Wednesday 30 August 2017

Panasonic Track

Four quick phone snaps of a beaten but cool Panasonic track bike spotted out in Osaka last week...





Friday 25 August 2017

Vintage Touring Bike

Very nice unidentified vintage 650A touring bike spotted out in Osaka last week...






Wednesday 23 August 2017

2017サマーイベントライド

剣山スーパー林道

WAKAZO CREATIVE COMPE SAMPLE

2017 初富士見ライド ~番外編~

EPIC ADVENTURE RIDE / KONA PROCESS 153 - Tomomi Nishikubo

The Odyssey Continues...

Photo credit @eigoshimpjo
Follow The Japanese Odyssey on Instagram, check the #JapaneseOdyssey hashtag to see what the individual riders are up to.

俺たちのアイドル

Crifford 2017 Summer

Monday 21 August 2017

Sayaka's Panasonic MX Compe BMX

Something rather special to start the week, Sayaka's very rare vintage Panasonic MX Compe BMX shot at Giracha last week...




Rene and Tsutsumi spent a long time restoring the bike and polishing the frame to show of that beautiful original paint work...


Pretty much original or NOS parts throughout...




Even matching valve caps...









A huge thank you to Sayaka for letting us shoot (and ride!) this cool bike. Follow Giracha and Giracha Walnut Club on Instagram to see more beautiful builds.

Saturday 19 August 2017

Just have fun 17082017

Merida Carbon Frame Repainted by Swamp Things

Swamp Things Paint and Above Bike just killed it with this fabulous feline inspired paint job...

Merida Carbon Frame Repainted by Swamp Things


Merida carbon frame & fork become the cat.

See more on the Above Bike Flickr.

AKIRA TANAKA JAPAN , SUBROSA STREET RAIL x TUBAGRA SHAKA 24

EXTARPROTON ラグレス スローピングフレーム

Another beautiful Extar Proton custom build by the mighty Movement...


3 SPOT 21 TRICKS / STREET TRIALS

FiN Ridin' South

Fixed In Nara, doing his thing down in Asuka...

Photo Credit: FiN.

AUTHEN SESSION 2

Friday 18 August 2017

Vintage RiIH Sport Roadbike

Beautiful vintage RIH Sport road bike conversion spotted locked to a Surly Steamroller in the back alleys of Namba a couple of weekends ago...







There's always hidden gems in the Osaka backstreets. Follow RIH Sport on Instagram to see more of their bikes, both classic and modern.

Wednesday 16 August 2017

Vintage Alpinestars MTB

Rather sweet vintage Alpinestars full suspension MTB spotted out in Osaka a couple of weeks ago complete with a portable workstand!..


Azonic/Cane Creek cockpit...


And full XTR groupset...


26. Is. Not. Dead.

Monday 14 August 2017

First Dispatch from Kinki Cycle Midwest Correspondent

Greetings from Minneapolis, MN a.k.a. BIKE CITY USA!  My name is Pete C. and I am the new Midwest Correspondent for KCDC.  よろしく おねがいします.  I’ve just returned from Nara, Japan and am enjoying the bike life back in Minnesota.  With Bubba left behind in the capable hands of Kinki Cycle, I had to build myself a new ride here in the States.  I put together a beautiful bike built around a Soma Analog frame.  It is a work of art, so I thought it fitting to snap a few shots of it next to another work of art, the Weisman Art Museum at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities...


Soaring through space and time...


Tange/IRD sliding dropouts will make for an easy conversion to single speed should I go that way down the road.  Also pictured are a couple of Bubba components: 8-speed cassette and Very Good space-aged derailleur.  (Please note—I sorted out that fishing line caught up in the derailleur shortly after this shoot.)



Like a 100-watt tube amplifier, I like the gearing “overhead” the triple-crankset provides.  I don’t remember the model, but this is the cheapest one Shimano makes with which you can replace chainrings...


This bike is my entry into the disc brake world, but so far installation and adjustment has been a breeze.  These are BB5s with 160mm rotors.  The rubber pictured is a 2.5” Kenda K-Rad tire.  Note the front rack, KC/DC decal, and Delta Hublox front skewer...


I built the bike with a Nashbar Rigid 26” Mountain Fork.  Advertised as a 26” size with room for up to 3” tires, I want to explore the limits of this fork (and the overall bike geometry)—there’s certainly room for 27.5, 29ers and beefier tires as well...


The opposite of Slam That Stem?  Raise the roof!  With spacers galore.  Beautiful Soma headbadge, mad spacers, and Bubba-sourced handlebars, shifters and brake levers...


It’s not as hot here in MN as it is back in Kansai, but we still have to stay hydrated.  I made a stop at The Hub Bicycle Co-Op for my hydration needs...


Here’s another shot of the Soma looking tough...


Parting shot of the Weisman, sun setting behind us across the Mississippi...


Stay cool in Kansai, and stay tuned for more news from the Twin Cities!



#26aintdead

#26isrisen