Manga & Bikes
 

I'm so used to seeing the "real-life" photo ads in cycle mags, that these manga drawings kind of threw me for a loop. Apparently, they're from some Japanese bike review magazine.

http://www.figure.fm/en/post/49673/Mecha+Monday+80.html

http://images.figure.fm/cgm/images/p...c507a08a7d.jpg

She's too stretched out--needs to size down.

Not surprised. Most of Japan (or at least many creepy 40 year old men in the news reports I've seen) are in love with a digital pop-star.

FSA bar? Fail!

Would have looked better with Shimano components. :p

Ha ha ha ha...no.

aieeeeee
 

what happened to that poor TERK (sp) Madone???

Hello Kitty Must Be Stopped!!

FSA makes/manufactures a good portion of the 'colnago branded' components.

Okay...whomever drew the Ridley wasn't even trying!

Tai

some cool pics, this one is my favorite.

http://images.figure.fm/cgm/images/p...250a6ef020.jpg

Printed out a couple of those and slapped them on my daughter's manga-dominated wall... amazingly, she saw them and did not immediately tear them down!

Thanks.

Campagnolo sales in Japan are HUGE, btw-as are European brands in general.

Japs are crazy for the big C and Italian brands.

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You are on a slippery slope. Next thing, you'll be dressing up like a Japanese School girl and reading Manga.

Hey, there's absolutely nothing wrong with a grown man dating his pillow. :D

http://file.trendhunter.com/thumbs/d...g-pillows.jpeg

A coffee table book from Japan called "Bicycle Life with Kawaii Girls" that features top Manga artists and some of their bicycle culture drawings. It seems they have a real fascination for folding bikes, too. http://cdn.halcyonrealms.com/anime/b...t-book-review/

Amisports sells a lot of manga bike stuff.

And here are some crazy disc wheels:
http://fogshadow2.blog98.fc2.com/blog-entry-120.html
http://blog-imgs-55.fc2.com/f/o/g/fo...2/CIMG0999.jpg