Invite only

Bike Against A Wall

A camera and a journal for the bike you keep fiddling with.

Drive side out. Side-on. Level.
Hold still and it takes the shot.

Same bike.
Seven builds.

  1. BUILD 01

    Bought it used off a guy in Queens.

    Frame
    Steel, 54 cm
  2. BUILD 02

    Tubeless. Some regrets.

    Tires
    Tubeless, 28 mmClinchers, 25 mm
  3. BUILD 03

    Swept bars. My back asked nicely.

    Handlebar
    Swept-back, 42 cmDrops, 40 cm
  4. BUILD 04

    Fenders, finally.

    Fenders
    Hammered, secondhand
  5. BUILD 05

    Dynamo lights.

    Lights
    DynamoA clip-on, mostly flat
  6. BUILD 06

    A frame bag, and the bottle from that one ride.

    Frame bag
    Waxed canvas
    Bottle
    Dented
  7. BUILD 07

    A milk crate and a sticker. Winter's here.

    Rack
    Milk crate, zip ties
    Sticker
    A friend's band

A sticker counts.

Each build keeps its spec sheet and its photos. Start a new one and BAAW copies the specs over and marks what changed. Fill in as much as you care to. Only the bike's name is required.

Every photo is also a frame in the bike's flipbook. Press play and watch years of tinkering go by.

Handlebar
Swept-back, 42 cm
Bell
Loud enough
Bottle
Dented
Saddle
Older than the frame
Rack
Milk crate, zip ties
Sticker
A friend's band
Weight
Don't ask

A card for every photo.

Set a photo as a museum label, a metadata sheet or a Swiss spec sheet, with every part or only what changed. Or make a reel that moves across the photo part by part.

Everyone else sees the city.

The exact spot is yours alone. Photos lose their location data before they upload, and Private photos are never shown to anyone.

Riders invite riders.

BAAW grows one invite at a time, and every rider holds three codes. No follower counts, and nobody grades your photo. You follow frames, not people. It's on TestFlight for iPhone and iPad, and worth opening with no one else on it.

Know someone on it? Ask them for a code.