Monday, 31 October 2016
Sunday, 30 October 2016
Toyo Frame Custom SSCX
A seriously cool Toyo Frame single speed cyclocross bike shot a last Sunday's opening KNSCX race in Osaka
SDG taking care of the seating...
The ubiquitous Enve at the fork with gorgeous decals on the down tube...
Nitto stem with Sim Works bars...
Very cool straddle bridges...
But it's down at the drive where things get really sweet. Profile Racing BMX cranks...
Naturally pulling Profile Racing BMX hubs...
Possibly the coolest bike we've seen this year, and we've seen a fuckload of bikes this year. Follow Toyo Frame on their Instagram and Facebook for more of this kind of thing.
Saturday, 29 October 2016
Friday, 28 October 2016
Trek Y11
A very pimp vintage Trek Y11 MTB spotted in Osaka last week...
With a seriously high end cockpit. Easton Monkey Lite bars, Thomson stem, Chris King headset, XTR pods and Hayes levers...
The less said about the locking technique the better...
Thursday, 27 October 2016
Wednesday, 26 October 2016
A Bicycle Journey
Our good friend Adam Bell recently sent us some photos of a restoration project he had been working on. A vintage Motobecane that definitely needed some love. The bike arrived to Adam in this state...
A few days of magic in Adam's kitchen/workshop...
And she was up and running...
Adam sent through some very nice detailed photos of the finished bike...
So what the hell does this have to do with Japan? Well after all his hard work Adam then sold the bike onto his friend Kitayama-san who lives up in Nagahama, Shiga prefecture and helps organise a local Tweed Picnic cycling event. He sent Adam some photos of the bike in it's new home...
A big thank you to Adam for sharing these photos and a little reminder that you can still buy Adam's superb Bicycle Dictionary and stunning new poster from Circles in Japan and many other good bike & book stores worldwide.
Tuesday, 25 October 2016
KNSCX Round 1 Osaka
Early start last Sunday, hooking up with the Chimon Family and F-i-N to head out to Osaka for the opening stage of the KNSCX season...
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| Dogs at cross!! |
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| Hama time! |
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| Switchbacks. |
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| Barriers. |
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| Mud. |
The one they call the Street Viper was rullin' it out on the course...
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| The Viper. |
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| Jump. |
Some were taking it all rather seriously...
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| Rollin, rollin, rollin. |
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| 'Sonic. |
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| Getting that 'Gram. |
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| Chiyo and Monica meet "Jack". |
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| Dogs at cross 2! |
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| How good does that Team Guell kit look? |
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| When Monica gives you that look it's time to stop shooting bikes and go home. |
Monday, 24 October 2016
Sunday, 23 October 2016
Cross Is Here
Today we'll be out in Osaka at our first KNSCX race of the season. Expect a shitload of photos and posts to be milked here in the coming days.