Sunday, 31 August 2014
Saturday, 30 August 2014
VIVALO FRAME SET REPAINT BY SWAMP THINGS
Gorgeous Vivalo custom painted by the Above Bike Store...
More of this sort of thing over on the Starfuckers Flickr page
More of this sort of thing over on the Starfuckers Flickr page
Just A Ride...
A relatively rain free day offered a chance for a brief afternoon ride yesterday on Mt Wakakusa...
We caught sight of one other cyclist making his way back down to town...
Then, somewhat expectedly, it rained. We took shelter at one of our favorite spots...
And messed around with some double exposure photography as the rain came down...
We are praying on the damn rain clearing before next weekend's Fixed Bike Festival in Osaka, fingers crossed for that!
We caught sight of one other cyclist making his way back down to town...
Then, somewhat expectedly, it rained. We took shelter at one of our favorite spots...
And messed around with some double exposure photography as the rain came down...
We are praying on the damn rain clearing before next weekend's Fixed Bike Festival in Osaka, fingers crossed for that!
Friday, 29 August 2014
Thursday, 28 August 2014
Handbuilt Bicycle Meeting - The Visitor's Bikes
We have been having some crappy, rainy weather here recently meaning not many chances get outand ride. That also means a bit of a drought in original content to post, so here's a few shots of some of the bikes that were parked outside the Handbuilt Bicycle Meeting in Kyoto last month...
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| Kelly SS MTB |
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| Custom Surly with Xtracycle |
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| EBS |
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| Sunrise |
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| Sunrise |
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Fingers crossed the weather will improve as we go into September and we'll have a lot more new content to post!
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| Hot dog. |
Wednesday, 27 August 2014
JAPANESE STEEL: A NEW BEGINNING
A fantastic article with great photos over on the Kinoko Cycles site about the new wave of Japanese frame builders...
Tuesday, 26 August 2014
Monday, 25 August 2014
Sunday, 24 August 2014
Cruiser Madness
Last Saturday, while out in a rainy Osaka we seemed to pass an extraordinary number of BMX cruisers. First up this cool and well loved Brooklyn Machine Works park bike...
A little weather beaten maybe, but still rocking some pretty decent BMW parts...
Shackled up next to that was this little Durcus One...
And in keeping with the theme, this Haro Pro 24" was locked up just down the road...
You can see much more of this kind of thing over on the brilliant Cruiser Revolution site.
A little weather beaten maybe, but still rocking some pretty decent BMW parts...
Shackled up next to that was this little Durcus One...
And in keeping with the theme, this Haro Pro 24" was locked up just down the road...
You can see much more of this kind of thing over on the brilliant Cruiser Revolution site.
Saturday, 23 August 2014
Mr.F's BROOKLYN MACHINE WORKS TOUR BORO
We are so in love with this BMW build showcased over on the W-Base bike check page. At first it just looks like a usual, ultra cool W-Base single speed build up but this baby has a Shimano Alfine 11 speed rear hub! A perfect little cruising machine. Want!!
Tokyo Wheels, Osaka
We dropped into the Osaka branch of Tokyo Wheels last weekend...
A superb "cyclist's closet" stocking a wide range of bicycle related clothing, shoes and bags...
They even have their own brand of cycling clothing...
Camo's not dead...
A wonderful shop, definitely worth a visit for any rider in town. Follow the shops via their Twitter feed and keep up to date with the Osaka shop blog
Thursday, 21 August 2014
Ace Bicycles
Some shots of the stunning Ace Cycles B.T.R 30cc Moped that we took at the Handbuilt Bicycle Meeting in Kyoto last month...
You can see more wonderful Ace Bicycles creations over on their Flickr page.
Wednesday, 20 August 2014
Dusk
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| Quiet. |
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| Usuall Todai-ji/bike shot. |
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| Walk up from here. |
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| Wishes and dreams. |
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| Eighty five steps. |
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| The view. |
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| Lamps on. |
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| See four miles. |
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| Light on. |
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| Clouds. |
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| Another bike/Todai-ji shot. |