🇯🇵 The best way to see Tokyo? By bike, of course.
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- A week of riding bikes in one of my favourite cities in the world. Tokyo. Stopped at all the Bluelug shops, Wood VIllage Cycles, Hasegawa Bicycle Sales, Ichigawa Bike shop and JD cycle tech. All the iced coffees and a few clean bowl clubs.
Unfortunately, audio quality seems to have deteriorated during upload. Sorry about that.
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he’s given us a movie today fellas 🚴🍾
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The best 48 minutes on TH-cam!
Thanks!
The bronzy green Rivendell at 1:15 is the one Blue Lug built for me! I went to pick up a few days after you went and they said you had been. They even showed me the snacks you brought for them haha! I discovered Rivendell and Blue Lug purely on your recommendations and so I want to say thank you. I ride it every day and its an absolute beaut.
Nice! Hope you enjoy your Rivendell. Sorry I didn’t get time to meet!
Those calm video are so wholesome!
Recovering from the C and had my first ride yesterday.
These videos keep my mood up and I see stuff I would have never seen.
Thank you so much.
Glad to hear you’re back on the bike. Hope your recovery goes well and that there are many more bike rides ahead!
Welcome to my neighbourhood! Love seeing your video of you riding around Tokyo, my home for over 15yrs. You certainly fitted a lot in.
Thank you very much!
Wow - what an excellent tour! Thank you for your work on this one. It was a treat to feel like I was following along and to see Tokyo from a bicycle perspective. Thank you for the documentation and sharing your travelogue. Safe travels!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Feel like you have been gone “forever “ so happy to see your video up. Enjoyed this ride.
Welcome back!
wow 48 minutes! thank you I will enjoy the video with my cup of green tea :D
Yay! Thank you!
This was the coziest 48 minutes of my week! I got a new bicycle this week (Marin Four Corners) and I wish I was out riding it but sadly we seem to have entered the stormy autumn season in Iceland, so instead I'm inside imagining I'm riding bikes in Tokyo like you. :)
Thanks for watching. Hope the weather clears up for a ride.
Visiting bike and coffee shop in tokyo, my dream vacation in the near future. thanks for the relaxing video!
Thanks for watching 👀
Great timing this video, heading to Tokyo next month. You've given me some good ideas for places to try. Thanks.
Have a great time!
You know your weekend is gonna be great when you have a 48 minute Probably Riding video waiting to be seen!
Love your videos!
Thanks!
Luv Japan.
One of your best vids yet. Thanks for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@probablyriding Would be nice to see a map of your travels around tokyo
Only ten minutes in and I can already say this video was well worth the wait. Well done.
Thanks!
I'm in the USA currently restoring a 1984 Fuji mountain bike with all of the original high-quality components, all made in Japan. It's dope to see top bike shops in Japan now stocked with so many high-quality components made in the USA.
Nice!
The contrast in cleanliness between Tokyo and London is remarkable. I was there years ago for a few days and noticed it back then too. Yes, some of it can be chaotic but overall, considering how densley populated it is, it’s insanely clean and tidy. We should take some notes from the Japanese culture 👌🏼
Both wonderful cities that could learn from each other.
@@probablyriding I love how you shut down his trying to sh*t on London ❤. Literally impossible to view anything online without a random shot at the city haha. Love both London and Tokyo
Tokyo is amazing by bike. I really enjoyed experiencing the city via cycling around it!
It really is!
Wonderful video. I look forward to your next video and also to the next bike build, you picked up some really great stuff.
Awesome, thank you!
I spend a month in Setagaya most summers and you've given me ideas on some bike shops to visit next summer. Thanks for documenting!
Nice. Setagaya is great for riding bikes.
Your Urban Cycling You Tube channel is interesting, the best I have seen in a long time, thank you for your creativity, greetings from Mexico!
Thank you very much!
Very cool as always. I was in Japan many years ago in 1988. I was training with Suzuki Motor Corporation. I had an entire month there. Amazing culture and country. I don’t believe it had the bike culture I see here. Very cool!
I’m sure it was very different that then but then the whole world is.
現在の東京の街は半分以上が外国人で地方都市もパキスタンやアフガニスタン人、ネパール人スリランカ人などが多く雰囲気が当時と違います。
"I love an evening ride home with the low sun reflecting on a wonderful day."
This is something I also enjoy, cheers! 🍻
The best!
Your vids are always a treat! Can't wait to see the rest of your trip!
More to come!
Your videos are just fantastic uniteing people on Bicycles watching in Ireland
Thank you!
I love the back streets of Tokyo! I'd love to live on those streets..
Me too!
This vid was worth the wait! 😻✨🙇
Thanks!
Another awesome video! And Ioved the long form just as much as your shorter ones! 🎉❤
Yay! Thank you!
Simply superb. Just had a great ride on my homemade hack/tourer,a lovely vegetarian supper followed by your film.Can't tell you how good I feel.
Great to hear!
Im a biker too here in LUKBAN PROVINCE OF QUEZON PHILIPPINE MABUHAY
Hi!
So Cool. You really know how to enjoy Tokyo.
The best!
I really love it!! 韓国と日本は違う魅力が感じられるんですけど、 前には韓国の魅力を今度は日本の魅力を、 その二つの魅力をよく動画に入れてくれてありがとうございます😊
Thank you! I love both countries.
Love watching these wholesome vids mate, please keep it up!
Thanks, will do!
Super! I took my foldie also during work trip in Japan. It’s amazing what u can see just afew alleys inside.
Yes! Any bike makes visiting Tokyo so much more enjoyable.
Evertime i watched your video I just want to have my expresso. Awesome video.
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There are so many countries that need to learn from Japan about how to treat bicycle users lol
True. They’re still not perfect but better than others.
Not only that. The good manners, respect for eachother and healthy food as well 😊
I rode a bike around Tokyo this spring and summer. Spring was the best to ride. It's a great experience for me to go around the city by bike. Summer was actually so hot but it was much better than walking around. I think tokyo is a good city which is worth riding a bike.
It’s a great city for riding. Thanks for watching
Probably the best Tokio bike tour op TH-cam 😋!
Thanks!
Man I just KNEW the Tokyo video was gonna be elite 😅💙
Thank you 🙏
Bike shop heaven, this looks like such a rad trip!
It was!
Another exquisite video, Marcus.
Steel bikes and Tokyo from a perspective I've never seen before.
I visited Woods Cyclery on your recommendation, but managed to keep my hands in my pockets despite extreme temptation.
I'll go back with friends and ride from there next year, no doubt.
Thanks again, and stay safe, fella.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Just opened a bottle of wine especially to watch this one , can’t wait. 🎉
Hope you enjoy it!
Beautiful. Hope youre enjoying your travels.
Thanks for another amazing video 💚
I enjoy the long format as well as the short format. As long as you are enjoying making the videos and the overall process. That's what's important to me 🫶
Still enjoying!
Keeping this one for my three hour train ride, thank you very much for this video it will be great as always!!!
Enjoy!
48 minutes truly worth the wait for this.
Thanks!
Thank you for taking us thru your travels! Tokyo looks wonderful for a visit.
It really is!
What a joy! Living well my friend 👌
Thank you 🙏
This video was the second best part of my week! (Number 1 was riding my bike) :)
That's awesome! Thank you
I was waiting for this video! Your content makes me happy
Thanks!
Oooh wish this video was up before we went to Japan last year!! Your videos are great, from the cuts, editing and commentary. Really enjoy all of them 😊 would be keen to see a video on your camera and audio setup!
Thank you so much!! This is the camera www.insta360.com/sal/go-3?INRL3L3
@@probablyriding oh this one! Very versatile I hear 👌 thank you!!
Sorry I'm late I was riding my bike! Tokyo looks lovely and the bike shops are amazing . As always I love your video and your perspective on life and our world. 共有していただきありがとうございます。
ありがとうございます
Thanks so much! You took us to another world here!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for the tour of Tokyo and of the Blue Lug store. Crazy the amount of stuff the manage to stuff into that place. I have a few bits of theirs on my Sam Hillborne and Surly Disc Trucker.
Very enjoyable video.
Some nice bikes you have there.
Thank you. Had to go upright after back surgery years ago and sell the ‘racing’ bikes. Build the black and cream Hillborne back in ‘15 and the Trucker at the beginning of Covid, right before it became impossible to source parts. Both have wheel sets I built during Covid also. Deore XT hubs and Velocity Quill rims with Rene Herse tires.
Just discovered your channel. Love your videos, very zenn to watch. Im a big retro bicycle rider and builder myself, Tokyo is on my bucketlist now 😉. Ride safe.
Cool, thanks!
I can’t stop thinking about Alberto’s cargo bike. That thing is beautiful!
Lugged cargo bike of dreams 💜
Interesting video, different to most of the other cycling ones too - so much variety for bike shops!
Thanks!
33:20 straight outta movie scene clip. Amazing video!
Such a great ride.
Thank you for taking us along!
Thanks for joining
I think I just found one of my new favorite channel :)
Wow, thanks!
Really enjoyed, great to see the cityscape….🍉
Many thanks!
Lovely trip. I'm surprised you didn't hit any riverside trails. These are so pleasant in Tokyo, and most river embankments have them.
Thanks. I did ride down the river last summer but didn’t get a chance this time.
gonna watch this with a cup of coffee in the morning.
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サムネイル画像が自分の家の近くで思わず再生しました笑
自分も自転車で巡っているような気分になりとても良いですね
Nice area to live!
Love the bike parking amenities!
I do too
Felt as though I was in Tokyo too!
Great!
Another great video!
Thanks again!
I miss Tokyo. I stayed a year at Kikukawa and worked in Iwamotocho near Akihabara.
I love Tokyo.
Great video; thanks for sharing!
Thanks!
your videos always make me want to go ride
That’s my plan.
10/10 vibes as usual!
Thanks!
OMG that first bike shop was incredible
Blue Lug is the best.
48 minutes! It was worth the long wait!
Thanks!
Really appreciate your videos and always appreciate your support for a free Palestine!
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Came here to say this too 🇵🇸 Free Palestine and cycling go hand in hand
Free palastine from hamas@@davidgardener1152
Really interesting. I'm planning a trip to Japan and was wondering about the best place to rent a nice bike like yours for a week or 2. Any tips on where I could rent one in Tokyo?
Was going to ask a similar question. Departing in 2 days. Vid was lovely as always btw
Not sure where to rent one this nice, sorry. I was lucky to borrow from a friend.
Great Video, thanks ☀️
Glad you enjoyed it!
That bike shop !😍😍
The best!
Ilove it!!
Thank you!
@31:35 thank you for including this gentleman.
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These bikes look so good...
They were!
Great video. Your wife is definitely a keeper - putting up with/facilitating with your bike shop visits 😂. Towards the end of the video you said you would stay in that specific neighborhood again (the pretty tree-lined street). What is the name of that neigborhood. I couldn't catch it in the video.
Near Shimokitazawa.
@@probablyriding Thanks
Very well documented! I always wonder about the rules and regulations of different countries when it comes to cycling, its not so obvious as it may seem for a lot of people. Perhaps for another video?
Maybe. I prefer to focus on the wonderful experience of riding bikes in my videos but I could perhaps mentions rules and regulations in future videos.
"I will keep those for my only fans" hahahah I am dying
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I just came back from a trip to Tokyo about two weeks ago. I made sure to visit a BlueLug bike shop as well (the Yoyogi park one). Sadly I didn't manage to tour the city by bike (mostly because my wife doesn't know how to ride and my kid is still too small to cycle on the street) ... I definitely want to do it at one point in the future though!
*edit*: haha, and I also bought some MKS pedals (Gamma in silver. Hope you didn't want to buy the same ones because I got the last ones they had at the time :P)
Don’t worry. I hadn’t decided which ones I wanted until I had another look in the shop.
I have a single speed bike, and I really want to try doing a 3x1 setup like this one. I won't know what I'm doing, but I'd like to give it a go.
Do it! Let me know how it goes. I’m considering too.
That's wild, that's the same katsudon place that I radomly stumbled upon on my first trip to Japan.
So good
this is so f#@%!*( relaxing love it
Thanks!
Great video. Makes he want to dust off my two Surly's and get back out there. I did not know Circles opened a branch in Tokyo (Lived in Nagoya over 20 years) I will visit the Toranomom Hills location next month and see the guys. I've know the owner Shinya since the original Circles shop in Nagoya. It was so tiny, only three people could fit in it at a time. I've also enjoyed lots of Tokyo rides especially in the areas you featured. By the way, what was the name of the area in 47:00 ? Beautiful street. Keep riding!
I'm a regular Circles online customer. Always very impressed with their customer service. However, I was a bit disappointed when I visited the Tokyo shop last week and the staff member barely mustered a greeting and was glued to their phone the whole time. A little disappointing and very different experience to all the other bike shops I visited in Tokyo.
@@probablyriding Sorry to hear about the Tokyo Staffers. I saw a photo of them on their Instagram. Didn't recognize them. They might be local hires. If you're ever in Nagoya, visi their main shop. Nagoya has one of the best cycling communities in Japan. Man, we used to host the craziest wildcat nights and treasure hunts back around 2008-2010. So many memories. I just turned 60 and don't ride like I used to but at least I have the memories. By the way, you didn't tell me the name of the street in 47:00. I want to try cycling up their myself.
@@Picasso_Picante92 Nagoya and Circles is on the list! That street is 1-chōme-19-17 Hanegi, Setagaya City, Tokyo 156-0042, Japan
@@probablyriding Oh cool! I live in Setagaya, it's only a 30 min bike ride from me. Thanks.
Love the movie. What can you tell me about the mesh shirt you were wearing? Looks like a good way to get some shade but beat the heat in hot, humid conditions.
It’s from Pilgrim Surf Supply. I bought it in Tokyo last summer. Perfect T-shirt for hot summer!
Such a great video! I am going to Tokyo in a few weeks- do you happen to have a list of the food places you visited that you'd reccomend?
Thank you. That will be on my membership page.
This is my new obsession. So calm, so peaceful. Keep these gems coming! If I can ask, what do you usually shoot your videos on?
Thanks! Riding shots with an insta 360 go 3. The rest on an iphone.
Super,just super.
Thank you very much
I’m dreading the moment I find time to visit Bluelug
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If I lived in Tokyo, a bike would be a must have. I'm getting claustrophobia just thinking of driving a car on those streets.
Definitely the best way to get around.
video with very nice view and i got to know more about Tokyo, can you share about camera and how to mount them on body? ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Yes of course! www.insta360.com/sal/go-3?INRL3L3
48 minutes 😍
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WE EATING GOOD TODAY 🗣️🗣️❗❗❗❗ PROBABLY RIDING SPECIAL EPISODE 🚲🚲🚲🚲
Thanks
I have a trip coming up to Japan in November. How did your book your Rivendell rentals at Blue Lug? How far in advance and how much?
I'm thinking about a Riv and this looks like an amazing opportunity to try one 😁
I borrowed from my friends there. They don’t offer rentals, sorry!
@@probablyriding that makes more sense! Lucky you, silly me 😉
Was that a Widefoot bottle cage you got with the seat post? I got one and love it! It's awesome to be able to carry a 46oz/1400ml Nalgene bottle!!
Yes! It’s on my Susie now.
Another brilliant video, thanks. Tokyo looks amazing, definitely on my bucket list!
On another video of yours that I’ve watched you mention that you used to teach in the UK. Out of interest, are you still a teacher now you are in Korea? If not, what do you do now?
Lots of people have asked. Maybe I’ll include in a video sometime. Thanks for watching 👀
@@probablyriding sounds good to me 👍🏼
would be curious about the price on Blue Lug stuff in Japan,,,, since often the prices for Nitto stuff on the Blue Lug online shop for folks in the US is a pretty good deal, until you add shipping haha. curious how the prices are in the shop for non-imported products (so not a Riv haha). thanks :)
Similar to the online shop without shipping of course, maybe a little less.
When you click on the bluelug web, choose domestic. Use google translate or just straight type what you're looking for in the search bar. That way you'll get the prices in Yen. I'd say its better deal on the physical store most of the time, because of cheaper Yen as of now. If you have friends in Japan you can also ship to their adress like that.
Wow
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