*SURLY* Straggler (50)

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Custom Salsa Fargo @ Bicycle Maru

Local Nara bicycle nut Fukucyatoyuurai recently upgraded his Salsa Vaya frame to a newer model and Bicycle Maru, as always, did a stunning job putting it all together...

All City Nature Boy SSCX @ Grumpy Bike

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*SURLY* midnight special (50)

Another stunning, albeit bank breaking, Surly build from Blue Lug...



As usual, you can see more on the Blue Lug Flickr.

Masahiro 's All City Single Speed

Finally some original content! Things here have been somewhat strange recently, injured cats, personal mental instabilities, Instagram distractions and general laziness meaning the blog had got a little neglected as of late. Let's try to put things right with a few shots of local legend Masahiro's way fucking cool All City single speed shot during last month's majorly fun #AllCityJapan night ride in Kyoto...

Here is the man himself effortlessly riding up the steps of one of Kyoto's landmarks, some temple or shrine or whatever, it's Kyoto it was dark who fucking knows where this was?

Kentaro's Ventana CX

Kentaro-san at Hutte 8to8 just built up his awesome Ventana cyclocross rig...

*SURLY* straggler 700C (52)

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SAUCE CYCLE "Triton" Orange

Another killer custom Sauce Cycle build from the Movement boys...

See more over on the Movement blog.

SURLY * KARATE MONKEY-11

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*MASH* steel (S)

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Custom Surly Ice Cream Truck @ 1Jyo

There's always a ton of cool builds going on at 1Jyo in Osaka. This Surly Ice Cream Truck for example...

With the fabulous Hunter Cycles "Smooth Move" bars...

Check out the 1Jyo Flickr to see more of their custom builds.

*SURLY* straggler 650B (50)

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F-i-N's Look KG361

When F-i-N's Giant TCR road bike got a crack on the BB shell a couple of months back he began the hunt for a new frame. The mighty Giracha had a beautiful early 2000's Look KG361 in stock. F-i-N snapped it up and swapped the parts from his Giant on to it. The results are stunning. A perfect match of old and new...

Kentaro's Signal MTB @ Hutte 8to8

Kentaro-san's way fucking cool custom Signal Cycles MTB with fresh trail splatter at the ever fabulous Hutte 8to8 shop in Osaka...

Custom Vivalo Road Bike

Rather nice custom Vivalo road bike spotted out in Osaka last week...