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Circles' Bookshelf

Journeys, people, and things made by hand.

The people we traveled across the sea to meet. The conversations we shared in the workshop. Memories of the lands we explored by bicycle. The stories Circles and SimWorks have built together, one book at a time.

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Travel Journal

2011 — 2019

Summer Trip to West Coast of The US. — Contents

CONTENTS ・ 2011 SUMMER · All 8 Episodes

Summer Trip to West Coast of The US.

From Portland to Santa Cruz. A summer journey visiting workshops, talking with people, and exploring the birthplace of bicycles.

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  1. 01Oregon, Portland vol.1 / PhilosophyBags
  2. 02Oregon, Portland vol.2 / Cielo by Chris King
  3. 03Oregon, Portland vol.3 / Sugar Wheel Works
  4. 04SantaCruz, California vol.1 / Rick Hunter
  5. 05Ashland, Oregon. Desalvo and UBI
  6. 06Napa, California. Retrotec
  7. 07SantaRosa, California. “Sycip”
  8. 08SantaCruz, California vol.2 / BlackCat
2011 Autumn Trip to West Coast of the US. — Contents

CONTENTS ・ 2011 AUTUMN - All 4 Episodes

2011 Autumn Trip to West Coast of the US.

Friends in San Francisco, Cielo’s workshop, playing with Hunter. An autumn chronicle exploring a life lived alongside the craft of making.

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  1. 01About Friends – sf –
  2. 02about my pain? -cielo-
  3. 03about playing – hunter cycles –
  4. 04about dream – hunter cycles –
NAHBS Experience 2012 — Contents

CONTENTS ・ 2012 SPRING - All 6 Episodes

NAHBS Experience 2012

What did they see and think about at a gathering of makers? We explore the craftsmanship of the people met at NAHBS and the paths that lie ahead.

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  1. 01What Matters to Us.
  2. 02Who build your bike?
  3. 03Let's chase things once in a while.
  4. 04Condors take flight 2012
  5. 05GRASSHOPPERS – GRASSHOPPERS
  6. 06SyCip Bikes – SyCip Bikes
Road to NAHBS 2017 — Contents

CONTENTS ・ 2017 SPRING - All 2 Episodes

Road to NAHBS 2017

1,233 km one way, heading east on Interstate 84. A photographic travel album documenting the journey to exhibit at NAHBS and move into a new base in Portland.

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  1. 01Road to NAHBS 2017
  2. 02Road to NAHBS 2017 part2
BACK TO OREGON TOUR — Contents

CONTENTS ・ 2018 · 2 Episodes in Total

BACK TO OREGON TOUR

Returning the bike I’ve ridden since birth in Oregon, and have continued to use in Japan, to its homeland. Trails ridden with friends and memories of camping.

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  1. 01BACK TO OREGON TOUR #01
  2. 02BACK TO OREGON TOUR #02
California Dreamers — Contents

CONTENTS ・ 2019 SPRING - All 4 Episodes

California Dreamers

Riding bicycles from Santa Rosa to NAHBS for the first time in three years, four writers recount California as seen through their own eyes.

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  1. 01California Dreamers #1 — Text by Shinya Tanaka
  2. 02California Dreamers #2 — Text by Rie Sawada
  3. 03California Dreamers #3 — Text by Nicholas Haig-Arack
  4. 04California Dreamers #4 — Text by Toyoshige Ikeyama

Makers and Workshops

2012 — 2017

Adventure Surrounding KING — Contents

CONTENTS ・ 2012, Parts 1, 2, and 3

Adventure Surrounding KING

From Gourmet Century Ride to the streets of Portland, and then to Chris King’s workshop. We get closer to the work by exploring the people and things behind it.

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  1. 01The Adventure of KING (Part 1) / GOURMET CENTURY RIDE
  2. 02The Adventure of KING (Part 2) / PORTLANDIA
  3. 03The Adventure of KING (Part 3) / ChrisKing
SEVEN CYCLES — Contents

CONTENTS ・ 2014 — 2015 · 3 episodes in total

SEVEN CYCLES

A connection that began with a single email. Three stories explore the philosophy of custom motorcycles and the work of the workshop that brings them to life.

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  1. 01【SEVEN CYCLES】Close Encounters of the Third Kind
  2. 02【SEVEN CYCLES】The 5th Element
  3. 03【Seven Cycles】Busy Hands
A man named Adam Sklar. — Contents

CONTENTS ・ 2017 Short Film

A man named Adam Sklar.

We drove to Bowsman to meet the young builders. We visited the world behind their craftsmanship—a side of things that couldn't be seen from a bicycle alone.

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  1. 01The Man, Adam Sklar.

Food and bicycles

CHRIS KING Gourmet Century Ride Asuke

Gourmet Century — Contents

CONTENTS ・ 2015 · 3 chapters

Gourmet Century

Chris King's Gourmet Century Ride, held outside America for the first time in Asuke, Aichi. Stories from the people preparing the food, the riders, and Chris King himself.

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  1. 01Gourmet Century: Food
  2. 02Gourmet Century: Ride
  3. 03Gourmet Century: f / 2015 Chris King Japan Tour
Gourmet Century Ride Asuke 2016 — Contents

CONTENTS ・ 2016 · 6 chapters

Gourmet Century Ride Asuke 2016

An opening party welcoming overseas builders to Nagoya, a day in Asuke, the chefs in the kitchen, a sketch journal, and a journey to Kyoto. Six writers tell the story of the second year in Asuke.

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  1. 01BEFORE F
  2. 022016.06.04 / In Asuke.
  3. 03GROUND ODYSSEY 2016
  4. 04The Chefs: A Three-Star Event Begins.
  5. 05Sketch Journal of Gourmet Century Ride Asuke 2016
  6. 06AFTER F

People and why we choose things

2012 — 2020

What I Find Beautiful. — Contents

CONTENTS ・ 2012 · 1 story

What I Find Beautiful.

A small workshop, well-used tools, bicycles, and journeys. Visiting Randi Jo to discover the things she makes and the way she lives.

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  1. 01What I Find Beautiful.
We want to support you. — Contents

CONTENTS ・ 2015 · 1 story

We want to support you.

Making things and the relationship with the people who use them afterward. Looking at Chris King's work through the idea of support.

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  1. 01We want to support you.
Chris King History — Contents

CONTENTS ・ 2020 · 1 story

Chris King History

The work inside beautiful components, and the road that led there. Read the history of Chris King, the person and the brand.

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  1. 01Chris King History: On Hardship, Respect, and Love

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