It's been a while that I uploaded some bicycle related article here. So time to catch up a little bit. [an other article should follow tomorrow or monday]As I needed to buy some new tubes I visited the Y's Road shop in Yokohama. It was a good occasion to check their fixie corner. As I said in an old post this shop is not specialized in fixed gear bikes but more on road race ones. In this category... Read more

Okay I am lying a bit, the real title is "CP+  Camera and Photo Imaging Show" :-)It was about one month ago and it was the first time I visit such an event dedicated to cameras. It turned out there was no major announcement concerning new cameras or gears but it was a nice afternoon among camera hobbyists and pros.Very difficult to tell who are the pros and who are the amateurs... Japan is no... Read more

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 pictures of their fixed gear bikes. As you will notice, they were all brake-less. First is a superbe 3rensho, property of T*****i San. I love the combination of white and blue. M... Read more

I planned this for a long time and finally did it. A photo-bike-walk in the night of Yokohama. It turns out I took a lot of photos. The goal was to go from Minato-mirai to Chinatown. These pics were all taken in full manual mode without any tripod. When I found something I can put the camera on I use it, else this is just the "take-a-big-breath-and-try-to-not-move" technique, which i... Read more

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 stadium is called Kagetsu Keirin Jô (花月競輪場　= Cycling Race Stadium of Kagetsu ), it is near the Kagetsuen-Mae station, 15mn from Yokohama. Getting out of the station,... Read more