Life
Me and N8 rode to Kamakura…
Paedophile
Had a smile…
Had a swim…
Ate some SHIT…
Did some shit…
Blew up some shit…
And cleaned up my shit for a visit with my lady…
3.5 hours to get down there. 6-ish hours to get back. We got LOST!
Rode through some hell tunnels that we weren’t meant to ride through.
Got a flat and had to walk for about 3kms and “slept” on a wooden floor.
Living.
We went to look for a phone for N8Balls after I finished work.
While we were riding around Shinjuku a rat decided to try and test me.
He learned how I roll.
The Red Threats first victim…
After we struck out for phones we had a little look around Donki…
Then we went to Carnival and hung out for a while giving each other shit,
which I can now (kind-of) do in Japanese. Then we went for a mega-roll.
3 hours later, it was deja-vu-city in about 10 different ways…
Still Talking Dirty…
Michael K was here last week too and while wearing a Serpents shirt,
he unwittingly went to Carnival with some guy that’s a friend of Tommy.
Obviously, we all hung out later that night and hit up the arcade and…
I went to Akikos wedding on Saturday. I completely forgot, until I was reminded
2 hours before it started. No sweat! 1 x ¥99 tie later and I’m good to go…
On the way to the venue, we were waiting for the lights outside Tower Records
and some randoms jump out of the swarms of people and confront us.
It was Making Ends Mark and Azu! I’m terrible at replying to emails, so
I had no idea he was here. (N8 and them went here while I was busy).
Honto!!!
Wedding was fun – interesting for a first timer. They got a special vege menu
just for me and the food was actually really nice. After the ceremony/dinner
we went to go to a club, but it didn’t open for an hour and a half, so…
Took some Roids of my new ride…
Here are specs, for people who… care?
(and probably so I can describe it, when it gets stolen)
Frame: 55cm Level / 120 spacing
Headset: Hatta Swan (or so Yaguchi says…)
Stem: Nitto Technomic 90
Bars: Nitto x T19 Riser Black
Grips: Carnival heat-shrink madness Black
BB: Sugino Messenger
Cranks/Chainring: Sugino Messenger (46)
Cog: Sugino Pro Black (18)
Chain: Izumi Silver
Pedals: MKS Stream Silver
Clips: MKS Plastic Black
Straps: Sexon Double Leather Black
Seat Post: Kalloy Silver (27.2)
Saddle: Dixna Leather Black
Hubs: 36h Sansin Professional
Rims: Araya RC-540
Tyres: Michelin Orium Red & Blue (2nd hand freebies)
Wheel nuts: Dia-compe Silver (freebies)
Top Tube Pad: Tokyu Hands foam Red
Light: Knog 1 LED Black (freebie)
Lock: Godzilla! (not pictured)
Heaven help me.
After going to Hands and prince-ing a set of wheel nuts and a light,
The Communist Manifesto is complete (for now)…
When the sun sets I’m thinking…
Went to Carnival after work on Sunday to put the Red Threat together.
More parts = More ¥¥¥ = 1 
Jew
Tommy Tightening Those Things…
Mitsuru bringing the heat…
I got a new anti-theft device. Some serious shit too – only in Japan…
Got it all put together and then headed off. The bike felt great, easily the
best bike I’ve had. We got to the top of Dogenzaka and I decided to try
a little skid and oops, the cog starts spinning! Luckily it was in a safe
flat spot and not going down the hill on the freeway. We cruised up
to a bar and met Yaguchi and his wife and their insanely cut little girl.
We hung out for a bit and she taught me a song about cabbage and bugs!
Saturday was fucked up (in a good way). Yukes new band Inside had their
first show, with Trash Talk. Turned out As We Let Go played too, so I got
to catch up with Shuhei, Daihei and Kengo and a guy from the UK called
Adam, that I met when Michaela was here. Turns out he used to be in a
band with Toku from FC5 and they played with Cleave!
kedge@i.softbank.jp rocking out…
Trash Talk. Enough said really…
The show started at midday and was done by 2pm. So, afterwards I dropped
into Carnival and my rims had miraculously appeared! I went home and got
my hubs, but I ran out of time to start working on them before I left for the
next show. Second show was pretty good, everyone was a bit fucked. The highlight
was a big Japanese guy picking Lee up and moshing the crowd with him.
Carnival again after that, where Tommy and I bailed to lace the wheels at his place.
We hit up Freshness Burger on the way back and I lived!
We very nearly got in a fight round the corner from Tommys. It was great.
Some guy felt an overwhelming racism or disgust for skateboarders and
decided to disgustedly spit on the ground as we rolled by. Bad Idea.
He did have the guts to look back a few times, but then we followed him
and he pussed out, while I pissed myself. Then Sensei schooled me…
It was good to get a better understanding and deceptively easy, in a hard way…
My first wheel…
All together I ended up catching 18 trains that day too. Hideous.
So, obviously I was mega stoked and dying to ride so bad!
The BMX that Marty ‘acquired’ while he was here got stolen on (of all nights)
Sunday! Twice now, seems a bit fishy. But I was a bit relieved too, I’d been
uncomfortable after I told someone I got stopped by the cops while riding
a stolen bike and they said “You go to jail for that!”. So, I decided it was time
to get another fag bike. I found a pretty sweet one in Sexon, for a reasonable
price (obviously) and got Tommy to check it out with me. After that we went
to Punch Cycle in Asakusa and ate at the most Yakked out restaurant ever!
Crazy Yak-Mama with the voice of the Marlboro man spruiking our shit.
Tommy did his best to fit in…
Crew came through for my birthday and proved I have some cool friends here.
Tommy gave me a set of vintage Sansin NJS hubs worth more than the frame
I just bought. Mr. Aoki hooked me some Sugino Messenger cranks and
Yaguchi gave me a rim so I can get some wheels going. I got some other shit
that I need too. Then this morning Mum emailed me to tell me that my credit
card got hacked-ish and has been cut off. Which is becoming a regular thing
it would seem. Anyway, I was fucking stoked last night… Noritai!!!
I got far too used to this…
And this…
My bike had gone on adventures while I was on tour in Oz.
When I got back it was down on the street, opposite the 7-11, no lock.
So when I realised it wasn’t out front yesterday arvo, I wasn’t totally shocked.
But, now it seems like my bike got stolen on Sunday night. Arigato ne!
It’s been a great few weeks. Tour, Friends, Fun…
Then it’s gone down hill in the last few days…
Friday Night: Dislocated left shoulder
Sunday Night: Daibutsu flew the coop
Today: Start work again
(I’ve totally neglected Jap studies, my room is despicable,
I’m utterly drained and totally demotivated…
however, this week I pick up my visa extension and
finally visit Horiyoshi about my biggest mistake yet!)
Also, Marty put up some shots from the Oz Tour.
