CYYYCLES - THE BOOK
🥐️ French version of this page here.
︎ This book contains almost all of the content visible on this website up to 2024, but in a physical format - which doesn't require any maintenance to exist. There is a bit of text here and there in this book that is entirely written in English.
⚠ EUROPE ONLY FOR NOW - read why ︎
× Why pre-order and not regular order?
Printing a single copy is expensive and time-consuming for the printer, so it is better to print multiple copies at once.
Since I have absolutely no idea how many people might be interested in this book, instead of giving a random amount to the printer I will be able to give him something more precise with pre-orders.
I will print a few extras just in case, but the best way for you to get one is to place a pre-order.
× Why EU only (for now)?
Shipping goods outside the EU requires several administrative formalities like customs declarations, and since I am on my own and have never shipped anything anywhere, it will be better this way to begin with.
Once everything is up and running I will enable full international shipping.
If anyone located in France is willing to help me with that, send me an email ︎
TL;DR - No pre-order = no book for you.
CYYYCLES - MY STORY
In this film:
First part - What is ‘CYYYCLES’ - who is behind it, why shooting bikes, and what event made me realise that something had to be done with these photos to make them more durable - the crash.
Digital images require many things to exist and to be viewed (I was about to list these requirements, but there were too many).
A book doesn't need much to exist; once printed, it's there for some time.
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 differences between them are.
I had a lot of trouble speaking during the filming of this video after my accident, even several months later, which remains the most annoying consequence from it, even more than my defective eye. I had to re-record certain parts several times, but thanks to the magic of editing, I think it is sufficiently intelligible.
WHAT CONTENT IS IN THE BOOK?
Written in English.1 - Introduction
Who am I, why did I start “shooting bikes” back in 2014, what “unfortunate event” made me make this book, and why.
2 - Staged photos
Cool bikes (and sometimes people with them), where almost nothing is left to chance.
3 - Events
Photos taken at cycling events, where this time, almost everything is left to chance.
4 - Trips
Photos taken during bike trips, which fall somewhere between the other two sections.
5 - Bonus
Photos without any bike or people visible, but which are still important because bikes were not far away.
6 - Conclusion
What making this book made me realise.
1300 photos
294 pages
21x21cm
Sample images:
︎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 ones looked fine in digital versions but were not so good when printed (I'm referring to the purple versions you may have seen). Here is the final version, which is the opposite: it looks better and more appealing in person than it does in these photos. “CYYYCLES” printed in white ink (!) on mass-dyed grey textured paper. Nothing too fancy, I wanted to keep it as simple as possible.
PS: The book covers 10 years - from 2014 when I started shooting bikes, up to 2024, when I started working on it. It is now almost 2026 as I write these lines, and I already shot a lot of cool bikes, people, events and trips, which aren’t included in this book. So there will probably be a second one in a few years︎
