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Xie Bicycle Kyoto

A visit to the newly opened Xie Bicycle in Kyoto last week...

Inside there is a large, well stocked workshop for repairs and some rather interesting custom builds...

Outside are some of those custom builds like this very cool vintage Araya Muddy Fox with added Xtracycle...

And this equally cool vintage 26er...

There are also new bikes from the likes of Tern, Masi and Bianchi...

A decent selection of parts...

A seriously cool stereo is always the sign of a good bike shop...

A fun and friendly shop well worth a visit. Follow Xie Bicycle on Instgram and Twitter.

The Master

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A Bicycle Journey

Our good friend Adam Bell recently sent us some photos of a restoration project he had been working on. A vintage Motobecane that definitely needed some love. The bike arrived to Adam in this state... 

A few days of magic in Adam's kitchen/workshop...

And she was up and running...

Adam sent through some very nice detailed photos of the finished bike...

So what the hell does this have to do with Japan? Well after all his hard work Adam then sold the bike onto his friend Kitayama-san who lives up in Nagahama, Shiga prefecture and helps organise a local Tweed Picnic cycling event. He sent Adam some photos of the bike in it's new home...

A big thank you to Adam for sharing these photos and a little reminder that you can still buy Adam's superb Bicycle Dictionary and stunning new poster from Circles in Japan and many other good bike & book stores worldwide.

Mr Nagasawa

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Shin 服部製作所

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Vintage Roadie Restoration

Nicely done restoration job on an old roadie by Matthew Cycle...

See more on the Matthew Cycle blog.

Daisy Messenger, Nagoya

Daisy Messenger

A bunch of photos taken at the brilliant Daisy Messenger in Nagoya earlier this month...

Racks.

Daisy Messenger is a bicycle courier service, a bicycle workshop, a screen printing t-shirt shop, a mobile cycle repair service and a very cool place to hang out...

Chari.

Porteur.

Sign.

The mobile cycle repairs are carried out using this very nice Hunter Cycles workbike...

Hunter Cycles 1.

Hunter Cycles 2.

Hunter Cycles 3.

Inside the store is a well equipped and busy workshop...

Tool Board.

A ridiculously cool sound system and record collection...

Sounds.

A gold mine of bikes hang from the rafters...

Frame Porn.

Tyres.

All around there are some super cool frames and bikes...

Kuwahara BMX.

Vicious Cycles.

Kona Humuhumu

A superb shop/workshop/service, well worth a visit. A big thank you to Sal-san for taking time to chat with us and letting us take all these photos. You can follow Daisy Messenger via their Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook and Blog pages.

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