When Rick Hunter was profiled on the Rapha site after he built a bike for their Continental team, he stated that his frames were “Made with Nonchalance and Pride”. It’s a loaded remark, one that implies carelessness, but if you know anything about Rick and his construction, you’ll know that ‘careless’ doesn’t enter the equation.…
Rie Sawada from Tokyo’s Sim Works is just about to complete a 5,000km journey on her custom ‘coffee bike’, specially built for her by Santa Cruz’s Rick Hunter. Designed to be a long distance tourer, her Hunter is also a cafe. She’s been serving fresh coffee from the rear rack at every stop. A good…
Nowadays, ‘adventure biking’ are two words used to label anything from an afternoon out back to a race around the world. But for those who…
Blue Lug, Japan’s iconic bicycle emporium, perform the essential role of supplying their extremely passionate customers with custom creations, compiled from some of the world’s…
