Achieve Ride Pt 5

An early start last Sunday, hooking up with F-i-N to catch the train to Kyoto...

Feeling the benefits of evil globalisation with a much needed coffee stop...

The destination was the Achieve shop who had organised a Sunday morning alley cat/orienteering ride...

The group was split into teams of three and we had two hours to hit as many of six checkpoints around the city as we could...

First stop was the art museum...

Where the Makio Yamaguchi "Bird in Crotch: Saddle" was the required find...

Then back out on the road heading for the second checkpoint, F-i-N setting a puke inducing pace...

As F-i-N and Andrew went on ahead, KCDC took a rest stop, did some map checking (smoked a fag) and took a few photos...

A quick combini stop for pisses, smokes and a Red Bull...

And we were back in the game...

The final point we hit was the railway museum...

And then back to Achieve to wait for everyone to return...

There was a fair amount of #bikeporn around...

After leaving Acheive we took a trip to the superb new Crazy Sheep Farm shop...

Then a gentle cruise through town, taking shots as we went...

A stop at the ever wonderful Cycle Garden...

Hanging out down by the river...

Before catching the train back to little Nara...

OK, here come the thank you's; Massive thanks to Brad and Andrew for being such wonderful team mates (we actually won the alley cat, fuck know's how!!) Huge thanks to everyone at Achieve & Cycle Garden & Deeper's Wear for putting on such a cool ride. And cheers (forgive the Instagram names) to Kiilo Bicycle, Hossica, Michiko, BromnLife, NY.City6813, Kohei and all the Grid boys and everyone else who came out and made it such a fun ride. There will be more from the Crazy Sheep shop and more bike photos from the ride posted here just as soon as we can be arsed to edit all the photos. 

Riding South

Gone fishing.

Hooked up with F-i-N yesterday afternoon for a cruise down south of Nara City. No set destination or agenda just a pottering ride through the quiet country roads of Koriyama and Ikaruga stopping off at some beautiful local shrines and temples...

F-i-N

Kai Shrine.

Waiting.

Ikaruga shrine.

Ikaruga shrine info.

Cow.

Nature is metal.

Roads like these.

In the fields behind Hokki-ji. 

Getting that 'Gram.

Hokki-ji

Coffee stop next to Horyu-ji.

A pleasant way to spend a hot and very humid Saturday afternoon. Thanks, as always, to Brad for his superb local knowledge and navigational skills.

Gods.

F-i-N Blogging Again

After a little hiatus, Fixed in Nara is blogging a backlog of great photos including pics from Nara Keirin, Hokki-ji and some beautiful night time commute shots... 

Get regular F-i-N updates via his Instagram & Twitter feeds.

FOE009 Nagoya to Jokoji and Tajimi with Surlys Pacer and Steamroller

You can follow more FOE adventures over on their Instagram page.

30 Days Of Biking (Final Week)

Green.

Shitty weather last week in Nara meant not many photos taken whilst riding around town. Here's four shots from a quick local spin taken last Friday on the penultimate #30DaysOfBiking...

Door.

Wood. 

Deer.

Autumnal Sunday Ride

F-i-N making new friends in Naramachi.

A few shots from last Sunday's ride with Fixed in Nara down to Shoryaku-ji...

Rest stop.

Local traffic.

After what F-i-N called a "little" climb (it wasn't "little") we made up to the beautiful Shoryaku-ji Temple...

Shoryaku-ji

Shoryaku-ji 2

Shoryaku-ji 3

We weren't the only cyclists to have made the "little" climb, there were a few more serious roadies up there with serious roadie bikes...

Serious roadie bike, a full Dura Ace Trek.

A couple more photo opps on the way back up to Nara city...

Rest stop 2.

Beware of skaters.

F-i-N on point.

Back in Nara, we dropped into the superb Greed store to check out the current exhibition by artists Scumboy x Lifers...

Killer Monkey

Scumboy.

Cheers as always to F-i-N and if you are ever in Nara be sure to check out the super cool Greed store.

F-i-N taking care of business.