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Lee Basford

Equilibrium Cycleworks

Deep within the backstreets scattered along the Tama River are numerous workshops specialising in what seems like a limitless number of…

4 min readOct 30, 2020

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Equilibrium Cycleworks

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Lee Basford

Tohoku 2011 Revisted

In the eight years since the Great East Japan Earthquake took place, normality has been slowly returning to the devastated region of…

3 min readMar 11, 2019

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Tohoku 2011 Revisted

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Lee Basford

Curtain Call: The Japan Cup

Japan Cup brings Rapha’s Team Sky journey to an end.

5 min readFeb 6, 2019

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Curtain Call: The Japan Cup

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Lee Basford

Sneaking With Eyes Number One Shut

For eight years X-ray Sexysushi has been photographing life as it takes place around him, travelling the world, arbitrarily connecting…

4 min readJan 18, 2019

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Sneaking With Eyes Number One Shut

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Lee Basford

Biwakoguma: Osaka to Tokyo

Riding a handmade bicycle is something special; riding a steel frame made with your own hands takes things to an entirely different level…

6 min readDec 12, 2018

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Biwakoguma: Osaka to Tokyo

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Lee Basford

Rapha Prestige: Kamikatsu

Possibly the toughest Prestige in Japan to date took place over a weekend in the remote mountainous area of Kamikatsu, Tokushima, on the…

4 min readNov 28, 2018

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Rapha Prestige: Kamikatsu

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Lee Basford

Survey: Oki Tatsuya

To call Oki Tatsuya a bicycle messenger doesn’t really do justice to a man who’s been at the heart of Tokyo’s urban bike scene since the…

6 min readNov 28, 2018

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Survey: Oki Tatsuya

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Lee Basford

Planning Failure

In its early stages, the road that leads out from Lake Matsubara on toward the Yatsugatake mountain range is nondescript as far Japanese…

6 min readNov 19, 2018

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Planning Failure

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Lee Basford

Rapha Rides Tokyo: Takashi Sawa

Takashi Sawa is a veteran of the inaugural Rapha Gentleman’s race in Japan and many since. His work as a curator has taken him around the…

3 min readNov 16, 2018

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Rapha Rides Tokyo: Takashi Sawa

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Lee Basford

Tour de Tohoku: The Road to Here

In the six years since the Great East Japan Earthquake took place, normality has been slowly returning to the devastated region of Tohoku…

3 min readNov 1, 2018

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Tour de Tohoku: The Road to Here

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Lee Basford

Lee Basford

Designer, photographer, illustrator and artist. living in and around the overlap of art, design, photography and bikes | humankind.jp leebasford.com

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