About a year ago, Taiwanese fixed gear crew nabiis embarked on a tour around their motherland, Tour De Taiwan, from the obvious influence from the cycling event Tour de France. First part of the tour aired about a month ago and here we see the second par of the leg from Yilan (宜蘭) to Hulien (花蓮) in Taiwan. The video is well edited in a fast tempo keeping the adrenalin going as if you were riding with them. It is an impressive journey and you get to see the beautiful scenery that Taiwan offers. Keep up to date here for more videos to come.

The perfect tools for fixed-gear riders are few and far between, most usually just a good bike and a destination in mind. More importantly, however, are the unspoken bonds formed between riders. That “us versus the world” mentality seldom understood by people on the outside. And to honor those comradeships, Taipei-base fixed-gear collective nabiis composed an unique PUMA Basket sneakers. With assistance from PUMA, splashed across the simple white leather is the PUMA stripe in glow-in-the-dark material and an outsole stitching to match. They’re followed by a black eyelet layer and simple inscription of the 2 collaborators in metallic ink. This initial edition is only for friends and family of the collective, however, they hinted on a similar collaborative project to come in the near future. Images via: nabiis

Late last year, we saw a peek of the new fixed gear framest by Nabiis and FTC and now it is officially released as the new year have started. Started as one of the oldest fixed gear crews in Taipei, Nabiis have come a long way with facilitating fixed gear related events as well as pushing the retail side of things and now growing to be a brand which produces its own products.

The first product from their line up is this collaboration with FTC whose roster of skaters being avid riders. Constructed out of double butted 4130 Cro Mo tubing with English BB, standard headset, 27.2mm seat post and Nabiis x FTC decals painted on. Currently these are available in four colorways and sizes from 480mm, 500mm, 520mm and 540mm. For The City (black/gold) model will only be available in FTC stores in SF, Sacramento, Tokyo and Barcelona.

FTC has been a shop and brand trusted by skateboarders but with the rise of fixed gear scene, they were one of the first brands to recognize the potential of fixed gear culture before its blow up. On the other side of the globe fixed gear crew Nabiis have pushed fixed gear scene in their native Taiwan for several years.

These two brands have gotten together to produce a custom fixed gear bicycle frame set most likely made in Taiwan. The track inspired frame set is all black with vintage Keirin like gold flakes mixed into the paint work. “For The City” is written on the seat post while on the down tube Nabiis and FTC double branding is located. FTC SF and Tokyo will be stocking these very soon.