A serial series shining a spotlight on the people who “build” bicycles.

This time, we invited TANI, better known as “TANI-FUN” from the Blue Lug Kamiuma shop to join us and share his thoughts.

Even within the globally renowned Blue Lug network, the Kamiuma store has carved out a unique niche for itself as a specialized shop dedicated to crafting a vast array of custom-ordered bicycles. We take a closer look at this shop which handles everything from dream bikes to everyday riders, often involving intricate, full-custom builds, and explore the philosophy behind the bike-building expertise of its manager, TANI...

Wild to think that 4 years have passed since we originally released the Doppo High Plains Drifter model. That first small batch of US manufactured “Klunker” style frames arrived with fan fare and made a splash in the realm of unique, versatile, heritage-inspired frame set offerings that we’ve since seen from other brands in the industry.

We learned a lot with that original product launch, and while we encountered some uncertainty and delays with getting a subsequent batch built- we’re proud of how it turned out- and thrilled to finally have these frame sets available to ship out to presale customers and potential riders- with a limited stock of frames still available for sale...

1) Going alone.
2) Working on something independently.
3) Nothing equal and superior to everything.