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Okinawa sea side cycling

「With a Bicycle」 movement 動 2019

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2017 Jプロツアー 第14戦 タイムトライアルチャンピオンシップ ダイジェスト

GrandBois Easy RINKO by Choco グランボアER輪行 (チョコバージョン/2017秋)

自転車夏旅2017 @福井

The Odyssey Continues...

Photo credit @eigoshimpjo

Follow The Japanese Odyssey on Instagram, check the #JapaneseOdyssey hashtag to see what the individual riders are up to.

Pete's Chari & Soma

So last month we said goodbye to a friend, Nara biking legend and all round good guy big Pete and his lovely lady returned home to America after three years in Tawaramoto, Nara. He very kindly left his prized Bubba with us which meant during his final few weeks he was riding this rather fine example of the ubiquitous Japanese mama-chari...

That #BasketLyfe thing was happening here well before the Californian yuppies and dentists made it trendy and expensive...

No need for #ShutUpLegs style inspirational top tube quotes, just a few sensible rules to keep oneself alive...

Fully enclosed single speed chain guards are the new 1x11...

Security is important too...

A fine steed, a work horse that will still be rolling the streets of southern Nara long after we've all moved onto the next tyre size gravel bike coffee outsiding trend...

He may be gone but he's still riding. And in style too on his new SomaFab 26er looking pretty pretty good in these two shots...

Bonus cool points for the Bob Mould star...

There will be regular updates posted here soon from the man himself and his bike adventures in Minneapolis.

下がり花ポタリング２０１７

香川うどんライド 2017/07/02

FiN On A Roll

Fixed In Nara has gone blogging crazy this past few weeks with no fewer than five new posts this month already. Covering everything from local rides to commuting, bike shops to bakeries and cool cafes...

Photo Credit Fixed In Nara

Really useful stuff with beautiful photography, what blogging should be rather than the endless bike snaps and lazily posted BMX videos you find on some sites. Follow FiN on Instagram and Twitter.

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Alex Singer Constructeur At Grand Bois

Absolutely stunning vintage Alex Singer Constructeur shot at the wonderful Cycles Grand Bois in Kyoto last month...

The details are just beautiful, these photos do not do justice to how gorgeous this bike is...

That chrome, that blue pin striping...

The drillium hubs...

The Stronglight cranks...

All the way down to the original Cyclo derailleur...

Follow Grand Bois on Instagram and Twitter.

Vintage Bridgestone Eurasia

Rather nice, vintage Bridgestone Eurasia spotted outside a second hand shop in Nara...

Sadly, it wasn't for sale.

Vintage Cycling Magazines at Giracha

Whilst at Giracha last month with Adam, Sayaka was kind enough to show us a couple of early 80's "New Cycling" magazines...

Each one a treasure trove of Japanese cycling history and vintage styles with features on legends like Nagasawa-san...

Samson...

And 3Rensho...

The advertisements are beautiful documents of what was a boom time for Japanese cycling...

Can't quite understand why the tennis racket holder didn't catch on though...

Thanks as always to Sayaka, Rene and the whole Giracha family.

F-i-N's Giant TCR

A few shots of F-i-N's rarely seen custom Giant TCR roadbike...

Looking especially sweet with a new pair of Grand Bois tyres...

Rolling on a Rolf Prima Vigor wheelset...

And rocking a new Thomson stem...

One of the nicest roadbikes in town, follow F-i-N on Instagram to see the bike in action.

*SOMA* San Marcos Complete Bike

Sweet Soma custom build from Blue Lug...



See more on the Blue Lug Flickr and go check the Soma Fab Instagram for photos and info on their current Japan visit.

Cycle Letters 4

The best fixed gear shop in the world.

A couple of weekends ago we joined up with Fixed-in-Nara and ventured out to Osaka, starting things off right with a coffee stop at the mighty Giracha...

Giracha Coffee

Suitably caffeinated we headed north, taking in a bit of street art on the way...

Art.

Naturally stopping to shoot some cool #LockedUpBikes...

Kuwahara 24" BMX cruiser.

It was a beautiful spring day and Osaka was being so Osaka...

Osaka Style.

Our destination was OVE who were hosting the fourth Cycle Letters exhibition...

OVE

An exhibition/event where local bike friendly companies and cyclists come together to show off new products and teach various cycling related things including cycling photography, leather work, printing and more...

Cycle Letters.

Local Osaka shop Palm Garage had a nice display of products...

Palm Garage

Including their very cute NJS chain key rings...

Palm Garage key rings.

And custom Kashimax saddles...

Kashimax

Brooks

Araya had some nice city bikes on display...

Araya Swallow.

Araya.

A gorgeous, Shiga made Macchi Cycles road bike was being used to show off the stunning Modoru Kikaku bike stands...

Macchi Cycles X Modoru Kikaku

Local accessories and parts brand Adept Works had some really nice bits of kit on their stand...

Adept Works Arclock

Adept Works

Adept Works skewers 6 clamps.

Corner Bikes were showing off Keisuke's stunning new CX bike, that Salsa homage paint job was done by the masters at Cook Paintworks...

Keisuke's custom Corner Bikes. 

Munieq had some cool little bits on show like these folding coffee drippers, perfect for that #CoffeeOutside ride...

Munieq coffee drippers

Moca were showing off some stylish leather products...

Moca

Obiviosly there was a fair bit of bike porn parked outside the venue...

Little and large EBS.

Vigore.

Cannondale.

Gorgeous vintage Misonoi.

One of our favourite bikes in Osaka, Takeshi-san's Surly Troll.

KHS.

A big thank you to Brad, Sayaka, Shouichi, Adept Works, Takeshi and everyone at the Cycle Letters event for what was a really fun and friendly bike centric event. There will be more bike photos from the day posted here soon.

Giracha Walnut Club