Cannondale Road @ Cannondale Shinsaibashi

Pretty darn serious bit of roadbikeporn at the Cannondale Shinsaibashi store...

Vintage Cannondale Conversion

A very classy vintage Cannondale road bike bosco bar/ basket conversion spotted parked outside Public in Osaka last Sunday...

Cannondale HOOLIGAN 451KUSTOM

Way fucking cool custom Cannondale from Toxic Works. See more on the Toxic Works blog.

Gravel Ride with Tim Johnson in Yatsugatake

Vintage #MessLife @ Giracha

Sayaka at Giracha always has some cool reading material that you can browse while you drink your coffee. Here's a few pictures from a very cool early 90's Popeye Magazine documenting the messenger culture at the time (before the trustfund kids and the hipsters killed the lifestyle!)...  

Popeye Magazine.

Remember when couriers used gears?!

Beautiful Toyo Frame MTB.

Lids and Spin wheels.

Baglife.

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

Gyro Bike, Osaka

A little bit of a backstory to this. Last summer whilst cycling around Osaka we chanced by this little bike shop in the Nakazaki neighbourhood, unfortunately at that time the shop was closed as it was the next few times we tried. Last week it was open and we ventured inside...

Gyro Bike is an Aladin's cave of old and mid-school mountain biking. Crammed full of mint condition bikes, frames, parts and memorabilia. The shop owner is very friendly and talkative man who spent an hour telling us about his past travels and adventures in the MTB world, he's met such legendary figures as Gary Fisher, Tom Ritchey, John Tomac, Tinker Juarez and Missy Giove...

The assortment of bikes on display is mind blowing for any MTB nerd, limited edition Cannondale's sit alongside custom GT full bouncer's...

And then you look up. The amount of vintage frame porn, all mint condition, hanging from the rafters is stunning. Tomac full susser's, Rocky Mountain's, Sintesi's...

A couple of Klein's for good measure...

Tucked away in the corner are a couple of Ibis hardtail's...

Including a beautiful titanium Mojo...

And all around the shop there are perfect condition parts...

The cabinets that line the wall are also filled with so much vintage WANT...

The owner told us that he no longer runs a website so there is nothing we can link to here. We have marked the location on Google Maps so if you're in Osaka it's fairly easy to find. We'll be back there soon to take tons more photos and buy lots of parts.

Cannondale Killer V MTB

Three quick snaps of a very well kept Cannondale Killer V MTB shot at last month's KNSCX round at Biwako...

Because 26 ain't dead.

Fixed ride in Japan

Fixed ride in japan from Pee on Vimeo.

Cannondale Single Speed

Rather cool custom Cannondale single speed spotted out in Osaka last week...

Sugino cranks, Cinelli saddle and cockpit. No

Osaka Cruising

An afternoon cruise around Osaka yesterday, a good chance to test out the single speed conversion on the Fuji...

SS Fuji.

Made a quick coffee stop at the ever wonderful Cafe Columbia...

Cafe Columbia.

Shot a few street bikes...

C'dale.

Passed a few landmarks...

Old town hall.

Crossed a couple of bridges...

Sundown.

Shot a few more street bikes...

That lock tho.

Dropped in to Brotures...

Little and large Leader

And a final combini stop...

Good night Osaka.