Japan Bicycle Adventure Part 5: Japan Inland Sea & Shikoku

Japan Bicycle Adventure Part 5: Japan Inland Sea & Shikoku from Alan Gardner on Vimeo.

Japan Bicycle Adventure Part 4: Honshu - Ishikawa to Tottori

Japan Bicycle Adventure Part 4: Honshu - Ishikawa to Tottori from Alan Gardner on Vimeo.

TKC Productions Custom OS Kuwahara MTB

Fucking LOVE this bike! Image from here.

HAKUSHU BIKELORE4

HAKUSHU BIKELORE4 from Toshiki Sato on Vimeo.

Japan: Brompton Bicycle Adventure - (Film Trailer)

Japan: Brompton Bicycle Adventure - (Film Trailer) from Alan Gardner on Vimeo.

アルバイトの休日。

Image from here.

Salsa Marrakesh SS @ Bicycle Maru

Another stunner from Bicycle Maru. This custom single speed Salsa Marrakesh was actually built up earlier this year but after the original Velocity rear hub fell apart on the second ride it was back in the Maru workshop for a new wheelbuild, a perfect opportunity to grab a few shots... 

The bike is built around the Fairweather (Nitto) Bullmoose bar...

With the Brooks non dead animal skin finishing kit...

Shimano Zee at the cranks...

And the new hubs are the enigmatic, classic Hadley Racing. Maru-san had to rebuild both wheels, warranty is a really sketchy issue in Japan so although Sim Works will reimburse him for the fucked up Velocity hub he won't be reimbursed for the time and effort of building two wheels again...

Oh and those are the classic Rindow Bullet Lights...

A beautiful build and hopefully now running longer than two rides. Follow Bicycle Maru on Instagram for more like this.

WILDERNESS SPIRIT

Photo credit - Eigo Shimojo

Some fantastic shots from the recent Japanese Odyssey over on the Apidura site.

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.

Custom Salsa Vaya Travel At Bicycle Maru

Another gorgeous custom Salsa Cycles build by Bicycle Maru. This Vaya Travel was ordered by Fukucyatoyuurai as a gift for his wife and used a mix of new and old parts from her previous bike...

Naturally, this being a Maru build, there's a ton of Chris King in the mix, pink King headset...

With matching Hubs...

Sim Works Get Around bars...

The difference with the "Travel" Vaya model is the addition of S And S Couplers which enable the frame to be split in two for, well, travel...

A Shimano XT chainset with some rather stylish copper MKS pedals...

Shimano SLX clutch mech with a huge range 11 speed cassette and a Rindow Bikes Bullet Light on the rear...

Classy Rivendell Bikes 650B Maxy Fasty tyres...

Follow Bicycle Maru on Instagram to see more builds like this.

*SURLY* straggler

More here.

DEEPERSWEAR ADVENTURE RALLY AT HAKUSHU BIKELORE3

DEEPERSWEAR ADVENTURE RALLY AT HAKUSHU BIKELORE3 from Toshiki Sato on Vimeo.

Japó IV, Hokkaido

Japó IV, Hokkaido from Bike2reality on Vimeo.

Front Loaded Hunq

Overlooking Mt. Ontake, Nagano, Japan...



Image from here.

Sean's Ritchey P-650b

Our good friend Sean who runs the wonderful and invaluable Bikepacking Japan website was kind enough to send over these gorgeous photos of his beautiful new Ritchey p-650b MTB getting down and dirty in the Gifu countryside...

You can follow Bikepacking Japan on Instagram to see more of Sean's bikes and adventures.

Japó II, Shikoku

Japó II, Shikoku from Bike2reality on Vimeo.

1Jyo On The Trails

The 1Jyo boys have been getting in a bit of trail time...

See more over on the 1Jyo Ultimate Factory Flickr.

Movement Bikepacking Tour

The Movement boys did some pretty epic looking touring around Wakayama last week...

Head over to the Movement blog for the full story and tons of great photos.

THE JAPANESE ODYSSEY

An epic, one stage, 2400KM endurance bicycle journey across central Japan...

Sign up here.

Swift Camp out 2016

Swift Camp out 2016 from homeandpaw on Vimeo.