*SURLY* straggler (42)

And we're back, long time no see right? More of this bike here.

OPEN CYCLE U.P. Gravel Plus Assembled by Above Bike Store

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*SURLY* straggler 700C (52)

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All Yours DeSalvo All Road

Image from here. More DeSalvo beauties here.

Simon's All City Gorilla Monsoon

Whilst at Giracha last week we ran into Sime who had just been doing some epic touring around Japan on this awesome All City...

Pep Cycles SS Monster Cross

A few shots of Pep Cycles' race winning personal single speed Monster cross rig taken at last week's Cycle Picnic in Osaka...

Sean's Curve Titanium Gravel Grinder

Sean from Bikepacking Japan recently got a stunning custom titanium Curve Cycling monster cross rig. A few weeks ago he passed through Nara and we got a few shots of the beauty...

Vogue CX @ Abenova

A beautiful Vogue cyclocross bike photographed by our good friend Nuho at the fabulous Abenova store in Osaka...

A perfect bike and a great reminder that #crossiscoming.

29＋から29erへ

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Custom Surly CC At 1Jyo

A very sweet raw steel Surly Cross Check shot at the always amazing 1Jyo Ultimate Factory in Osaka last week...

Those are Bruce Gordon canti brakes...

And Kuwahara hubs...

Check out the 1Jyo Flickr page to see more builds like this.

Corner Bikes Monster Cross at Booon

Gorgeous custom Corner Bikes monstercross rig shot at last month's Booon event in Osaka...

Follow Corner Bikes on Instagram to see more stunning builds.

Alan Cross Mercurial @ Eirin Cycle

Gorgeous Alan Bikes Cross Mercurial CX/Gravel Grinder shot at the ever fabulous Eirin Marutamachi  in Kyoto a couple of weeks ago...

You can follow Alan Bikes on Instagram here and Eirin Cycle can be followed here.

Monster Muddy Fox MFB

Naoya-San from Filterweb has a very cool, very custom Araya Muddy Fox MFB, when we saw it on display at Y's Road Osaka last week we just had to get some shots...

Ready for all kinds of adventure with a Surly fork/Paul hub combo running a massive 4.8 tyre up front...

Naturally kitted out with Filterweb bags and a bit of #basketlyfe action...

Shimano XTR going all the way up to 50!!!

Possibly the coolest Muddy Fox around, thanks to Naoya-San for all the information. Follow the Y's Road Osaka store on Instagram for more custom builds.

New Mudman Disk × Wicked Wheel Works Wheel Set

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Unknown Monster Cruiser

A very nice custom monster/cross/cruiser bike shot between the biblical downpours out in Kyoto last Sunday. (Bear in mind that by this point of the day everything was soaking wet including hands and camera, hence the shitty pictures)...

No idea on what it is, looks like a bonded ally front end with carbon stays...

Interesting cable routing...

Any readers who know what this bike is then send your answers on a postcard to the usual address to win a year's supply of keytones and asthma meds*.

*fake news