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 for 2 articles : for the Fuji booth and for the Italian brands represented there. Also I had a special selection of the photos featured on Wallpaper* but I had much more, so here it is. In this article... Read more

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 also a good opportunity to meet and have a chat with the jitensha (bicycle) otaku :) And certainly a very good occasion to meet new people. Cherubim First booth I visited is the Cherubim's one, I met t... Read more

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 to go with it Clearly this scattofisso is bike p**n Cheaper and very popular, Bianchi 2010 models, not in turquoise for once. Cool single speed, Vittoria has a whole collection of... Read more

Thanks to Gordon Kanki Knight who is a journalist based in Tokyo, I am quite happy to see about 15 photos I shot at the Cycle Mode International "published" on the website of Wallpaper*. Gordon is also a bicycle lover, fixed gear rider and formerly a track racer. He used to write for bicycle magazines as well, for sure he knows what he is talking about! As for Wallpaper* if you don't kn... 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... Read more