Tokyo Bicycle Market Part 1

Tags: bicycle, sekido-bashi, tomity-san

Sekido bashi Bicycle Flea Market


I took about 90 pictures so I am going to divide the "report" into 4 parts.

Sekido bashi Bicycle Flea Market


Sekido bashi Bicycle Flea Market


Sekido bashi Bicycle Flea Market


Sekido bashi Bicycle Flea Market


This is already my third time at the SekidoBashi flea market and second time for the autumn's one. Nice weather but a bit too much cloudy, not the best conditions for photography.

Sekido bashi Bicycle Flea Market


Sekido bashi Bicycle Flea Market


Anyway once again it was great to see the parts and bicycles presented for sale (or not) to the 自転車オタク (Jitensha Otaku = the Bicycles Otaku).

Sekido bashi Bicycle Flea Market


Sekido bashi Bicycle Flea Market


Sekido bashi Bicycle Flea Market


I had the great pleasure to finally meet Tomity San, ambassador of Keirin!

Sekido bashi Bicycle Flea Market


We exchanged some mails before and messages through the comments of the blog but it was the first time we met.

Sekido bashi Bicycle Flea Market


Tomity San has really a big heart! Always keen to share his knowledge and giving presents. Tomity San is still racing, of course always on a Kalavinka frame mounted with a 48x13 ratio (I asked him to write that, it is no tactical secret :) he used to have a bigger ratio... but hey he is in his 50's!! I hope I'll able to visit Kalavinka's atelier with him... [You can check the video he did from Tanabe San building a frame]

Sekido bashi Bicycle Flea Market


This is a cog from a world champion that he gilded!

He was also selling some of his parts :

Sekido bashi Bicycle Flea Market


See you soon Tomity San!

Let's check some other booths.

Sekido bashi Bicycle Flea Market


Sekido bashi Bicycle Flea Market


Sekido bashi Bicycle Flea Market


Sekido bashi Bicycle Flea Market


Sekido bashi Bicycle Flea Market


Anime Fixed Gear anyone?

Sekido bashi Bicycle Flea Market


Sekido bashi Bicycle Flea Market


Sekido bashi Bicycle Flea Market


I already took the pictures of anime bike last time, but it seems to become a small trend, interesting mix of 2 cultures![a cycling version of the Itasha]

This is it for the first article. I'll try to upload the 3 other articles during the week.

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