Thursday, 21 January 2016

KNSCX Round 10 Sakai, Osaka

Sunrise over Sakai.
An early start on Sunday morning as we hooked up with F-i-N, Toshio-san and Mike to head out to round 10 of this season's KNSCX in Sakai Osaka...

Essential combini stop.
Arriving at the venue just as the sun was coming up, no real need to state how cold it was...

Reflection of a cx carpark.
Once the sun was up the riders got a chance to test ride the relatively flat course...

Cross is here.
Step up.
Brad and Toshio looking fairly relaxed after their warm up laps...

Do not approach these men.
And then it was race time...

Line up, line up.
F-i-N waiting for the start...

F-i-N.
They're off!
Find your line.
Team Guell doing well out on the technical course...

F-i-N 2.
Toshio #LikeABoss.
Toshio flying.
The sand area was the party pit, causing quite a few difficulties for many riders...

Dig...
Dig...
Dig...
Run...
Dual dismount.
F-i-N in the pits.
Alone.
Cornering.
Once their races were done Team Guell had a chance to get shooting down in the sandpit...

Paps.
Which the C1 riders were making look easy...

Party in the pits.
Nakagawa.
Pro style.
Well, almost easy...

Man down.
Cornering 2.
SBC.
Cornering 3.
Dave Hama was ruling the course as usual...

The Hama man.
A fun day had by all. A very big thank you to Toshio-san for his driving and navigational skills, cheers to Brad, Mike, Yuka and, of course Chiyo&Monika. Expect lots more bike photos from the day to be posted here over the next few weeks.

Bikin! tv

Tuesday, 19 January 2016

Toshio's Custom Fuji Feather CX

At last weekend's KNSCX race in Sakai, Osaka we got a chance to take some detailed shots of our very good friend Toshio-san's cool, custom, award winning Fuji Feather CX bike...


A mix of old and new parts, Toshio has changed up a few bits as he has gotten more into CX racing...


Ultegra/105 drive...


 Team Bubba representing...


Cinelli saddle on a Crank Bros pillar with a Thomson collar...



The custom touches at the cockpit are so cool. KCNC headset,  Sim Works stem and a Kink BMX cable holder on the downtube...


Day glo Fizik tape on Sixth Component bars...


Genius custom cable routing solution...


3edge works representing on the hand built TNI wheelset with Fairweather CX tyres...




And a picture of the man himself, throwing shapes for the cameras after coming in 8th in his C4 race. Well done Toshio-san!


We'll have a ton more photos from the actual race plus all the bike photos posted here over the next few days.

15-16 JCX#9 : Utsunomiya (UCX#3)

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Monday, 18 January 2016

Yellow Worx, Osaka


We took a trip up to the fantastic Yellow Worx shop in Korien last Friday...



This small yet well stocked shop holds a range of mini-velos and custom fixies...


The bright store is dotted with some very cool accessories and cycling related memorabilia...




Including clothing from Swrve and Mash SF, bags from Blue Lug and Fairweather...



Saddles from Brooks England...



Naturally the shop owner rides a very cool custom Rock Bikes fixie...



A super cool and friendly shop doing some very nice custom builds. Definitely worth checking out if you're in town. Follow the store via their Instagram, Facebook and shop blog.