More Bikes For Tohoku

Tomorrow brings us into a new month and the latest episode of our efforts to provide bikes to where they are needed in Tohoku. Myself and Tony will collect about 16 donated bikes (including my own mountain bike) from Circles bike shop in central Nagoya, load them into a rental truck and head on up [...]

Bikes For Tohoku, a Recap and Update

(Update by Mark and Tony)

Tony and John ready to leave Nagoya

The idea of Bikes For Tohoku, like many ideas these days, grew out of connections made and discussions started in the online world of LinkedIn and Facebook. In one such discussion, the Japan head of major cycling brand responded positively to the [...]

From Higashiura to Tohoku

These are just a few snapshots of the collection of donated bikes in Higashiura on April 4. There were 25 bikes in all, 10 new ones donated by Mizuno-san of Shorinji Kempo, Higashiura Branch, and the rest used bikes donated by local friends. There were also ten new bicycle pumps. See more photos on our [...]