Comments on: Tokyo Bike Shops http://jeansnow.net/2009/12/04/tokyo-bike-shops/ Your Guide to Design and Pop Culture in Tokyo Mon, 12 Jul 2010 03:14:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jean Snow http://jeansnow.net/2009/12/04/tokyo-bike-shops/comment-page-1/#comment-230732 Jean Snow Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:25:42 +0000 http://jeansnow.net/2009/12/04/tokyo-bike-shops/#comment-230732 Oh, didn't know he had a blog. Thanks for the heads-up! Oh, didn’t know he had a blog. Thanks for the heads-up!

]]> By: PMKFA http://jeansnow.net/2009/12/04/tokyo-bike-shops/comment-page-1/#comment-230731 PMKFA Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:06:54 +0000 http://jeansnow.net/2009/12/04/tokyo-bike-shops/#comment-230731 Cameron who wrote the article is really a great writer, check out his blog at http://workingtowards.com/blog/ Cameron who wrote the article is really a great writer, check out his blog at http://workingtowards.com/blog/

]]> By: Jim http://jeansnow.net/2009/12/04/tokyo-bike-shops/comment-page-1/#comment-230661 Jim Sat, 05 Dec 2009 06:30:01 +0000 http://jeansnow.net/2009/12/04/tokyo-bike-shops/#comment-230661 No doubt... brakes are a good thing. This is what my 5th bike would be. Love it! http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariohartmanncom/2753290627/in/set-72157608597347817/ No doubt… brakes are a good thing. This is what my 5th bike would be. Love it!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariohartmanncom/2753290627/in/set-72157608597347817/

]]> By: Jean Snow http://jeansnow.net/2009/12/04/tokyo-bike-shops/comment-page-1/#comment-230656 Jean Snow Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:47:34 +0000 http://jeansnow.net/2009/12/04/tokyo-bike-shops/#comment-230656 Hahaha... Everyone needs a fifth bike! I'd never want a fixie with no breaks, too intense for me. Pondering what my next bike will be, but won't be able to buy anything prob before summer 2010. Hahaha… Everyone needs a fifth bike! I’d never want a fixie with no breaks, too intense for me. Pondering what my next bike will be, but won’t be able to buy anything prob before summer 2010.

]]> By: Jim http://jeansnow.net/2009/12/04/tokyo-bike-shops/comment-page-1/#comment-230654 Jim Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:38:09 +0000 http://jeansnow.net/2009/12/04/tokyo-bike-shops/#comment-230654 That is a sweet video. I like the white handlebar and stem combo. That's what I have too! I remember the first time I saw a messenger with a fixie with no brakes in NYC in '87. I thought, "What the...?" I still do. I'd love a single speed WITH brakes though. Do I need a 5th bike? Of course! That is a sweet video. I like the white handlebar and stem combo. That’s what I have too! I remember the first time I saw a messenger with a fixie with no brakes in NYC in ’87. I thought, “What the…?” I still do. I’d love a single speed WITH brakes though. Do I need a 5th bike? Of course!

]]> By: Jean Snow http://jeansnow.net/2009/12/04/tokyo-bike-shops/comment-page-1/#comment-230607 Jean Snow Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:24:27 +0000 http://jeansnow.net/2009/12/04/tokyo-bike-shops/#comment-230607 Great video! Great video!

]]> By: tim http://jeansnow.net/2009/12/04/tokyo-bike-shops/comment-page-1/#comment-230605 tim Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:06:19 +0000 http://jeansnow.net/2009/12/04/tokyo-bike-shops/#comment-230605 nice to see a couple cycling posts creeping back in here ;) dunno if you've seen this, seems to be a couple years old but I only came across it last week: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff-Ov2thQ_0 nice to see a couple cycling posts creeping back in here ;)

dunno if you’ve seen this, seems to be a couple years old but I only came across it last week: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff-Ov2thQ_0

]]> By: Jean Snow http://jeansnow.net/2009/12/04/tokyo-bike-shops/comment-page-1/#comment-230602 Jean Snow Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:35:29 +0000 http://jeansnow.net/2009/12/04/tokyo-bike-shops/#comment-230602 Wow, that shop looks awesome! Wow, that shop looks awesome!

]]> By: Jim http://jeansnow.net/2009/12/04/tokyo-bike-shops/comment-page-1/#comment-230601 Jim Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:17:08 +0000 http://jeansnow.net/2009/12/04/tokyo-bike-shops/#comment-230601 F.I.G.is cool. Along the same lines I like the Protech shops: http://www.protech-kk.co.jp/home.html The guys at my local shop will fix a flat for a housewife's mamachari, and then turn around and sell a fixie. On weekends I ride with the team from Friend, who I used to race for when I lived in Tokyo full-time. It's 6 stories of bliss! http://www.friendsyokai.co.jp/ F.I.G.is cool. Along the same lines I like the Protech shops:

http://www.protech-kk.co.jp/home.html

The guys at my local shop will fix a flat for a housewife’s mamachari, and then turn around and sell a fixie.

On weekends I ride with the team from Friend, who I used to race for when I lived in Tokyo full-time. It’s 6 stories of bliss!

http://www.friendsyokai.co.jp/

]]> By: Jean Snow http://jeansnow.net/2009/12/04/tokyo-bike-shops/comment-page-1/#comment-230596 Jean Snow Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:40:38 +0000 http://jeansnow.net/2009/12/04/tokyo-bike-shops/#comment-230596 Yeah, I didn't know most of those shops either, just Y's (well, the Ikebukuro one), and F.I.G. But yeah, the bike shops are like many other kinds of shops in Tokyo: very specialized. Yeah, I didn’t know most of those shops either, just Y’s (well, the Ikebukuro one), and F.I.G. But yeah, the bike shops are like many other kinds of shops in Tokyo: very specialized.

]]> By: Jim http://jeansnow.net/2009/12/04/tokyo-bike-shops/comment-page-1/#comment-230585 Jim Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:36:04 +0000 http://jeansnow.net/2009/12/04/tokyo-bike-shops/#comment-230585 Ohhhh.... my favorite subject! I can't believe I haven't been to a couple of those shops yet. I keep running out of time when I'm there. Guess I'd rather be riding, but did go to 6 that I hadn't been to before. The bike shops in Tokyo are fun though. They have stuff you can only buy online or special order in the States. The messengers et al drive it all... the shops have just followed their lead. Ohhhh…. my favorite subject! I can’t believe I haven’t been to a couple of those shops yet. I keep running out of time when I’m there. Guess I’d rather be riding, but did go to 6 that I hadn’t been to before. The bike shops in Tokyo are fun though. They have stuff you can only buy online or special order in the States. The messengers et al drive it all… the shops have just followed their lead.

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