The history of Viktor Reiner's bike parts and musical instruments

You mentioned earlier that you don't consciously collect anything, but rather have unconsciously built up a collection of bike parts and musical instruments over the years. Are cycling and music two of your important hobbies that keep you busy outside of the kitchen? Have both forms of recreation been present in your life for a long time?

My love of music is somehow very visceral, a deep connection. I learned to play the piano from the age of seven until I was 13. Although, at that time I would have preferred to play soccer with the others, that's when I first discovered "making" music.

My home practice sessions were also more about writing my own songs. I would lay out the sheet music as if I were practicing (for my parents' sake), but in the meantime I would transcribe the original piece or parts of it and play around with it.

I started playing bass guitar when I was fourteen, then I got the guitar, and I wanted to start a band right away. And that's how it happened. From there, a long period of band formation, rehearsals, band breakups, and re-formations began, which lasted until recently.

I've been playing along with a looper lately.

I started cycling when I was 20. This was when bike courier services really started and were running. And I didn't feel like commuting 13 hours a day 5 times a week in a kitchen, among burnt-out cooks, so I became a bike courier.

The community at that time functioned as a subculture, and besides the work – which was also hard – what struck me more was the mix of different people, coming from different places.

So, everything from bikes, parts, clothes, stuff is from here.

In recent years, as we started operating in Dörgicse, I have experienced the beauty of cycling in nature. Before that, I used it as a fast, practical and, in my opinion, cool means of transportation.

What elements do your collections consist of? Can we see any of these in My Soul? Have they become part of it in some way?

A lot of small and slightly larger parts have gathered. Gears, brake levers, hubs, bearings. My favorite of these are the 105 sets, from the production lines of the '80s-90s.

Among these, the ones that are also in my Soul are – apart from bicycles – the hats I cook in. These are the little visored hats that participants wear under their helmets in competitions for practical reasons. After all, cooking can be a sport too.

In addition, musical instruments, amplifiers, and related items can also be called a collection.

I have a wonderful, Italian, vintage, handmade amplifier that I bought in Bolzano in a small instrument shop, where I had already exhausted the salesman terribly, who then took me down to the basement and showed me this little miracle. He told me the story of the amplifier, including the maker.

This experience and the sound of the amplifier completely impressed me, and although this was not the type I was looking for, I bought and took home the BluMusic-branded amp. I've loved it and used it ever since.

What kind of playlists do you listen to in your Soul or while cooking? I imagine it's very diverse, but do you have a music list that you'd like to share with the readers?

I have a playlist that I listen to in the kitchen until the guests arrive. Enjoy!