Shimano Bicycle Museum Review(inrng.com) |
Shimano Bicycle Museum Review(inrng.com) |
It was founded by a lot of the original mountain bikers so it has a lot of the evolution of mountain bikes as well.
PS: running https://www.vintagemtb.org retro mtb event
It is still in the early stages. i want to gather news from across all channels and make a place for cycling fans, without all the ads.
Also check out my dad’s biography at https://championwillpower.com
Great to see cyclist fans on here!
However, what I think is missing in online cycling is something better than pcs for live races. At the moment, there is no central place when you can follow all races (not only WT) understanding what is currently happening. At most you get a feeling of the groups there are and the distances, but even that is many times not accurate (e.g. in PCS they say "peloton" when it is a group of 30 people).
Of course, doing this is not easy and time consuming...
kristo at radial dot racing : )
edit: I'm also in NL too
When I purchased the ticket I was offered an English version of the history of bikes presentation in the main hall. I politely declined, but was later politely approached with a piece of paper handwritten with a time the English version would play. I attended and was so glad I did. It was a beautifully presented showcase of bikes across history (with individual bikes in the room being thoughtfully-timely lit up as the video described them).
Really worth going. And I super love Japan and the way I've been treated wherever I went. I've been to Japan about a dozen times now over the last 20 years - it's my favorite place to be.
In Europe up to about 1983-ish I don't recall anything other than European manufacturers. For example, your commuter bike would have had a 3-speed Sturmey Archer gearbox inside the rear hub and your fancy road bike would have had Campagnolo (if you could afford it: they were infamously expensive).
And then out of (what seemed like) nowhere Shimano shows up with all these innovations. Index shifting, non-circular chainrings, cassette freewheels, 7-speed or more blocks.
Was there a reason that Shimano suddenly showed up in Europe with all these innovations?
Later on I rode Campagnolo, they were reliable and easy to maintain. Anything Shimano I cursed and avoided like the plague. Because that was sensitive shit, not good to maintain, and degraded fast. It was like it was made to be thrown away after few uses, just to save a few grams.
All that aside, this gave you a real advantage: https://connexchain.com/en/ :-) They were called different at the time, just Wipperman maybe, but didn't really matter.
You just asked your dealer for the good chains made in Solingen, and got these.
I love their group sets and a 1x11 blew my mind during covid. I was always used to 3x setups and I don’t think 1x’s were around when I was a kid.
Also everyone should try di2.
"Shimano Reel Museum (Sakai, Japan): Situated in Sakai, Japan, the Shimano Reel Museum offers a unique look at the history of fishing reels, with a particular focus on the innovations of Shimano, one of the world’s leading tackle manufacturers. " https://oldfishingluresandtackle.com/fishing-tackle-museums-...
Branching out from there in to tiny automobiles came later. It likely helped them be experts at high RPM low displacement, which ultimately won out vs what the American engine makers were doing at the time.
Maker of electronic keyboards, outboard motors, jetskis, motorcycles, pianos, drums and guitars.
The logo appears to be 3 tuning forks.
I actually wish they would cover more of Shimano's history - they were too neutral imo
Before that you had to watch gears all the time.
I remember tinkering with my Ukrainian gears to make them more loose in "Shimano style".
https://uk-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1...
You probably owned one of these retail store bikes who were often plastered with various shimano stickers for being equipped with their cheapest tourney transmission.
https://uk-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1...
Praiseworthy because "Timo Noko" is mentioned as a customer. Those bicycles were good but dirt cheap, maybe even 1/10 of Raleigh or Shimano.
For those who don't recognize the name, he is the brother of a top professional cyclist, Matteo Jorgenson, who just last weekend played a key role in the US winning the world cycling championship road race.
it is truly my intend to keep it ad free and true platform for the cycling fans.
I registered a non-profit company to make sure those believes are captured and part of the website.
There’s a bunch within Tokyo area as well, but obviously different vibes.
The Shimano neutral support team has a list with the materials each team is using, so they can quickly get the correct bike from their car and hand it to a rider if needed. You can see an example of the list here [1]. For example, you can see that they know the pedals used by each team.
[1] https://images.vrt.be/width1280/2026/04/13/db02d167-1a93-4c5...
And yes, proper live races would be great with content from people along side the road as well. Currently i think sporza.be is best in this (live race report), but it is all in Dutch.
Thank you for your feedback!
I can watch a race on catch-up, but if I'm doing that then I can't open PCS to check profiles or standings/time-gaps until I'm fully caught up
On top of that, when catching up it's great to have an indication of _when_ to start watching a race. For that I've been using the info provided on the HowFarOut[1] Twitter account.
I grew up in Idaho, so I know well the pains of trying to follow the sport from another timezone
It's a shame Lucas' cycling blog isn't on that platform, that's a great source for news and updates
