CYYYCLES - THE BOOK
Context: I started shooting bikes and everything that goes with them in 2014, mainly to learn how to use my camera.
I liked it, so I kept doing it. For many years, publishing these photos and videos on the internet was enough. I didn’t need more than that.
Up to late 2023, almost ten years later, when I was involved in a very serious car-vs-bike accident, which almost got me killed.
After three weeks of coma, when I started to understand the situation, I quickly realised that if I had died, all my photos would have been lost forever as up until then, they only existed in digital form, which require some maintenance to exist. I wasn't a huge fan of this idea.
So, less than three months later, in January 2024 as I was still in hospital, I thought about making a book and started working on it, so that the existence of my photos would no longer depend on mine. Read more about this accident here: the crash.
10 years - 1300 photos - 294 pages - 21x21cm
With a bit of text here and there, written in English.
Read the latest updates at the bottom of this page ︎
THE FOUR MAIN SECTIONS OF THIS BOOK:
︎Section 1/4
STAGED PICTURES:
140 pages.
︎Section 2/4
EVENTS:
66 pages.
︎Section 3/4
TRIPS:
70 pages.
︎Section 4/4
BONUS SECTION:
10 pages, 0 bikes.
THE COVER:
The cover went through several phases. The earliest versions looked fine on digital images, but not so good once printed.
I'm referring to the purple versions you may have seen earlier.
Here is the final version, which is exactly the opposite: It looks way better in your hands than it does in these photos.
CYYYCLES printed in white ink (which is something quite unusual), on mass-dyed grey textured paper, making it look like road markings.
︎ Watch this film to find out more about this book and the accident that triggered its creation ︎
CYYYCLES - MY STORY
In this film:
Who is behind “CYYYCLES”, why shooting bikes, and what event made me realise that something had to be done with these photos before they might all disappear - the crash.
The second part starting at 6:42 explains how I managed to sort these photos into three categories in order to keep the book from becoming too messy, and what the main differences between them are.
- DECEMBER 2025 UPDATE -
The pre-order phase is now complete and the pages of each book have been printed! They should become actual books around January 2026.
Goodies included!
For everyone who preordered it, it will come with small envelopes marked with my logo, created using linocut printing, with some stickers inside.
If you missed the preorder phase, I printed a few extra copies so I might reopen my online store at some point. I’ll let you know about it on Instagram @cyyycles and on this website. I may also do a reprint in a few years maybe, so keep your eyes open!
- JANUARY 2026 UPDATE -
Here they are! I have just picked up the finished books, and they look perfect.
200 books in 7 boxes, 200kg in total. Before sending/handing them to people who ordered them, I now have to finish preparing the lanch event exhibition that I want to make for the occasion, which should happen in February.
Here are some details of this event:
Around 200 prints in two different formats (lots of small prints and a few larger ones), continuous screening of most of the films I've made so far (40+ minutes), lots of cool bikes, some of which can be seen in the books or on the prints, and of course the books themselves, which can be collected along with a few goodies (stickers, posters, maybe more). I will then send the book to everybody who didn’t collect it at the event.
My goal with this book is almost achieved. Once they have been handed out to you, the existence of my photos will no longer depend on mine.
I started working on this project in January 2024, and now, two years later, it's almost finished. Until next time!
PS: If you would like a copy, I have had some extra copies printed. Once the launch event is over and all orders have been shipped, I will reopen my online shop where you can purchase them. I will post an announcement about this here and on Instagram @cyyycles
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