This is the "Photo report" from last week bicycle event in Yokohama. (announced here last month). A very good opportunity to see cool bikes of any kind; of course I got particularly my eyes on the pista ones.The classics Kalavinka, 3Rensho, Nagasawa (etc..) were well represented.But also modern style like Starfuckers.Momo Iro Fuji Track!First time I tried the Bern helmets... Nice style but kind of heavy compared to my road race helmet...which is almost 10 years old...mmmI know they are more dedi... Read more

Saturday evening I took the Feather for a ride in Yokohama, a little bit everywhere from Minato Mirai to the heights of Yamate.It was a very pleasant night.I took the Nikon D5000 with me and shoot few pics. I love this place. There is a nice mood and It is very photogenic.Many photographers were around.I tried different set-ups in manual mode. I only show few of them as the view is little bit always the same…Ok I tried an auto-portrait with the minuter… Some people looked at me strangely … ah!Th... Read more

I usually only display pictures I've taken myself but this time I stole the following pics from http://hashirin.com/ so please check also this homepage (in Japanese) for a complete review of the Fuji 2011 models with prices (in Yen).I will display here only the fixed gear, single speed, track models.First is the Fuji and Tomato collaboration pursuit bike. First seen (for me) on Kentalog blog last year : http://klogr.blogspo t.com/2009/09/fuji-x-tomato-pursuite-model-2011.htmlThe model here is st... Read more

Last August I went to 2 bike events :One was in Omotesando, it was a mini bicycle market organized next to an organic farm market.Tomity San, Keirin Ambassador and young retired of the pro racing life, had his booth there.This is how Tomity San arranged his bike now, more comfortable than the racing set-up but still on Kalavinka! (a folding one)Work with bike! I met the maker of this hand made bike : @jinken on twitter, you can learn more about the concept "Tetz-One" on this page :  http://... Read more

Report took almost as much time as the challenge itself but here it is!Saturday the 28th of August I left Yokohama at around 7AM to go to the Fuji San, a 140km ride and then climb the volcano. To make it more fun I rode a fixed gear bike, the Fuji Track Comp courtesy of Fuji bikes Japan.I train myself during 2 months, nothing very intense but enough to be back in shape for this challenge, I haven't done much sports prior to that this year.Here is the route I took with the fixie : from Yokohama t... Read more