This afternoon I went to Carnival, maybe the most famous shop for fixies in Japan. It's in Shibuya at the second floor of a building above W-BASE shop (meaning first floor if you are french...). The guys were cool as they agreed for taking pictures and put them on my blog which I just did ( -> Fixies in Japan gallery). They have mainly stuff from all over the world and it's a little pricey, which is not so surprising with the boom for fixies in the city. Just walking from the shop in the... Read more

The 2008-08-08 the DVD "Fast friday" will be released in Japan. It's a fixie documentary by David Rowe. For the occasion an event will take place in Shibuya at Uplink Factory. Uplink is an arty place in Tokyo with a small cinema theater, a gallery and a restaurant (Tabela, where my girlfriend used to work by the way). They tend to choose non mainstream content and they already did some stuff around the fixie movement with the movie "Pedal" (which was more about New York messenger having tu... Read more

Even if it is hell to practice road bike in/around Tokyo, one thing cool is the number of bicycle shops. I already have 2 bikes, the trek for training and a little (but really heavy) bike I bought almost 2 years ago. I use this one everyday to go to the station so it's always outside...Then now it is dying : the derailleur is broken and the front brake also. It was a cheap bike (9000yens) and to fix it, would probably cost as much as its original value ...So I am looking for a new one. But for... Read more

This is a post for my friends of Hac Triathlon ( www.hactriathlon.com) in Le Havre, France. Okay...So, since I've been living in Japan, I did not do anymore competitions but I still keep training when I can/want. That's meaning : in the early morning before to go work or during the Week-end. Yes it's not so much, (that's why I don't do competitions for now) but I just enjoy the training to keep fit and maybe one day I will have more time to really train and race again. So how are my train... Read more