Friday, 30 March 2018

Vintage McKinley Roadbike

Rather classy vintage McKinley road bike conversion with #BasketLyfe vibes spotted out in Osaka last week...






Sunday, 25 March 2018

Friday, 23 March 2018

Custom Surly CC At 1Jyo

A very sweet raw steel Surly Cross Check shot at the always amazing 1Jyo Ultimate Factory in Osaka last week...



Those are Bruce Gordon canti brakes...


And Kuwahara hubs...



Check out the 1Jyo Flickr page to see more builds like this.

Tuesday, 20 March 2018

NINJA RIDER Behind The Scenes / 忍者ライダーメイキング

ALL-CITY* space horse (49)

*ALL-CITY* space horse (49)

More, as always, on the Blue Lug Flickr.

Ballooner Bikes Pop Up Shop @ Ponygoround

Three quick shots from the very cool current Ballooner Bikes pop up shop at Ponygoround Osaka...


A fabulous display of some of Kenji-san's collection from his BMX and MTB racing career...



The pop up shop runs until next Tuesday (27th) so if you're in the area go down and check it out. A big thank you to Sayaka for showing me the shop.

Friday, 16 March 2018

Custom Surly Troll At Hutte 8to8

Another stunning custom Surly Troll MTB shot at the ever fabulous Hutte 8to8 earlier this week...


So much custom. Those Hunter Smooth Move bars for a start, plus the custom painted front rack and stem...


A mix of King, Paul and Gevenalle in the cockpit...



Luggage by Swift and RAL Life...


With a Straitline/Race Face/MKS combo at the cranks...


Follow Hutte and store owner Kentaro-san on Instagram for more like this.

Monday, 12 March 2018

Kunio-san's #BasketLyfe Straggler

Kunio from 920 Cycles has a bunch of nice bikes, we ran into him at 1Jyo in Osaka last month and got a few quick shots of his very sweet Straggler...




Friday, 9 March 2018

Sumio-san's Supergoose

Sumio Iwase's very cool, Girach built, vintage Mongoose Supergoose BMX brightened up a very wet afternoon in Osaka yesterday...



Friday, 2 March 2018