oldsprinter

Perhaps an odd request for this forum, but does anyone know of someone who had/rides a lowrider in Tokyo? Or if there's a lowrider organization in Tokyo. I saw a load of lowrider bikes in Tokyo for the bike show, but I can't finding their HQ now.

(I mean this kind of bike: https://www.bicycledesigner.com/origi..._lowrider.html)

fixedude

https://www.hyd.co.jp/Page/TOP (kanagawa)

https://www.junk-trap.com/shop/bicycle/

tommytannock

Nate, what cam/lens do you use?

nateintokyo

mostly a Nikon D80 with an old (well, 1986) 1.8 50mm lens, or for research days a 18-200VR.
and sometimes a Canon S80 digi point and shoot. most of the stuff posted on this site is from the D80, but lately I have been going light with the little Canon.

oldsprinter

Thanks for the tips, I wish I could travel down to Junk Trap - looks perfect for what I'm after. Just a bit too far away.

nateintokyo

some more business, was waiting for a friend on a busy street corner and decided to play around with bike shots.


don't worry, I asked. great model though!


didn't ask him, but I am not as enamored of Giros. or dudes





danger!

nateintokyo

moving targets are tough, but I want to try to get some more like this last one ....with somewhere other than his shoe in focus T_T

nateintokyo

and back on the standard side of things.
the build isn't my favorite, but I still like Peloton brazing....




the 'aint doing much for me' ones:



and springtime for venus:

deathhare

riding with headphones seems like a real bad idea.
nice chick
nice nagasawa paint
guy looks like an escaped hikikomori that wants to find home.

TDHK

More of this please. Damm it, I wish more females would ride fixed in my area and would look like that!!!

TDHK

sake bomb

Nice bike, but the girl....ehhhhh

TDHK

I know, just cover her face.

tdhk

jodypolk

i can't believe i missed spring... it's gonna be hot as all hell when i get back. and beautiful here in SD

beardzilla

shes only got the headphone in one ear if you look at the other pictures, the only question is can you stand hearing stereo music through just a left or right channel

beardzilla

also, anyone know what kind of bag that is she has or where I can grab something similarly styled with that slant? Id love to pick one up for my girlfriend.

blickblocks

I'm loving that Naga. Except I would change that silly chain.

BiKeZ

timbuk2 makes a bag called the slant. its around $80 i believe

nateintokyo

yeah....a blueish black HKK Vertex would have done it for me. the girl was really cool though.

The bag: it had details like a Resistant, but it was something else...... I forget what, but they had them at Blue Lug for a bit. I think it was well into the $200+ range.

nateintokyo

yesterday was great. morning with le girlfriend, afternoon at sumo, then walked to Asakusa and caught the tail end of the Sanja-matsuri AND Punch Cycles was open! so I drooled over bikes, thought about getting a Maeda made, and was happy to see the only other Venus I've ever seen in real life. pics of the madness at Punch in a bit (still in my camera). here is a nice ride from Shinbashi last week:

tynan

Great pictures nateintokyo - keep them coming.

adversity

hey folks, well these pics are a bit off topic considering they're mostly road bikes, in osaka for the tour de japan.

but uh anyways

Spirald_out

First post, long time lurker and I've been riding for over a year since living getting involved with bikes again when I was working in Chicago.

I moved to Tokyo about two months ago and I've been bikeless since then. I left my miyata conversion and iro build back in the US.

Any ideas where I can piece together a semi affordable bike here? The only bike shops I've run across are small commuter shops. I'm also 6'4", so I'm wondering if I can find a frame here easily.

I've done some looking for shops but between work, study and sleep I haven't found much.

I'm in Shinjuku.

cheers

camashtorcal

I plan on watching the Tour de Japan this Sunday the 25th that finishes in Tokyo and hope to get there early enough to get a nice spot. Oh just curious if any of you guys in the Tokyo area are attending the amateur race day at the Keiokaku Velodrome on the 1st of June. I will be watching the races but I missed the deadline to register to race myself.

tommytannock

6'4"!

Depends what type of frame you want. Not keirin hopefully!
I guess you do say affordable.

Ok
https://www.londonfgss.com/post36665-39.html

There's a list of the main fixed only/porn shops. There's also Y's Road for general stuff in Shinjuku Sanchome, Joker's near it, Tokyu Hands in Takashiyama Times Square (although only the Shibuya one has a track/fixed section) and Sekiya Cycles is decent (https://www.sekiya-cycle.com/shop.html). Also a really nice guy gave me a free shimano 600 brake at mixpression (sadly I only realised it was rear when I got home), who has a shop called cycle paradise (www.cypara.com) with used stuff. Haven't been though.

Spirald_out

Thanks man!

I'll check out some of the shops in Shinjuku and Shibuya when I get a day off, maybe Ill come home with a bike..

As for cheap, I'm just not really looking to spend over 100k yen for something to mess around town on. A conversion or used ride would do me just fine. And as for keirin, I'm not to concerned. I'm just hoping I can find something in the 60cm range.

As cool as those frames are, I just want to ride. I'm sick of walking and taking the subway to work/around town. I also hate having to wait for the first train, I need some 3am mobility.

If any of you have word on a frame/bike for sale around here my size, shoot me a pm.