After I saw Al Gore's " An Incovenient Truth", I became to use my bicycle more than before and less automobile. I have an Itarian car and an Itarian bicycle.
I run by an bicycle for at least two hours a day some practical use going to Tokyo American Club, Shopping, Theaters and Boxing Gym.
My bicycle is sporty type with no basket to carry something on but it is fast in the city.
Many people have shifted to bicycles because they are many varieties of the style, sporty to practical.
Eric Plankton a gutarist came to Japan and visited a small bicycle shop in Tokyo. He purchased US$8000- one.
The cheapest one made in China is $100-.
In 1930's Japanese used bicycles for military trasportation porpose because they always suffered by the lack of fuel.
There were troops that all the soldiers moved by bicycles. (Swiss did the same thing.)
I have seen once the actual military bicycle made by Miyata. It looks like a mountain bicycle.
They begun to use a bicyclel early 19th century during Russo Japanese War for scouts.
Nowadays even European expensive bicycles have some Japanese parts such as Shimano's shift gear.
I heard that in 1950's there used be hundreds of bicycle makers in Japan.
I have no idea why so many companys made bicycles in Japan.
see, http://japaneseweapons.com
http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/japaneseweapons
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