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Kohei's Low Track

A few shots of Grid-Kyoto messenger Kohei's very cool custom Low Bicycles track bike taken outside Cycle Garden last month...

Sugino 75 cranks with an Aarn chainring...

Front and rear Dura Ace hubs...

Ritchey cockpit...

And Enve forks...

You can follow Grid Kyoto on Instagram for more Kyoto #messlife action. 

Sean's Ritchey P-650b

Our good friend Sean who runs the wonderful and invaluable Bikepacking Japan website was kind enough to send over these gorgeous photos of his beautiful new Ritchey p-650b MTB getting down and dirty in the Gifu countryside...

You can follow Bikepacking Japan on Instagram to see more of Sean's bikes and adventures.

Custom Cinelli Work @ Brotures

 A few shots of the Brotures Osaka store manager Junki's custom Cinelli Work Bike...

Follow Brotures Osaka on Instagram for more cool builds.

Kentaro's Custom Signal Cycles

Now that the Kansai cyclocross season is over, Hutte shop manager Kentaro-san has switched up his trusty Signal Cycles CX bike to a 650B allroad/gravel grinder utilising those WTB Horizon tyres that are all the rage right now...

Classic Fizik/Thomson combo at the saddle...

Of course it's got a Chris King headset...

Gevenalle on shifting duties...

With a Wolf Tooth/ Shimano 105 set up at the cranks and a set of Pub Pedals making things a little easier...

Follow the Hutte store on Instagram and Twitter for more custom built beauties.

Custom Ritchey Ultra

Starting the month off right with a very sweet custom Ritchey Ultra MTB that was in for maintenance at 1Jyo in Osaka last Monday... 

Everything about this bike ticks our boxes, that famous Ritchey fade...

And lugwork...

The classic parts, including the rear mech from the classic era of XT before it went all Star Wars Lego style...

Ritchey cranks of course, bonus points for the Sugino dustcap...

26 inch Panaracer Paselas, the perfect city tyre...

And compared to this Bosco/slingshot stem set up all other cockpits are a load of old wank...

Seven speed XT thumbies...

Just as pretty on the NDS...

And that famous moustache...

Follow the 1Jyo Ultimate Factory on Instgram for more MTB/ATB beauties. A big thanks to the 1Jyo staff for letting us drool over this bike.

Sean's Ritchey Road Logic

Last Sunday morning we met up with Sean from the wonderful Bike Packing Japan website who had spent Saturday riding the 160km from Nagoya to Nara on his gorgeous Ritchey Logic roadbike...

He had travelled light with a very useful Fairmean bar bag...

The bike is a well thought out mix of Sram Red, Rival and Force...

A huge thank you to Sean for taking the time to meet up and chat bikes and routes. You can follow Bike Packing Japan on Instagram and Vimeo.

Street Viper's Wraith Fabrications CX

Whilst out riding in Kyoto a couple of weeks ago we bumped in local CX legend Christoph AKA Street Viper and got a chance to shoot some pictures of his very cool custom Wraith Fabrication rig...

Every single part is dailed, Ergon saddle on a Thomson post with Avid canti's taking care of braking...

The Viper was in civilian mode so he was rolling on his non-race Bontrager wheels with Clement tyres. A freshly taped and shellacked chain stay keeping things tidy with the Sram drive...

The classic cross combination of Wolf Tooth ring & Crank Brothers pedals...

And a fresh roll of Fizik tape on the Ritchey bars...

Such a cool bike. A big thank you to the Street Viper for letting us shoot the bike and if you are lucky enough to see him in action out on the KNSCX circuit then give him an encouraging shout, an espresso or a beer!