Giracha Sunday Ride

Last Sunday we joined up with the Giracha crew for what was billed as a "Gentlemen and Ladies" Sunday morning ride. We donned our Sunday best and headed out into the beautiful early summer sunshine...

Everyone had made an effort to look smart, Sayaca as always looking effortlessly classy...

Fixed In Nara stylish as fuck and channeling his inner Robert Redford...

Tetsuya-san looking seriously sharp on his beautiful vintage Colnago...

Tsutsumi-san leading the way through the quiet Sunday morning Osaka streets...

Rene rolling on his stunning Nagasawa commuter...

We are traffic...

Loshin and Tsutsumi on point duty...

A Gentlemen and Ladies ride means obeying the laws and waiting patiently at every stop light...

But it's Japan so there will always be a random security guard to tell you off...

Early morning Nakanoshima park is just gorgeous...

Osaka's coolest couple...

Fixed in Nara is a bad influence on local legend Ian...

Just a perfect day...

The new cycling version of Goodfellas looks interesting....

Shooting me shooting you shooting me...

A really fun way to spend a morning. Huge thanks to Tsutsumi, Sayaca, Rene, Loshin, Romi, Ian, Tetsuya and, of course, Fixed in Nara.

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On A Saturday...

A late afternoon spin with F-i-N yesterday down to K Town...

A pit stop at the ever reliable Kita Cycle...

The stench of roadies was strong...

Naturally any trip to K Town means a stop at K-Coffee...

Waiting for the man...

A few shrine shots...

Then back up the river to the big N-City...

Cheers, as usual, to the recovering alcoholics Brad and Mikey.

38 Special Crew

Whilst down at Bicycle Maru a few weeks back we asked Kentaro-san if he could source any of the now discontinued tanwall Panaracer 38 Special tyres. After a bit of searching he came up with some. We shared this news with F-i-N and Mikey and somewhat unwittingly became the 38 Special Crew. Nerdy as fuck? Yes. But these tyres were kind of legendary and they look fucking sweet especially on Mikey's Fairdale Weekender...

Mikey's Fairdale.

And so last holiday Monday morning we met up for a coffee and a local cruise...

Ready to Roll.

A pit stop at Bicycle Maru was needed as designers make shit mechanics, meaning someone needed new pads...

Baaw at Maru.

Shooting people shooting bikes...

Gettin' that 'Gram.

And then we headed south...

Street life.

Through the quiet backstreets and farmland of Koriyama...

Backstreets.

To the wonderful K-Coffee...

K-Coffee

A quick  #BAAW opportunity...

Baaw at K-Coffee.

And then back up to Nara before the weather turned to shite...

Deserted.

Cheers to Brad, Mikey and Bicycle Maru.

Graff Spotting

A grey Sunday afternoon cruzin' the backstreets of Osaka where gentrification hasn't yet reached looking for colour...

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NPC97 from Cycling Embassy of Japan on Vimeo.

LAID BACK CRUISE

LAID BACK CRUISE from W-BASE BICYCLE GARAGE on Vimeo.

Riding South

Gone fishing.

Hooked up with F-i-N yesterday afternoon for a cruise down south of Nara City. No set destination or agenda just a pottering ride through the quiet country roads of Koriyama and Ikaruga stopping off at some beautiful local shrines and temples...

F-i-N

Kai Shrine.

Waiting.

Ikaruga shrine.

Ikaruga shrine info.

Cow.

Nature is metal.

Roads like these.

In the fields behind Hokki-ji. 

Getting that 'Gram.

Hokki-ji

Coffee stop next to Horyu-ji.

A pleasant way to spend a hot and very humid Saturday afternoon. Thanks, as always, to Brad for his superb local knowledge and navigational skills.

Gods.