I just got the newly revised Hold Fast straps. They feel great. Thank you Jeremiah & Rob!
The first, the best, fuck the rest.
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November 2009
11/25/2009
Back home
I'm back in the states again and couldn't have asked for a better time in Japan. The hospitality that I received was unreal. I could not believe how many riders showed up for Shiba Friday, and the BFF block party. I hope that you guys can make it to the East Coast soon, so I can return the favor. Thank you so much to everyone that has helped me out during this trip. you know who you are!
11/23/2009
11/18/2009
Rainy Day
It rained all day here on my second day in town. Since we couldn't ride, It gave me an opportunity to check out a lot of the shops around Shibuya. The bike shops here are so packed full of stuff that there is barely room to move.
One of the craziest stores I went in was a large department store called Tokyo Hands. It's basically the equivalent to Walmart for us. The store was about 5 stories with anything you could possibly want ranging from home furnishings to bicycles.
Finger track bikes at Tokyo Hands
Decent bikes in a department store?
Japanese Santa
Fixed gear videos in Tokyo Hands
Yohei from W-Base using his famous tube torture method.
Once W-Base closed up for the night we all went out to dinner and then to the arcade/bowling alley.
I found out that I suck at bowling.
Enough blogging for now. It's nice today, so I need to ride.
11/17/2009
Japan
Almost missed my flight due to Amtrak not allowing me to bring my bike box on the train to my connecting flight in Newark. We had to rush to the Newark airport to make it there in time. They wound up not charging for my bike, because they thought it was undersized. $100 bucks saved.
The flight was a grueling 14 hours, then another 2 hour bus ride to Shibuya. I've never had my legs hurt from sitting until now.
Finally I got to W Base. Wow. One of the craziest bike shops I have ever seen. They have an insane amount of old school bmx frames and components, as well fixed gear and track bike stuff in any color you could possibly think of.
After meeting up at the shop and getting my bike all together we went out to dinner. Bikes don't get stolen much in Japan, so no carries locks with them. What a difference from Philly and NYC...
Japan is insane so far. I'm going to try and update this daily with photos. I made a flikr for all my photos during the trip. Check it out here.
