BESPOKED | Europe’s Largest Handmade Bike Show

Why Japan? It starts with steel.

Tamahagane: A Story of Japanese Steel
A film by Petor Georgallou @dear_susan_ supported by @sramroad

The premier of the film screening and conversation with film and BESPOKED director Petor Georgallou, Kimura-san of @simworks and Paul Declercq of @slowspinsociety

Sunday 13 September 🔥 11:00 - 12:00
BESPOKED Dresden

Ahead of BESPOKED’s inaugural edition in Osaka this October, Petor Georgallou travelled to Japan to explore a bicycle culture shaped by a remarkable relationship between material, craft, industry and sport.

Tamahagane: A Story of Japanese Steel traces steel from its almost mythological roots in Japan through keirin racing, some of the country’s most celebrated makers and the culture surrounding the steel bicycle today.

At the centre of the film is the making of a bicycle by @cherubim_official Senichi Kono - an NJS framebuilder and head of the Tokyo College of Cycle Design - bringing traditional methods together with contemporary ideas and technology.

Following the screening, Petor is joined by Kimura-san, head of SimWorks, and Paul Declercq of Slow Spin Society for a conversation that goes beyond the bike itself: Japanese cycling culture, the relationship between heritage and innovation, and why Japan felt like the natural place for the next chapter of BESPOKED.

BESPOKED Talks supported by our friends @schwalbetires @schwalbetyresuk

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