Tada CX

A very nice custom Tada cyclocross rig spotted at the KNSCX race in Ikoma earlier this month...

Kai's Mudman CX

Four quick snaps of Kai's awesomely cool Above Bike Mudman CX rig shot at the Kurondo Cross race of this seasons KNSCX in Ikoma a few weeks ago...

That pink bartape setting off the Swamp Things paint job rather nicely...

Tsukiji-san's De Rosa King

Tsukiji-san from Viviana Cafe & Fitness Studio recently got a stunning new bike from Bicycle Shop Vit. A custom De Rosa King road bike with tons of Italian flair...

A Cinelli cockpit...

Fizik saddle with carbon rails...

Full Campagnolo carbon Record drive...

Campy carbon/titanium rear mech...

Campy brakes...

A beautiful bike. Follow Tsukiji-san on Instagram or if you're in the Higashi-Ikoma area drop into the cyclist friendly cafe for a coffee!

Xmas Cross - The Bikes

A rundown of all the bikes photographed at last month's Xmas Cross in Ikoma...

Morati.

BMC Cross Machine.

Specialized.

Ridley.

Panasonic.

All City

The Toyo boys had their own stall showing off all their wonderful creations...

Toyo BMX.

Toyo MTB.

Toyo Frame.

Toyo Frame.

A spectator's Look roadbike.

Surly.

Trek

Ridley

Trek

Cinelli

Noko.

Graphite Design

TNI

Pinarello

Tonic Fab

Strider

SBC

Cheeta MTB

Starting off the new year with a very nice custom Cheeta MTB spotted at last week's Xmas Cross in Ikoma...

Cheeta were a Californian brand making high end MTB's and BMX bikes that sadly went out of business some years ago so it was good to see a well kept Cheeta doing the rounds at a CX race...

Such a nice build with the XTR brakes, Shimano drive RockShox fork and those ever popular Fairweather XC tyres...

Xmas Cross, Ikoma

Some of the better pictures taken at last Wednesday's Xmas Cross cyclocross meeting up at the Kurondo Pond in Ikoma...

This was a stand alone event from the usual Kansai Cyclocross calendar and there was a party atmosphere with many of the riders choosing to race in fancy dress costumes. From the inspired...

And the seasonal...

To the downright disturbingly creepy...

Party on the stairs...

While other racers were taking things a little more seriously...

The legendary Dave Hama killin' it in his t-shirt and cut offs...

F-i-N finally understands the benefits of a fatter tyre as he tries out a beautiful demo Toyo MTB...

Even famous Nara shiba Chiyo-chan was enjoying the action...

A really fun day. A very big thank you to Mike for the lift, to Chiyo for the company and to Brad for the "cookies". Expect many more photos from the day to be posted here through the new year holiday.