Tuesday 28 June 2016

Custom Nakagawa

A few shots of a gorgeous customer's Nakagawa road bike shot a few weeks back outside 1Jyo in Osaka. Forgive the shitty photos, they were shot on the phone in a darkened doorway on a bright sunny day...


What the photos lack in quality the bike more than makes up for, a very nice mix of custom parts including a Selle SMP X-Ray saddle atop of a Thomson post...


Down at the drive it's equally as nice with Dura Ace/Nakagawa cranks...


And a Dura Ace mech. Just check that cable stop...


All rolling on a pair of Campag Scirocco wheels...


Classy. Real classy.

Saturday 25 June 2016

jogo de bicicleta (trailer)

Kona Humuhumu @ Daisy Messenger


Regular readers will be aware of our slight obsession with old/custom mountain bikes. This custom Kona Humuhumu we shot at the wonderful Daisy Messenger in Nagoya earlier this month ticks just about every box...


Race Face, Fizik, Thomson, OdysseyAzonic about as custom as it gets...



Daisy Messenger is a messenger service so naturally it needs a rack to carry stuff...


#26AintDead

Thursday 23 June 2016

Monday 20 June 2016

Kaleidocycle Prototype MTB

Some more photos of the stunning prototype single speed MTB designed by Kaleidocycle and built by Sunrise Cycles...


As with all Sunrise builds, the details are gorgeous...


And as with all Kaleidocycle builds the parts choices are practical and very, very cool...







See more of this beautiful beast over on the Kaleidocycle shop blog.

Sunday 19 June 2016

Wakakusa Run

Foot of the mountain.
A rare day of sunshine in the middle of the rainy season yesterday. The perfect chance for a mid afternoon run up Wakakusa with F-i-N and Mikey...

Gettin' that 'Gram.
Halfway?
Chillin' with the shika.
The View.

Saturday 18 June 2016

Grand Bois Porteur


Some more photos of that beautiful Grand Bois porteur bike that was parked outside the store when we visited last month...





Thursday 16 June 2016

Daisy Messenger, Nagoya

Daisy Messenger
A bunch of photos taken at the brilliant Daisy Messenger in Nagoya earlier this month...

Racks.
Daisy Messenger is a bicycle courier service, a bicycle workshop, a screen printing t-shirt shop, a mobile cycle repair service and a very cool place to hang out...

Chari.
Porteur.
Sign.
The mobile cycle repairs are carried out using this very nice Hunter Cycles workbike...

Hunter Cycles 1.
Hunter Cycles 2.
Hunter Cycles 3.
Inside the store is a well equipped and busy workshop...

Tool Board.
A ridiculously cool sound system and record collection...

Sounds.
A gold mine of bikes hang from the rafters...

Frame Porn.
Tyres.
All around there are some super cool frames and bikes...

Kuwahara BMX.
Vicious Cycles.
Kona Humuhumu
A superb shop/workshop/service, well worth a visit. A big thank you to Sal-san for taking time to chat with us and letting us take all these photos. You can follow Daisy Messenger via their Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook and Blog pages.

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