Thursday 29 June 2017

FiN On A Roll

Fixed In Nara has gone blogging crazy this past few weeks with no fewer than five new posts this month already. Covering everything from local rides to commuting, bike shops to bakeries and cool cafes...

Photo Credit Fixed In Nara
Really useful stuff with beautiful photography, what blogging should be rather than the endless bike snaps and lazily posted BMX videos you find on some sites. Follow FiN on Instagram and Twitter.

Tuesday 27 June 2017

Fitbikeco. - Yumi Tsukuda Japan Street Magic

One of the best young riders in Japan Yumi Tsukuda has got his first Fit Bikes edit, this kid is amazing, he sees lines where there are not any lines, Jedi level shit right there...




Saturday 24 June 2017

Alex Singer Constructeur At Grand Bois

Absolutely stunning vintage Alex Singer Constructeur shot at the wonderful Cycles Grand Bois in Kyoto last month...


The details are just beautiful, these photos do not do justice to how gorgeous this bike is...


That chrome, that blue pin striping...



The drillium hubs...




The Stronglight cranks...


All the way down to the original Cyclo derailleur...


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Friday 23 June 2017

Vintage Bridgestone Eurasia

Rather nice, vintage Bridgestone Eurasia spotted outside a second hand shop in Nara...





Sadly, it wasn't for sale.

Thursday 22 June 2017

Kohei's Low Track

A few shots of Grid-Kyoto messenger Kohei's very cool custom Low Bicycles track bike taken outside Cycle Garden last month...


Sugino 75 cranks with an Aarn chainring...


Front and rear Dura Ace hubs...



Ritchey cockpit...


And Enve forks...


You can follow Grid Kyoto on Instagram for more Kyoto #messlife action. 

Monday 19 June 2017

Sunday 18 June 2017

Vintage Cycling Magazines at Giracha

Whilst at Giracha last month with AdamSayaka was kind enough to show us a couple of early 80's "New Cycling" magazines...



Each one a treasure trove of Japanese cycling history and vintage styles with features on legends like Nagasawa-san...



Samson...


And 3Rensho...


The advertisements are beautiful documents of what was a boom time for Japanese cycling...




Can't quite understand why the tennis racket holder didn't catch on though...


Thanks as always to Sayaka, Rene and the whole Giracha family.

Friday 16 June 2017

Spray.Bike Cinelli At K&M Cycle

Spray.Bike is now available in Japan and has been put to very good use by Sakito Yamasaki on this cool custom hand painted Cinelli roadbike shot at K&M Cycle in Osaka last month... 






Follow Spray Bike and Squid Bikes on Instagram to see more awesome DIYFS custom creations.