Vintage National Sports Sensor

Three quick snaps of a vintage National "Sports Sensor" spotted out in Osaka last week...

National Tam Tam Road

Rather classy vintage National "Tam Tam Road" touring bike shot out in Osaka a couple of weeks ago... 

Fairly standard mid range parts throughout but all in surprisingly good condition...

Suntour downtube shifters...

Pulling a Suntour Seven Mech...

National cranks...

Dia-Compe U-brakes...

And National bars bearing the motto "Just Slightly Ahead Of Our Time"...

A little message to any local bike owners, please park them drive side out, it makes our job so much easier, thanks!

Giracha Showroom

A bunch of shots taken at the utterly amazing Giracha showroom a few weeks back. Located just a few doors down from the Giracha Coffee shop in the original GiraGira location, this little room is a treasure trove of all things fixed, track and vintage...

Let's start with the stunning bikes on display...

Tiemeyer.

Tiemeyer 2. 

A very special Nagasawa.

Vintage 1930's Hetchens.

National/Panasonic.

A Samson behind a T19 X How I Roll "Minium".

And then there are the frames. They are everywhere and each one is stunning...

Nakagawa.

Rare Nagasawa with OS down tubing.

Verwin.

Marinoni.

Zunow.

Nagasawa fleet.

Too many to list!

When it comes to parts it doesn't get any more high end or beautiful than this...

Parts cabinet.

Caps & saddles.

Campy crank porn.

Shimano crank porn.

Even more crank porn!

Araya.

Bicycle jewelry.

An absolutely incredible place. Fixed gear Nirvana! A huge thank you to Giracha mechanic Hideaki for taking the time to show us and the IPA Crew this amazing room. Keep up with all the Giracha happenings by following the Instagrams of store managers Sayaka & Rene, the official Giracha page and the Giracha Walnut Club for the posh bits. Needless to say, if you are in Osaka, or Japan or Asia then go to GiraGira. It is the best fixed gear & track bike shop in the world. If you can't get there then there is always their Track Supermarket webshop.

Caps.

National Randione

Blast from the past spotted out in Kyoto last month. A well preserved National Randione adorned with some classic local parts including the Sugino cranks and what look like the original National tyres...

Miyazaki Cycle Osaka (Part 2)

Here are a few of Brad's rather excellent photos taken at the wonderful Miyazaki Cycle last weekend...

Baramon Track Bike.

Campag and Dura Ace cranks.

Some more detailed shots of that record breaking National bike...

Panasonic MTB frame.

Bars!

National/Panasonic radio, clock and advert.

National Boy!

You can keep up to date with the shop's creations on their brilliant shop blog. Cheers, as always, to Brad for sharing these great pictures.

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