Wakakusa Wednesday

Last Wednesday saw the inaugural #WakakusaWednesday night ride. After sending out a few texts and a couple of Instagram posts with the details we ( F-i-N, Kentaro-san, Mikey, Takao and Nuho) all met up at JR Nara for a climb in the darkness up and over Wakakusayama...

Nuho arrived from Osaka on his gorgeous new (Movement built) Monk Bicycles dirt drop MTB...

Out into the streets we go...

Into the darkness we head, this is the only shot worth posting from the actual ride, it's fucking dark up there, FiN was shooting shots like a paparazzi in a Parisian tunnel so there may be something over on his blog soon...

Back down at JR Nara after the climb...

Cheers to everyone who came out. This will be a regular event, possibly once a month depending on the weather and if we can be arsed. Stay tuned to the Instagram.

Ride Local

A few shots taken on local rides around Nara this week...

Green.

Sakura hunting with Mike.

Sahand Hesamiyan.

Crossing.

Dairy.

Tranquillity.

Stone.

Heijo.

Pigs.

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.

Saturday Osaka Rollin'

Bridge.

A boredom busting trip to Osaka last Saturday. First stop the ever wonderful Nakazaki Eights...

Eights.

...To hook up with the IPA Crew...

Andrew's 'Sonic.

Hiroshi's Makino.

Taku's M Idea.

A chance to shoot some bikes...

Fairdale Taj.

Fairdale custom by Eights.

Then a dusk ride through the city, passing some landmarks on the way...

Sky Building.

A pit stop for the IPA Crew at the piss takingly expensive Craft Beer Base...

Dismount in style.

The Crew, loaded with beers and lighter of cash.

Back out onto the streets...

Stopped.

Shooting more bikes at Brotures...

Brotures bikes.

Leader roadbike at Brotures.

Leader, Leader, Leader etc.

Finishing with a coffee and a few more bike shots at Giracha...

Rene's very cool, very rare Cinelli CMX (more shots here soon!)

Giracha custom 'Sonic.

A very enjoyable way to spend an afternoon! Cheers to Andrew, Hiroshi and Taku.

Trackstands for days (and nights).

Wakakusa Run

Foot of the mountain.

A rare day of sunshine in the middle of the rainy season yesterday. The perfect chance for a mid afternoon run up Wakakusa with F-i-N and Mikey...

Gettin' that 'Gram.

Halfway?

Chillin' with the shika.

The View.

Koriyama Cruising

A few shots from an afternoon spin down to Koriyama Castle with Matt and Mike last week...

Checking out the local wildlife on the way...

Spotted a rather nice vintage Specialized A1 Comp Ground Control MTB...

Spring is finally here! Cheers to Matt and Mike.