I'm still buzzing from BAM! over the weekend. I don't have a complete recap ready to share yet, but I can tell you that you'll start to see even more & more international attention for this festival from next year.
It's set outside the sublime Renaissance-era Villa Contarini near Venice, and a stone's throw from Padova. Obviously, a largely Italian demographic but with increasingly international exhibitors and attendees, I felt right at home immediately with many familiar faces and new friends in a beautiful environment packed with passionate cyclists of all ages and backgrounds. Lots of families, too!
The guys at CYCLED Project called it the Woodstock of bikes. I'd have to agree to comparison is pretty on point. There is no main race or ride, and the exhibitors' stands are all small and cute + largely smaller brands and brands presented via local dealers like Ritchey & Chiru by the self-avowed Venetian bike mecca Scavezzon Biciclette.
Thank you to Andrea of BAM! and Luca and Silvio of CYCLED Project for having me down & I'm already dreaming of when I can return with more colleagues & clients in 2027!
and thank you for reading,
Jon
p.s.
🎵 Tunes on deck this past week: definitely still Ben Kweller but also Hayley Williams while hoping to get into the show and DRAIN for yesterday's show!
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June
- 🇳🇱 16 MAAP Amsterdam PRIME Early Ride (6:45)
- 🇳🇱 16 False Flat Tuesday After Work Ride (5 pm)
- 🇳🇱 17 Wheelrunner Wednesday AM Ride (6:30am)
- 🇳🇱 18 Gregario Gossip Club Thursday AM Ride (7:15am)
- 🇳🇱 18 The Mechanics of Joy with Mira Woodroof
- 🇳🇱 19 Patagonia Amsterdam Bike Gear Swap
- 🇩🇪 24-26 Eurobike
- 🇮🇹 27-28 Mogast
- 🇳🇱 27-28 Damn 24
Bikes
2026 Fenderfest: Urlaub in Der Prignitz
Review: Electric Remco Bike Lift is the Luxury I Didn’t Know My Home Workshop Needed
Cory Benson
"The Remco Bike Lift has genuinely changed how I work on bikes." Thank you, Cory! Read the review.
Interviewed by Students at Workspace 6 about the 2010s' Fixed Crit Scene
Ideas
All night trains running in 2026—on one interactive map
Shift Cycling Culture's ATHLETES MEETUP | How to Talk About Climate Impact
Why Human Intuition Is Still Science’s Greatest Tool In The Age Of AI
Conor Feehly
"An important distinction between what an LLM does (string together words in a cogent way) versus what a scientist does (ask questions that grasp at the nature of reality) is that the LLM can’t tell the difference. [...] Yes, we bring our baggage to the process, our biases, our agendas. But we also bring our intuition, meta-level self-awareness and creativity, the crucial things that AIs still lack." Read the article here.
Friends
How Bicyclists Paved The Way for Modern Highways
Road to Respair Interviews Charlie from Albion
What does it take to build a cycling brand that lasts and what began as a passion project has grown into one of cycling's most respected names in ultra-distance and gravel riding? Listen here. Nice work, Charlie & the Albion fam!
Anna Voloshyna's Ukraïne Cookbook
My friend Jason took these beautiful photos for this amazing book! Check it out!
Radness
My daughter & I managed to see Hayley Williams without tickets!
Thank you for reading!
Here's to beating AI with intuition!