Saturday Spin

About time we posted a bit of local flavour so this afternoon we hooked up with F-i-N for a coffee and a late afternoon spin around town. There is certainly a hint of spring in the air and the plum blossom is just starting to show in the park... 

Fuji x blossom.

We stopped into the wonderful Bicycle Maru to check out what's new...

Salsa at Bicycle Maru.

Where they have a beautiful Cicli Katsuo MTB...

Cicli Katsuo MTB. 

F-i-N got a chance to see what a fat tyre bike can do...

F-i-N goes FAT!

Up in the park taking photos. Sometimes the deer just know how to make a perfect shot...

Shika x Nagasawa.

And sometimes they make you work for it...

Shika x F-i-N.

Cheers as always to F-i-N and a big thank you to Bicycle Maru. You can get regular update from the Bicycle Maru store by following their Instagram and Facebook pages.

Sunset.

Dave Mirra flatland run AFA Masters Columbus, OH 1988 14 expert

R.I.P Dave Mirra.

Civia Halsted with Wooden Box

Practical custom cargo bike build from Circles...



See more on the Circles Flickr.

節分Ride 2016/2/3

節分Ride 2016/2/3 from SOYng_RSK on Vimeo.

Vintage Vigore MTB

Spotted in the bike parking at the local mall in Nara last week, this well loved, vintage Vigore MTB...

That paint job...

And the parts, oh man the parts. For younger readers this bike would have been a near top end MTB dating from the early 1990's. For older readers, 7spd XT thumbies...

With DX mechs front and rear, bonus points for the XT Shark Fin on the chainstays...

The cranks are Sugino XP with Suntour Power Rings and Shimano XT Pedals...

Such a Kansai bike, Kyoto builder plus Shimano, Sugino, Suntour and Araya.

3rd Active Kids Festa

Macchi CX

A rather nice Macchi Cycles cyclocross bike spotted at last month's KNSCX race in Sakai, Osaka...

Details...

Made in Shiga!

2015-16 関西シクロクロス第11戦 桂川 千秋楽ヅラガワ カテゴリーL2ダイジェスト

2015-16 関西シクロクロス 第11戦 桂川 千秋楽ヅラガワ カテゴリー1ダイジェスト

Mr.Takagi's Steel Era Mudman

Another marvellous Mudman build from Above Bike. See more here.

KNSCX Final Round, Kyoto

Out in Kyoto yesterday for the final race of the Kansai Cyclocross season. Arriving on site just in time to catch our very good friend Toshio-san taking a few test laps...

By the time the races started the course was a mud bath, we've had a few days of heavy rain in west Japan, thankfully the sun was out yesterday...

 

There will be mud...

Fan's favourite Dave Hama...

Dave Hama

Did we mention the mud?..

Team Guell member Yusuke-san was managing to ride through it...

As was the mighty Toshio-san...

 

Well, some of it...

Mud, glorious mud...

Fun and games at the barriers...

 

Back in the pits the usual local cycling brands were doing their thing...

Cachalot

Toyo frame

Tokyo San-Esu

A very big thank you to Mike, Yuka, Toshio, Brad and the whole KNSCX crew. Naturally we'll be posting lots more photos from the day and the rest of the season up here in the coming weeks and months.