Finally I uploaded a selection of my photos taken at the Cycle Mode Tokyo in December 2009. About 80 of them. I wanted to make it in several parts but hardly found the time to do it. I only did...
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2010-02-06 13:08:26 - Comment(s) : 5
Like last year I went to the Handmade Bicycle Fair of Tokyo this last Saturday.
I would say that the usual suspects were there. So it's cool to see the works done by the craft men but it's...
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2010-01-19 00:10:15 - Comment(s) : 6
[Poster seen at the Cycle Mode - which reminds me I still have some photos to show you about this event]
Each year the final Keirin Grand Prix takes place at the end of December. It is...
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2010-01-02 23:54:23 - Comment(s) : 0
More photos taken at Cycle Mode, today I will focus on Italian brands that caught my eyes.
This first one was simply wonderful, design, color, I love it!
With nice wheels...
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2009-12-23 22:55:42 - Comment(s) : 8
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...
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2009-12-17 23:46:09 - Comment(s) : 2
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...
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2009-12-14 15:12:45 - Comment(s) : 0
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...
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2009-12-05 13:54:21 - Comment(s) : 1
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...
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2009-11-22 23:00:34 - Comment(s) : 7
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...
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2009-11-21 11:05:12 - Comment(s) : 0
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 (?)...
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2009-11-10 16:08:49 - Comment(s) : 2
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...
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2009-10-23 15:58:50 - Comment(s) : 2
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...
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2009-10-20 10:50:44 - Comment(s) : 0
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!
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2009-10-16 08:14:02 - Comment(s) : 11
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 :...
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2009-10-11 00:40:17 - Comment(s) : 2
As I was busy far from Tokyo I completely missed the CMWC , which is quite frustrating, and so, I have nothing to show about it... :/
I guess like me you found blogs and flickr accounts covering it....
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2009-09-29 22:48:30 - Comment(s) : 10
Last night going to rent some DVDs to Tsutaya in Minato Mirai, I met the Yo!kohama Fixed Gear fellows. I could not stay long with them but we had a good chat and they agreed for me to take...
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2009-09-12 14:35:15 - Comment(s) : 5
What about fixed gear bicycles in magazines?
From where do you get your fixed gear related information ? Only from the web?
I also enjoy the good old way : magazines! Perfect...
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2009-08-29 16:55:14 - Comment(s) : 1
Photos taken few weeks ago, Blue Lug is one of the most famous/popular fixed gear shop in Tokyo.
Anything on your shopping list ? :)...
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2009-08-27 08:09:37 - Comment(s) : 0
My favorite video this summer!
Disclosure : I have a Fuji fixie and a carbon Trek road race bike ^_^
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2009-08-13 11:05:39 - Comment(s) : 2
No it's not Christmas, but here is the second post of the day!
I recently enjoyed some night walks in the streets of Tokyo.
I go to different neighborhoods but...
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2009-08-08 16:10:10 - Comment(s) : 14
Hi everyone, isn't it cool to ride in the summer time? It's been a while I posted some fixed gear stuff around here...
Well for now, nothing crazy, just few shots I took in a...
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2009-08-08 12:25:22 - Comment(s) : 6
Tokyo will host this year the Cycle Messenger World Championships, it will take place on 19-23,26th of September.
Already many riders registered but there's still lots of room!
I found this...
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2009-07-07 22:48:49 - Comment(s) : 0
Last Saturday, for the first time I saw some "live" Keirin ( = Cycling Race). I remember I went one time to the velodrome of Le Havre when I was a kid but it was nothing like this place.
This...
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2009-05-19 23:25:38 - Comment(s) : 2
It's been quiet around here this month... But I am going to catch-up this week-end with at least 3 articles!
Bicycle lovers, here is a collection of snap-shots I took the last 3 or 4 months in the...
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2009-05-16 13:10:58 - Comment(s) : 9
I've just found these 2 videos by Tomity San, we can see Tanabe San from Kalavinka at work : building a NJS frame : Keirin race approved frame.
Thank you Tomity San....
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2009-04-24 00:00:22 - Comment(s) : 4
As you may remember (or not) I've already been to this bicycle flea market which takes place twice a year. I must say that this spring version was much more interesting, more sellers I think and more stuff...
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2009-04-19 07:20:17 - Comment(s) : 6
Quite beautiful week-end here in Tokyo. Saturday I took the fixie for a ride. I first took it in a bag for about 20mn of train from Yokohama to Ôsaki.
You just need to put it in a bag to be allowed to...
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2009-04-12 08:09:49 - Comment(s) : 2
Visit last week at Sexon Super Peace ( www.sexonpista.com ). I am working in Shibuya near Shinsen station and in the neighborhood there are 3 shops selling fixed gear stuff, this one is the largest (well...
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2009-03-23 07:16:09 - Comment(s) : 0
Last week I received my new fixed gear bike.
I chose to buy a new one as a second hand ones costs more ... I know that living in Japan I "should" ride a Nagasawa or Watanabe or at least a...
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2009-03-20 05:12:22 - Comment(s) : 6
Today I setted up a new account on Twitter with the user name PignonFixe . "Pignon Fixe" stands for "Fixed Gear" in French.
So, what is it about ?
This twitter account is...
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2009-02-28 01:07:20 - Comment(s) : 2
Despite of the cold, winter is a good season for training, it's much more comfortable than summer with its heat combined with humidity.
So this time I propose you, not a photo-walk but a photo-jog!...
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2009-02-01 01:05:47 - Comment(s) : 0
Working now in Shibuya I can see everyday some dudes riding fixies (and some single speed also). During one of my lunch time I discovered a shop 3 mn from my office in a small street :
Triple rock...
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2009-01-23 22:16:12 - Comment(s) : 0
Yesterday I went to the Tokyo Handmade Bicycle Fair. I thought of a quite big event but it's actually a rather small organization. It took place at the Museum of Science just next to the Emperor Palace....
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2009-01-17 21:04:18 - Comment(s) : 2
Just found this short cool video by Joi Ito . More news soon about fixed gear. Last posts about it were about the Sekido bashi bicycle market , it was 2 months ago!... pfff......
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2008-12-17 21:54:14 - Comment(s) : 0
Here are the photos taken with my Canonet at the bicycle flea market 2 weeks ago.I did not plan this visit and already loaded before a black and white film. So sorry, no colorful bikes this time.
If...
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2008-10-29 08:01:41 - Comment(s) : 2
The first time I've read about this market was in COG magazine but then completly forgot about it...
Thankfully, nico^p who also lives in Japan reminded me the event on the french fixed gear...
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2008-10-17 23:56:52 - Comment(s) : 4
I've spotted some posters for the next Tokyo Marathon in 2009!
This time it will be little bit later in the year (22 of March) compared to previous ones. Makes me remember that this year was my...
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2008-08-09 00:36:15 - Comment(s) : 1
Today I visited "Sexon Super Peace". It's a fixed gear bicycle shop (but also for some surf stuff) in Shinsen (神泉) in Shibuya Ku. It's easy to find, you can walk from Shibuya Station, it will take about...
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2008-08-02 08:30:01 - Comment(s) : 0
Here are some shots from the search page of twitter , formerly known as Summize (I liked the design better...).
It's interesting as you can see many twitter posters are wishing to have a...
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2008-07-26 00:22:11 - Comment(s) : 0
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...)....
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2008-07-19 07:55:59 - Comment(s) : 2
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...
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2008-07-18 18:58:42 - Comment(s) : 1
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...
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2008-07-05 19:15:56 - Comment(s) : 2
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...
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2008-06-25 16:11:37 - Comment(s) : 0
