Despite the influx of hipsters, streetwear aficionados and à la mode youth around the world jumping on the fixed gear bike bandwagon, few cities remain capable of sustaining a profitable fixie-specific shop. With commercial space in Paris costing an arm and a leg, a few young leaders of the scene took it underground (literally) to preserve and promote fixie culture. Cyclope, the city’s only shop dedicated to repairing, building and selling fixed gear bikes, is impossible to find without extremely detailed directions or a guide. It’s located down an alley, through a gate and down a series of steps inside the dark basement of a building in a residential courtyard. Good luck finding the place - but if you do, you will love the bikes inside.
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i dig this a bunch matt,
i just built up my own fixed gear bicycle this past month and have been enjoying it alot. nice to see the french side of things.