Whole Tokyo is currently raving about the new trick frame NJS frame builder STRATOS is putting out:


I was able to test ride the prototype over the last weekend. The 50cm seat tube was a bit small for me (made more for the average Japanese, I guess), but it handles very well and is quite light for such a sturdy build. Put the saddle up and slap some smaller tires on and it can easily be used for cruising. Let’s see if there is one in my size when it rolls into production.

Here the first two chapters of an japanese documentary about Keirin:

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Tokyo to Osaka Teaser from John Murillo on Vimeo.

Man i desperately want to go to tokyo again! Soon sven soon!

These are my buddies I normally hang with in my neighborhood and they just released a 13min. long video with short profiles of ten of the riders, all in glorious HD. If you’re ever in Tokyo, come ride with us. There’s some of us on the west side parking lot of Yoyogi Park almost every night.

A bit late to report, as I was under the blanket with a cold, but last weekend Tokyo had another bike gathering out in Odaiba with bike polo, bunny hop contest, fixed gear trick session and what not.

Does your headlight not goes along with your hip baseballcap? try these:

Lots of picturres:



more on this flickr group

Main race:

Skid contest:

CMWC’09 Tokyo Skid competition from Tomoshit on Vimeo.

With the Cycle Messenger World Championships 2009 only days away, this week’s issue of Tokyo’s free English magazine Metropolis has a write-up of the lives of typical bike messengers from Japan’s capital:

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