Okay I am totally late on this one but here it is, the last part of the bicycle market report. First is Nakamura San and his project Momoiro Bike Works, I guess this could interest Danny Choo (?) Then I met Mr CyberCyclist; with his system he has his own telebi (TV) channel, streaming live his rides across Japan. He has almost 2000 followers on Nico Nico Douga, a popular web app in Japan where people can write comments directly on the video screen. So as I was talking to him at his... Read more

The market welcomes any kind of bicycles but as they are (still / more and more ?) popular, fixed gear bikes (ピストバイク＝pist bike) are quite numerous to see. So here are some of them :) [Don't forget that you can click on the photos for large view] The classic style, and the modern street one : I had a nice chat with the two correspondents for COG in Japan : 前田さん[Maeda San, here is his blog and flickr ] and 沼田さん[Numata San, his... Read more

I took about 90 pictures so I am going to divide the "report" into 4 parts. 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. 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). I had the great pleasure to finally meet To... Read more

Tomorrow will take place the Sekido Bashi flea market, if you are around Tokyo, don't miss it! More info in my previous articles : Sekido Bashi Bicycle Flea Market. See you there! Read more

Really cool project and the video seems to be great too. Can't wait to see it! LONDON TO PARIS from Amazing Grace on Vimeo. Official site : AllOrNothingProductions.com. In a same spirit, check this one also : some guys want to ride Paris - Roubaix on fixed gear next year! L'Arbre Paris Roubaix Fixed Gear Bicycle from Alexandre VOISINE on Vimeo. Check it for more information : Paris-Roubaix-Fixie : L'Arbre Read more