In this episode, Steve sits down with Teppei — a Tokyo-based fix gear rider, street artist, and Uber Eats delivery cyclist originally from Odawara, near Hakone. They meet on a cold riverbank near the city, Teppei arriving exactly as you'd expect: on his fixed gear, no fuss, just the bike. The same one he rides every day. The same one that pays his rent. The same one he does tricks on.
Growing up skating, riding BMX, and drawing, Teppei was always slightly sideways to the world around him — not rebellious, just unconvinced by the system. That quiet instinct became the foundation of everything he does. He makes small stickers and hands them to strangers. He draws on the backs of flyers. He rides his fix gear through Tokyo because, for him, the line between utility and expression has never been that clear.
The conversation moves through his Odawara upbringing, the evolution of FGFS — Fix Gear Freestyle — from track culture into BMX-influenced street riding, and the small but serious Tokyo community keeping it alive. A bilingual episode, filmed in the wind, with a guy who figured out how to build a life around the things he actually cares about.
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