Vintage Specialized Stumpjumper

Gorgeous original Specialized Stumpjumper shot at the Bicycle Museum Cycle Center in Sakai, Osaka last month...

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.

Osaka Cruising

An afternoon cruise around Osaka yesterday, a good chance to test out the single speed conversion on the Fuji...

SS Fuji.

Made a quick coffee stop at the ever wonderful Cafe Columbia...

Cafe Columbia.

Shot a few street bikes...

C'dale.

Passed a few landmarks...

Old town hall.

Crossed a couple of bridges...

Sundown.

Shot a few more street bikes...

That lock tho.

Dropped in to Brotures...

Little and large Leader

And a final combini stop...

Good night Osaka.

Dirt Training

We joined up with Toshio-san and Mr Yasuhara last Wednesday for a bit of off road riding around some local "hidden" Nara trails...

Important pre-ride checks.

It started off quite gently as we headed out along the Nara Cycle Road...

A "gentle" pace,

And then, very quickly, we were in the dirt....

Rest stop 1.

Toshio's award winning Fuji Feather.

A few rest stops/location checks were needed...

Location check.

We took in some beautiful rural Nara scenery...

The middle of nowhere.

Rest stop 2.

Where's your head at?!

"We are here".

Yasuhara-san was flying through the difficult course...

Flying!

Location check 2.

Toshio, in the distance.

A really fun and happily tiring day. Big thanks to Toshio-san and Yasuhara for his exceptional navigational skills.