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DEPOT CYCLE & RECYCLE Seiya Minato in Taipei

Depot Cycle & Recycle is a bicycle shop in Ichikawa, an eastern suburb of Tokyo a little more than an hour’s bike ride from Shibuya. Established by Seiya Minato in 2001, Depot first began by offering bike parts and accessories to Tokyo’s far-flung messenger community. Seiya made his mark too by importing many foreign brands into Japan, introducing companies like ReLoad and Freitag to Tokyo’s cyclists while encouraging local producers to develop their own products. Seiya presaged Japan’s street trend of fixed-gear track bikes and for years was the only Tokyo-area bike shop selling used keirin frames, working with local frame builders to resell retired bikes. Now that the trend has exploded into a media-recognized phenomenon, spiking prices to unaffordable levels, Seiya has concentrated more on encouraging bike culture, the “things around the bike,” as he puts it. “I’m not so interested in the bike… I like riding bikes.”

We talked to Seiya about running a store and was particularly curious about why he was way out in Ichikawa when shop after shop were springing up in central Tokyo, feasting off a scene he helped develop. “We were born here,” he explained, “we should do it in our place. It is our reality.” If you spend an afternoon at Depot you will meet all sorts of people: shoppers, messengers, neighborhood residents, and certainly his two young daughters, Aika and Yume, and his wife, Mami, who may be nursing their newborn son. It is a kind of, er, hub for a community that responds positively to Seiya’s infectious energy, generosity, and kindness. And then it becomes clear that Depot was never about scenes but about the strength and sincerity of relationships. Like the best kinds of bike shops all around the world, it is a community service.

During the Taipei international cycle show, Seiya san paid a visit to Taipei BREAKBRAKE17, we were glad to introduce the fixed gear cultural here to him.

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BSB’s Giant Bowery

This is the fist fixed gear bike that I ever owned.It is a large aluminum frame but i am kind of getting to big for it because they made it the frame compact. I have upgraded the rear cog to 14 tooth and a 54 tooth chain ring also I put some profile design bull horns. Added red weinmann rims and red formula hubs and swapped out the old stem with a carbon itm. I plan on replacing the headset with a chris king, a new carbon fork, and the wheels sooner or later. I really enjoy this bike. I think this is a pretty good starting bike for me and it is cheap too.

Meir’s life

Hello Burner,
Your site is extraordinary and it is very pleasant to surf there.
I’m from Israel and new in the Fixedgear family; I have converted two already (one for my son and one for myself) in the simple way.

The sky is the limit… and the fixedgear ride leads you there with a big smile.

Thanks for everything

Meir Malinovitch

JPL’s

Hello from Colorado, USA. This is my first fixie project converted from a 1987 Ross that I purchased at a garage sale for $5. Everything is original except for the “sprint” paint job that I painted myself, rear wheel/tire, front tire, handle bar/grips, chain and pedals. I modified the old crankset and now run 39/13. To see more great pics and learn how I did it, check out my blog at http://fixieme.blogspot.com/JPL

kyle’s

I got this frame from my buddy for 25 bucks. is was starting to rust and had almost no paint on it. I had my friend who paints cars spray it neon orange,he also brushed chrome paint on the lugs and fork. Got the Soma double clips lime green Velocity Deep V on the front and a cool kmc pink chain with blue continential race tires. I love skidding all over town. kyle from Santa Rosa California .

L’Eroica 2008

It’s heros go………

L’eroica

MAD-MOTION Thomas

beautiful pic !!

Thanks!! Thomas….

Burner

Dennis Brown’s

Hey how’s it going? Bagger from Brooklyn here, just wanted to share my bike. Great site!