Yu Takenouchi's Toyo CX @ Abenova Osaka

Four quick shots of Japanese champion Yu Takenouchi's gorgeous Toyo Frame cyclocross bike taken at the fabulous new Abenova shop in Osaka last weekend...

Vintage #MessLife @ Giracha

Sayaka at Giracha always has some cool reading material that you can browse while you drink your coffee. Here's a few pictures from a very cool early 90's Popeye Magazine documenting the messenger culture at the time (before the trustfund kids and the hipsters killed the lifestyle!)...  

Popeye Magazine.

Remember when couriers used gears?!

Beautiful Toyo Frame MTB.

Lids and Spin wheels.

Baglife.

Thanks, as always, to Sayaka, Rene, Tsutumi and the whole Giracha crew.

Toyo CX @ #奥河内booon Osaka

Very nice custom Toyo Frame cyclocross bike shot at last weekend's Booon event in Osaka

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*FAIRWEATHER* track complete bike

Gorgeous custom Fairweather Track from the mighty Blue Lug...



It's a scientific fact that only genuinely cool bikes use albatross bars. See more over on the Blue Lug Flickr.

All City Cycles Osaka Nightride

All City Cycles are in Japan on tour! On Tuesday they had a night ride through Osaka, we went along and took our usual blurry night ride shots...

Party Brand overload at 1Jyo

Hooking up with the IPA Crew for a quick coffee at Nakazaki Eights...

Sonic X Cappuccino. 

 Before meeting up with the Motocross International & All City crews for the ride...

The meet up.

 Starting off heading downtown...

Track stands for days.

Through the Christmas lights...

Neon lights, shimmering neon lights.

Andrew, still standing.

Rolling into Dotonbori.

Macho Man meets Glico Man.

F-i-N at the crossing, waiting to sell his soul!

A few photo opportunities in Tenno-ji...

BAAW!

Art.

A real photographer.

 The essential combini stop...

Combini life.

Parking.

 And back out on the streets...

Waiting.

Rolling into Shitenno-ji.

Corner boys.

Just before the hill climb sprinting began, check out Masahiro's knowing smile.

Ending the night with beer and pizza...

F-i-N takes his whiskey very seriously.

A truly amazing night. A huge thank you to Brad, Andrew, Nate and Jeff from All City, The Motocross International crew, Masahiro for his navigation and guidance, the Toyo Frame crew, Spark Scone & Bicycle, Yoko, Taigood, Takeshi, Kenhi81 for planning the very cool route and everyone who came out for what was a fantastic night of riding. 

Toyo Road By Grumpy Bike

Stunning Toyo build by Grumpy Bike...



See more here.

MTB's @ KNSCX Kyoto

A couple of MTB's shot at last month's KNSCX in Kyoto, first up this lovely unidentified (though it was hanging around the Toyo tent) rigid single speed...

Just so nicely done, loving the red touches on the spokes, c'ring and stem...

Secondly this locally made Titania...

Looking even better caked in mud after the race...

KNSCX Kyoto-The Bikes

A run down of all the bikes photographed at last month's KNSCX final round in Kyoto...

Niner.

The Toyo Frame crew had some pretty damn fine bikes dotted around the course...

Toyo.

 Including a raw fixed gear frame with Nagasawa drop outs...

Toyo track drop outs.

Toyo Frame.

Toyo Frame.

Toyo Frame.

The Sim Works team showed up with a rather nice custom painted Surly...

Sim Works SS Surly.

 Spotted a gorgeous Shin Cycles just laying in the field...

Shin Custom Cycles.

 And it was a pleasure to meet local frame builder Tada, proudly displaying one of his creations...

Tada.

 Elsewhere around the course were a few beauties...

Anchor.

One by Esu.

Corner Bikes

This unidentified bamboo bike looked good before the race...

Bamboo CX .

And after, even when caked in mud...

Bamboo CX 2.

Naturally, this being Kyoto, there were a fair few Nakagawa bikes around...

Nakagawa 1.

Nakagawa 2.

And somewhere under all that mud there is a beautiful Kualis...

Kualis.

Panasonic.

Kinfolk.

Cowbofee.

Brodie.

Hunter.

Unknown carbon.

It's a CX race, there's always gonna be a bunch of Ridley bikes...

Ridley 1

Ridley 2

Ridley 3

Finally, something completely different. A spectator turned up on this very pimped Peco folder...

Pimped Peco

There will be a few more CX posts appearing here as we go through the tons of photos taken over the season.