As you know I have a Fuji Feather bike and I am quite happy with it : I use it every day to go and back from home to the station. It is always parked outside since the day I bought it and is still in fair condition. Only the cheapest parts suffered the bad weather. For the price it is a good ride. So I was quite excited to see the 2010 models from Fuji. Impressive booth to showcase the track bikes. This one is a special edition : "Feather Pure" to celebrate the 111th anniversa... Read more

Saturday, I went to the Cycle Mode event in Tokyo, it is the largest bicycle showcase in Japan. Makers came from everywhere in the world. It was great and as you might guess, I took hundreds of photos with the Nikon D5000. Some of the photos should be published in a web magazine but I prefer to wait it's done to talk about it here :). I also met many people, some I knew like Tomity San the Keirin Ambassador or Stephan Forest who is leading the French-Japanese road race team, NFCC.... Read more

Yesterday night, I was going to pick up wifey at her job when I accidentally found out that the W-BASE shop was celebrating its 5th anniversary just on my way. W-BASE is one of the most famous shop in Tokyo (Shibuya) for bicycles from BMX to Fixed Gear and everything linked to street culture. You know me now, I always carry my Nikon DSLR (D5000, if you wonder) and so took the following photos :) Some serious bike here... I already shot the black Kalavinka for the BFF.... Read more

I could not attend all the film projections but I've seen some very good ones! Thanks a lot to Brendt Barbur, Founding Director of the festival. I was in the audience for 2 programs, number 4 entitled Urban Bike Shorts and the program dedicated to one film itself : Where are you go. From program 4, my favorite films where Made in Queens for its humor, Broadway Bomber/Bridge Battle by Lucas Brunelle for the action, and the portrait of the Italian Frame Builder Giovanni Pelizzoli aka "C... Read more

Yesterday evening was the opening party for the BFF 2009 in Tokyo. It took places at Combine in Daikan Yama which was perfect for me as I had to be in the neighborhood around this time :) Here are some few shots. DJ warming up before audience coming. A BMX ready for a performance to come. I took a time to shoot the fixed gear parked around ;) We can't see it well unfortunately but the black Kalavinka with the ERO mark is totally crazy, it must be... Read more