Handmade Bike show!
Wheelrunner has a newsletter!
Wheelrunner has been servicing, repairing and building bikes for three and a half years here in Amsterdam, and now have finally gotten around to sending their first newsletter. Nice, work, guys!
Ideas
The Disappearing Art Of Maintenance
The undervalued craft of maintenance could help preserve modernity’s finest achievements, from public transit systems to power grids, & serve as a useful framework for addressing climate change.
Want Power? Stop Saying ‘Sorry’ So Much
Apologies have become more of a reflex than a real expression of contrition, and overusing them might be holding you back.
p.s. skip the paywall here. ; )
99% Invisible: 513- The Safety Bicycle
My good friend Chris Nylund sent me this podcast about the evolution of the bicycle, how it became a cultural phenomenon in the late 1800s, then a symbol of protest, and a lightning rod for political controversy. And we’ll find out what’s next for the bike in a world built for cars.
In other news, Chris also has a seven-part, cinematic, docu-series about cooking in France! Check it out!
Friends
JOBST BRANDT RIDE BIKE!
My friend Max Leonard's new project with Isola Press is about to launch, the story of one of cycling's most influential outsiders and inspiring explorers.
Jobst was a California pioneer of riding road bikes off-road, who spent almost fifty years lightweight touring and adventuring in the Alps, always carrying a camera to document his trip.
He was also the brilliant mind behind many innovations, such as the bike computer and smooth tires, and, through his mentoring of Tom Ritchey, even influenced the birth of the mountain bike.
Click here to learn more & support 👇
What it's like to do a 780km Ultra Race
Follow our good friend Chris Hall as he does Badlands a 2nd time earlier this year. In other news, the date for next year's race was just announced & our colleague Kike is participating!
Worth mentioning for sure; Fernwee made an actually film about the Ride Beyond crew's adventure there this year. See it here.
The Route that Won: L’Esperit de Girona
Not a single rider finished the inaugural L’Esperit de Girona event in Spain. Find a reflection from rider, friend and newest Twotone colleague: Quinda Verheul here 👇
Radness
Smooth Sailing Tattoo F*ck Inflation Tattoo Special in Groningen, Nov. 18
Walk-ins from 10 a.m. @jentebootsman and @turd_eye_ and Paul van der Zwaard are offering €40 tattoos. Enough designs to choose from. From about 4 pm Crijn, Martijn, Peter, and Kamila, from @crijntje_pizza will be there to make pizzas in their wood oven. And from about 19.00, @frontsector will play. Come get a tattoo, bring some lukewarm beer, and your mates, mother, and neighbors. ❤️
What a great reason to get up to Groningen!