What a Bicycle Shop in Japan is Like

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  @LifeWhereImFrom · 2 years ago · pinned

  I thought you all would get a kick out of seeing the various kinds of bikes you can find at a bicycle shop in Japan. I was surprised at how you could get a decent quality mama chari (city bike) for not too much ￥

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  @OneMoreBikeN1 · 2 years ago

  Props to the employee for knowing so much about bikes

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  @robbert-janmerk6783 · 2 years ago

  Good to see Japan has nice bicycles :) As a Dutch person, I think more countries should focus on bicycles as a means of transport.

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  @PlataniumRacer · 2 years ago

  Great video. Three years of maintenance and at that price is insane. Every day I grow more envious of Japan's transportation commodities

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  @david_r_munson · 2 years ago

  A tip for foreign residents in Japan: BE SURE TO REGISTER YOUR BIKE! Even if you're only in Japan for a relatively short time. Police seem to love to stop people to check their registration, especially if they are visibly non-Japanese. It stinks, but it's true. When I've been stopped, it's been a breeze because my bike is registered. Friends, however, have had a much tougher time because they failed to register their bikes, and the police gave them a hard time. Easy to avoid the trouble, just do the registration.

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  @OfTheGaps · 2 years ago

  In Okinawa, the bike selection is similar to Tokyo, but due to U.S.-style car dependence, it&apos;s difficult or impossible to ride most places. &nbsp;Riding on roads is not safe. &nbsp;Riding on the sidewalks is possible in some areas, but in most places, they are either very poorly maintained or non-existent. &nbsp;<br><br>I really wish the prefectural and local governments would wake up and start investing in trains and in providing safe, separated lanes for bikes and other micro-mobility vehicles. Instead, the government spends money on expanding and widening roads and building parking lots, destroying Okinawa&apos;s natural beauty and laid-back style, and making traffic worse. Okinawa is such a small place that 90% of trips should be do-able with a pedal-assist bike and/or local rail, but right now, almost everybody is forced to drive. &nbsp;Those who can&apos;t drive, like children and the sizeable elderly population, are trapped at home.<br><br>Sorry for the rant. &nbsp;Great video! &nbsp;I love my pedal-assisted Mama-Chari. &nbsp;I just wish I and others could safely ride more.

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  @bellesogne · 2 years ago

  Shimano Index System . . . Everything you need to know about Japan&apos;s important contributions to cycling.

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  @snatan7594 · 2 years ago

  I had no idea adult tricycles are a thing. I&apos;m surprised by how... not ridiculous they look. I&apos;m glad to hear there&apos;s some level of accommodation for the elderly/disabled seeing how big bike culture is in japan.

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  @KinpatsuNoJosei · 2 years ago

  While I was studying in Japan I worked at a Cycle Base Asahi (this chain of bike store, also the biggest bike store chain in Japan) for almost two years! It was so much fun.

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  @garudabravo1733 · 2 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYVVE0D6In0&amp;t=443">7:23</a> This is hilarious to hear as a car enthusiast. A lot of Japanese car guys try to emulate American car style by modifying their cars(like headlights/taillights) to be USDM. Meanwhile in the US, a lot of car guys are obsessed with making our stuff look more true/accurate to JDM. Grass is always greener.

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  @Joao-pl6db · 2 years ago

  That adjustable basket is neat!

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  @juandenz2008 · 2 years ago

  I&apos;ve heard a few stories of foreigners who found a bike they thought was abandoned and decided to start using it, only to find out later that it was in fact a stolen bike. They had a lot of explaining to do when stopped at a police checkpoint. Be careful about using that seemingly abandoned bike.

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