Velo City: Bicycle Culture and City Life
Pias x Pancalen Cycles Scarab

Pias x Pancalen Cycles Scarab

If we’ve got our international date times correct, you should be reading this as one of the first emails in your inbox for the day. That means, according to pharaonic mythology, the sacred scarab, or dung beetle (Scarabaeus sacer), has adhered to his daily routine of pushing the sun god Ra across the sky. The…

Pancalen Cycles Rossin

Pancalen Cycles Rossin

The foundation of the Rossin marque was filled with intrigue and collusion, but it resulted in a world-beating bike that carried many champions to victory during the heyday of the Italian steel racing bicycle. These days, Rossin seems to have disappeared after being bought by Grupetto Italia. And machines built during the final days of…

Velo City: Bicycle Culture and City Life

Federal Cycles Light Tourer

There are thousands and thousands of bicycles in Indonesia, produced by a handful of manufacturers whose focus is more on international export than aesthetics or…

Vitus 979 Townie

Rangga Panji and his wife run Pancalen Cycles in South Jakarta. They have been busy lately, two of the many bikes that have been through…