2020 · Tokyo 東京
Sunny Summer Morning Bike Ride
Early-morning fixie through Shinjuku, Nakano, Shibuya. Music: Elijah Nang.
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No brakes, no coasting — a messenger's habit that followed me around the world.
Empty early mornings and 4× night runs through the city on a fixie.
Early-morning fixie through Shinjuku, Nakano, Shibuya. Music: Elijah Nang.
Back home, cruising the neighborhood at an easy pace.
Neighborhood cruise through North Park, stopping for a donut.
Skidding the hills of Taipei; threading the chaos of downtown Yangon.
Testing a Taiwan-made Nexxo tubeless tire — endless skids, no blowouts.
A cyclist's-eye view of downtown traffic — buses, trishaws, pedestrians playing frogger.
A whole city ride south of the border — Paseo de Todos.
A long NorCal tour, and goofing on the frankenbike back home.
Bicycle goofing in Balboa Park.
My cousin's first-ever ride on my frankenbike, out front of the house.
Where it started — the downtown SD messenger days, and the Hong Kong ride that traveled.
Fixed gear in Hong Kong — 41k views and counting, the one that traveled.
Summer 2008, back in SD — snapshots from working the downtown streets as a bike messenger.