'Colors to brighten your day'

Level

Looking nice and classic. Built HERE.

Via Kentalog.

Visiting Bicycle Studio Level, Tokyo.

Virtual visit to Matsuda-san's famous framebuilding studio in Tokyo.

"Sumio Matsuda has been the president of the Keirin Framebuilder's Association for quite some time. Matsuda joined Matsuda bicycle factory in 1968, began building competition track frames in 1975, and received NJS endorsement in 1980. The frames produced by Matsuda Bicycle initially branded "La Velo," but this was changed to "LEVEL" shortly thereafter. The factory is based in Tokyo, and has recently been relocated to the Arakawa-Ku ward.

... LEVEL framesets have changed very little in appearance over the years. The simple and somewhat demure appearance is matched with the absolute highest caliber of construction and finish. Each LEVEL is designed specifically for the rider and the events and tracks being raced, and as such can not be limited to a single tubeset. The current base price for a frame and fork is 136,500 JPY (headset and bottom bracket not included)."

(Text above stolen from here.)

Fred's Dead Nagasawa

Very sad. More here.

Pic For Friday

From No Future Tokyo. Arigato!

Juliet's Vivalo

I had to steal these images from Pedal Consumption, sorry guys.

It's Juliet Elliot's Vivalo, it's very lovely, and I have a thing for Vivalos because I myself happen to have a silver/grey one. 

Kazane X Natas Kaupas

Kazane X Natas Kaupas collabo-bike from Keirin Culture. More pics here. 

And if you're too young to know who Natas Kaupas is, it's time to educate yourself. Because back in the day, after the 'Wheels of Fire' came out street skateboarding was never the same. The man is a damn legend.... 

Purple 3Rensho

I've no idea who Jake is but damn his 3Rensho is nice! 

(From Zlog)

Scary In Pink

Snowcoated Vivalo

More pics of snowy Keirin bikes keep poppin' up today. This Vivalo is from here, and then we had this one here.

Show Some Respect?

(As seen at MASH SF blog.) 

Vivalo Track Bike

Nice & clean looking bike there, at Pedal Consumption.

But hey, why the non-driveside pic, FAIL. Just kidding.

Osaka Style

Ocean. From Osaka, Japan. Picture stolen from here.

Nagasawa Hotness!

Just some photos from old catalogues. If you like them, you might like some of these old posts too... And then there was this one.

(As seen at Hype In Japan.)

DEPT Geek Garage: Tokyo Pisto Styly Dec 2008

Couple of snaps of bikes from the DEPT Geek Garage in Tokyo last week. 

On The Phone

The pic came from here, again. Maeda is on the phone. 

3Rensho Pursuit Track Frame. Whoa!

Yay! But this was actually even better... 

The pic came from here, there's plenty of more goodies there. 

Vintage Japanese Keirin Girls

Japanese Keirin racing is apparently pretty masculine sport but women used to do it too, way back in the sixies. The pics is from the last professional women's Keirin race in Japan, in 1964. 

Pics come from Tomity-san's Velodromes In Japan thread on bikeforums.net. 

Oh, but wait, there's Love9 !!! 

Kiyo Miyazawa Love

From Osaka. Very very nice indeed. More here. 

Tokyo Style Chopped Riser Bar

Photo taken in Tokyo by drued.