Giracha Sunday Ride

Last Sunday we joined up with the Giracha crew for what was billed as a "Gentlemen and Ladies" Sunday morning ride. We donned our Sunday best and headed out into the beautiful early summer sunshine...

Everyone had made an effort to look smart, Sayaca as always looking effortlessly classy...

Fixed In Nara stylish as fuck and channeling his inner Robert Redford...

Tetsuya-san looking seriously sharp on his beautiful vintage Colnago...

Tsutsumi-san leading the way through the quiet Sunday morning Osaka streets...

Rene rolling on his stunning Nagasawa commuter...

We are traffic...

Loshin and Tsutsumi on point duty...

A Gentlemen and Ladies ride means obeying the laws and waiting patiently at every stop light...

But it's Japan so there will always be a random security guard to tell you off...

Early morning Nakanoshima park is just gorgeous...

Osaka's coolest couple...

Fixed in Nara is a bad influence on local legend Ian...

Just a perfect day...

The new cycling version of Goodfellas looks interesting....

Shooting me shooting you shooting me...

A really fun way to spend a morning. Huge thanks to Tsutsumi, Sayaca, Rene, Loshin, Romi, Ian, Tetsuya and, of course, Fixed in Nara.

THE KATANA PROJECT: Stash X Nagasawa

The Stash X Nagasawa offering at last month's The Katana Project launch at Kashimax in Osaka...

THE KATANA PROJECT: Futura X Nagasawa

So here it is, the first Futura X Nagasawa bike for the THE KATANA PROJECT  shot at the launch party at Kashimax last Saturday...

Now go check Fixed In Nara's fabulous report of the event.

THE KATANA PROJECT: Look Ma No Brakes II

So this might take some explaining. Last Friday night Sayaca messaged me to tell me about an event happening on Saturday at the Kashimax workshop in south Osaka. THE KATANA PROJECT: Look Ma No Brakes II is a collaboration between some very legendary people, basically Nagasawa-san builds the frames, Kashima-san makes the saddles and artists Stash, Rcade and Futura do their thing decorating them. Fixed In Nara and I headed south on Saturday afternoon...

Party time.

The bikes are stunning...

Stash

Rcade

Futura

Watching Futura live paint was possibly the coolest thing that's ever happened...

Master...

At...

Work.

Oh yeah, Mr Nagasawa was there too...

Local legends. F-i-N, Nagasawa-san and Principedal.

Seeing him check over F-i-N's bike was a very special moment...

Inspection by the master.

Having Koichi Nakano's bike there just added to the insanely cool day...

Nagasawa X Rcade

OK, so many people to thank. Firstly Nadir the man who put all of this together and made everyone feel welcome. Kashima-san one of the nicest guys in the business. Sayaca, Rene, Tsutsumi, Taira and all the Giracha crew and everyone else who made this such a special, cool day.

Nagasawa x Kashimax.

Obviously we have a fuckton more photos from the day that will be posted here and on Instagram in the coming days, weeks, moths etc.

F-i-N Fixed Touring

Fixed In Nara is a very nice guy but he has way too many fucking bikes...

And when that happens you start doing crazy things like throwing a set of Nitto Randonneuring bars on a Nagasawa...

See what other mental shit he gets up to by trolling following his Instagram.