Custom Salsa Marrakesh @ Bicycle Maru

Seriously sweet custom Salsa build at Bicycle Maru...

Selle Anatomica saddle...

XT drive with MKS pedals...

A few Maru trademark custom touches including the Stem Captain watch...

B&M dynamo front hub and Rindow back up Bullet Lights

This bike is for sale so if you're in Japan and interested go slide into Maru's DM's and ask about the price.

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Salsa Marrakesh SS @ Bicycle Maru

Another stunner from Bicycle Maru. This custom single speed Salsa Marrakesh was actually built up earlier this year but after the original Velocity rear hub fell apart on the second ride it was back in the Maru workshop for a new wheelbuild, a perfect opportunity to grab a few shots... 

The bike is built around the Fairweather (Nitto) Bullmoose bar...

With the Brooks non dead animal skin finishing kit...

Shimano Zee at the cranks...

And the new hubs are the enigmatic, classic Hadley Racing. Maru-san had to rebuild both wheels, warranty is a really sketchy issue in Japan so although Sim Works will reimburse him for the fucked up Velocity hub he won't be reimbursed for the time and effort of building two wheels again...

Oh and those are the classic Rindow Bullet Lights...

A beautiful build and hopefully now running longer than two rides. Follow Bicycle Maru on Instagram for more like this.

Salsa Marrakesh @ Bicycle Maru

Kentaro-san, owner of the wonderful Bicycle Maru in Nara is a very patient man. He has been in the process of building this Salsa Marrakesh for himself for the past 18 months! It was almost complete earlier this year and then a customer made him an offer for the original wheels he had built for it meaning a few more months of waiting for parts to arrive. It is now, as Kentaro-says "80% complete" (he's still waiting for custom bags), and it's a stunner...

It is a parts porn overload, Gevenalle shifters, Paul Clamper brakes, Chris King headset and hubs Shimano drive...

Rolling on 650B Velocity rims with those Sim Works "Homage" tyres and a very cool vintage Yanco Pad on the top tube...

Stylish Rindow Bikes Bullet Lights front and rear...

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Crazy Sheep Charollais

Rather classy Crazy Sheep Charollais single speed spotted out in Osaka last week...

Living that #BasketLyfe...

The addition of a Rindow Bullet light points to this being a Velo Life Unpeu build...

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Custom Salsa Vaya Travel At Bicycle Maru

Another gorgeous custom Salsa Cycles build by Bicycle Maru. This Vaya Travel was ordered by Fukucyatoyuurai as a gift for his wife and used a mix of new and old parts from her previous bike...

Naturally, this being a Maru build, there's a ton of Chris King in the mix, pink King headset...

With matching Hubs...

Sim Works Get Around bars...

The difference with the "Travel" Vaya model is the addition of S And S Couplers which enable the frame to be split in two for, well, travel...

A Shimano XT chainset with some rather stylish copper MKS pedals...

Shimano SLX clutch mech with a huge range 11 speed cassette and a Rindow Bikes Bullet Light on the rear...

Classy Rivendell Bikes 650B Maxy Fasty tyres...

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Custom Brompton

About time we had a bit of folding action around here and folders don't come much better than a Brompton and Brompton's don't come much cooler than NBromnLife's very custom M6 shot earlier this month on the Achieve Sunday morning ride...

Rotor at the drive...

A very trendy Rindow Bullet light up front with a King headset...

Limited edition Brooks saddle...

And a Loro custom rear spring taking care of shock duties...

Made in London. Pimped in Kyoto.

Salsa Marrakesh Limited Edition

A few shots of a beautiful limited edition custom Salsa Marrakesh shot at Bicycle Maru in Nara last week...

A limited model with custom paint to celebrate 40 years of the Adventure Cycling Association...

All the usual trademark Bicycle Maru favourites, Chris King headset, Phil Wood bottles, Ron King cages...

And of course a Rindow Bullet Light...

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