Sunday 29 June 2014

Breezer #1


While the rains pour down outside we thought it would be a good time to post these photos we took last month at the Bicycle Museum Cycle Center in Sakai, Osaka. One of our favorite bikes in the museum, a very rare original Breezer #1...


A real piece of cycling history, one of only ten of Joe Breeze's first run of MTB's...



Things seem to have come full circle recently, with it's steel frame, fat tyres and canti's, this bike could quite easily qualify as a modern monster cross/fire road/gravel grinder!





Friday 27 June 2014

E.B.S

Gorgeous little E.B.S spotted out in Namba, Osaka earlier this week...


It was kind of tightly packed against hundreds of other bikes, such is the Osaka way, so forgive the crappy photos...



Thursday 26 June 2014

Morning, Morning

Iron skies over Nara.
A morning ride around the Nara Cycle Road before the rains hit this afternoon...

Crosstown Traffic.

Funky flower.


Guell Nara Renewal


The guys at the Guell Bicycle Store in Nara have been working hard reorganizing and refitting the shop. Starting from the outside with some nice new decking at the shop entrance...


While inside the store has been completely refitted with the bikes moving to the center and the parts and accessories nicely organised onto the walls...







There is still the popular BMX corner...



And the cabinets full of lovely shiny parts...




This is probably the nearest we will ever come to running an advert but Guell is our local shop and the guys there are very good friends of ours. Well worth a visit when you are in Nara.


Tuesday 24 June 2014

Blue Skies


An early morning ride around Nara Koen today before the heat, humidity and holidaymakers hit...


Beautiful blue skies over Todai-ji...



And Kofukuji...


It's been a while since we posted any shika shots so here's three...


Looking very smart in their summer coats...





Nakagawa

A couple of beautiful Nakagawa bikes spotted at the Panaracer Cup last week. First up this bright orange number...



And keeping with the non standard pink, this cream coloured model with nicely colour co-ordinated Brooks Cambium saddle...