Indeed, you can spend hours on the website, which has both Japanese and English versions as well as social media channels for the store. Blue Lug has very active Facebook, Instagram and Flickr accounts, which have over 139,000 photos distributed across 1,391 pages. There is also a set of YouTube videos that include bikes assembled from bare frames to full custom versions. As a process of skilled mechanics’ work, these videos are often speechless and fascinating. Many over 20 minutes, a 44-minute shell, get a custom paint job and a fantastic soundtrack.

These videos have soothing ASMR quality, and you can learn a lot by watching or getting the idea of ​​your dream bike or current riding. Even if you don't give too much attention, a pleasant half hour may slip away.

The creation of blue lugs is often a link between beauty, fashion and practicality.

"They put the bikes together in the way other people think of it. They have to pay attention to the details," Keating said. In moving the miniature madness that the store created for the bike small grocery store to some lonely situations such as cable hangers and top protectors.

With the help of the staff at the store, I borrowed a bike from one of the highest blue hearing aids staff (thanks, Kaisei!) and took the bus into the city. This bike is a two-year-old city-wide space horse with beautiful blues, beautiful fat tires and crisp dial transfers I've never seen before.

I started picking small communities to visit and navigate to their path. It's fun, but a lot of ways to pull the map out and try to figure out a way to go from one place to another. This is possible, but very picky. But then I stopped trying to navigate and ride. The guy at this store suggested visiting Yoyogi Park, which turned out to have a dedicated bike path with an English sign telling you to "enjoy it" and I'm trying to internalize it.

After having a very pleasant bomb sandwich on a food truck in the park, I returned to the bike, abandoned the map, and pointed myself in the general direction - "towards the water" and rode. Surprisingly chill. I said, in Seattle, the tongue on the cheek, the driver tweeted quickly. Not too joking, they tend to take the path. It puts you on the edge. In Tokyo, things feel more integrated and equal. No one tweeted. Just focusing on people makes riding opposite each other very easy. It's very much about getting into the process, and you often have a biker in front of you.

Considering that I'm riding a bike, it's new to me, it's new to me, it's exciting, it's exciting and creates a new way to connect with the city. You don't let's tear apart often. You will love the flow state when you ride the perfect bike through Tokyo.