My last race

[hamishf]

Tomity, that was more informative and interesting than anything I’ve read so far about keirin. Thanks very much.

[Max.Power]

Woah. That was awesome.

[Keirin_Tomity]

@nickj

Official Keirin ambassadors are allowed to post anywhere they want

Hello nickj san,

Thank you for the permission of post. I was relieved.
Then, I am a post as for the story of continuation.

I presented Ryan Bayley 18k gold plating cog.
He took two gold medals(Athens Olympic games) with Tomity super polished cog & chainring bought from me.
I made him 18k gold plating cog in commemoration of it. ( Sir Chris Hoy also uses it )

Keirin ambassador
Tomity

Tramnesia
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[Keirin_Tomity]

@brendan

best. post. ever.

Hi Brendan san,

Thank you for your message from Facebook.

I have met Jason Niblett today.
He was participating in Tachokawa Keirin race.

His this race result was not good.
He has not become accustomed to keirin race of the Japanese style yet.

He will gradually become accustomed to the race.
He plans to keep racing in Japan until September.

Ride safe!!

Keirin ambassador
Tomity

[Keirin_Tomity]

@mckenny

this post has everything i need to make me smile; japan, tomity, bikes, doraemon and no mention of the words ‘epic’ or ‘hipster’.

Hello mckenny san,

My daughters loved Daraemon from the child age.
Also me too.

Cool!! Doraemon bike

Ride safe!!

Keirin ambassador
Tomity

[Keirin_Tomity]

@brenton_clark

Tomity,
thank you for your post, it’s great to learn more about the history of Keirin racing.
much respect.
Brenton.

Hello Brenton san,

Keirin is a culture of Japan. and Keirin is all of me.

Best,

Tomity

[Keirin_Tomity]

@BrakeFree

Wow, thanks for sharing Tomity, I will be coming to Japan in a few months and will be looking out for any Keirin racing action I can find,

Where in Japan so you live?

Hello BrakeFree san,

I live in Tokyo suburbs. near Seibuen Keirin track and Tachikawa Keirin track.
Let’s me know your travel planning.

See you soon!!

Tomity

[Keirin_Tomity]

@iwearmoccos

Thanks for a great post Tomity!!

Hello wearmoccos san,

Thank you for your coming on my post.

Ride Safe!!

Keirin ambassador
Tomity

[Keirin_Tomity]

@antmandan

Good to hear that you are doing well Tomity. Hope to see you out here in Australia in the near future.

Wow It’s small world!! G’day antmandan san,
It’s long time no see. How are you?

I will retire from Keirin next month though it is regrettable.
However, my life is happy.

See you soon!!

Great meeting on this forums.

Tomity

[Keirin_Tomity]

@Blakey

It warms my heart to see new posts from Tomity, always a great pleasure. (And he was an engineer!)

Tomity: “My last race” Are you retiring? If so, congratulations on a great keirin career, I hope you continue to enjoy riding and spreading information about Japanese keirin racing around the world. If you ever visit Melbourne we’d love to have you visit Brunswick Cycling Club at the indoor velodrome or our outdoor track and show us a thing or two.

Hello Blakey san,

Thank you for your visiting.
I hope to go to Melbourne for ride with you and your club mate.

I have bike shop of friend in Melbourne. It is “kookie bikes”(Matt). Do you know this bike shop?
few years ago I met him at Tokyo.

Mr.Ian Browne(left) and Mr.Daryl Perkins(right), Father of Shane Perkins
at 1964 Tokyo olympic games

Hope to see you!!

Ride Safe!!

Keirin ambassador
Tomity

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Ride Safe!!

Tomity

[Keirin_Tomity]

@Adrian

I am very grateful to have read your post Tomity! Thankyou for sharing your story - it is very inspirational.

You are clearly a very skilled and talented man!

Thank you

P.S. I particularly like your Flickr photographs. This one in particular is very impressive:

Hello Adrian san,

Thank you for your coming at Flickr site.
I collected Camy parts when I stared professional rider.

i like CAMPGNOLO!!

My old 1973’s VW bus Steering wheel!!

Ride Safe!!

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Tomity

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[ianhuman_xX]

Tomity, your posts are truly incredible and are valued by everyone here, so thank you for taking the time to give us so much fantastic information and share your world with us!

I wish you well for your retirement, and I hope your last races are successful!

[Sime]

@ianhuman_xX

Tomity, your posts are truly incredible and are valued by everyone here, so thank you for taking the time to give us so much fantastic information and share your world with us!

I wish you well for your retirement, and I hope your last races are successful!

you just posted everything I was about to post!

Thanks for the great and informative read Tomity, truely amazing.

best of luck for your retirement

[Keirin_Tomity]

@Captain_Commuter

Thank you venerable Tomity for your contributions to our forum over the years (I still have your fixed.org senja-fuda on my bicycle and my sons each have one on theirs, it has brought us good riding).

You may meet one of our young Australian track cycling champions - Shane “Perko” Perkins, who is currently visiting Japan’s Keirin circuit. I believe he is in Kumamoto this week. Please share some of your wisdom and experience with him if you meet.

We all here wish you the very best in your retirement. Thank you again for your contributions here and I hope we will hear from you again.

CC

Hello Captain Commuter san,

>I still have your fixed.org senja-fuda on my bicycle and my sons each have one on theirs, it has brought us good riding.

Thank you!! I am very glad it.

Yes I met Shane Perkins last year.this year is yet.

at Seibuen Keirin track in 2009

Mr.Ian Browne(left) and Mr.Daryl Perkins(right), Father of Shane Perkins
at 1964 Tokyo olympic games

Ride Safe !!

Tomity

[Wheelworks]

Tomity, your posts on here have always been great reading, I hope they continue!

There are a couple of engineers on here (Blakey is an engineer, and I’m an engineering student. I’m sure there’s others on here that I’ve forgotten). That VW steering wheel is fantastic! Did you make it yourself?

[AL9000]

Tomity san, I don’t know Matt from Kookie, but my friends do. If you visit Melbourne I would like to meet you and show you our track racing. We had a keirin night last year, the flyer and thread are below.

Do you have the NJS Campagnolo groupset?

Some friends of mine have Perkins track bikes, they are very nice. One even has a Perkins BMX!

Best wishes, Andrew.

keirin night at DISC thread

New Perkins with carbon fibre gussets:

Perkins BMX built for Matthew White:

[JohnLLL]

This thread is the reason i enjoy internet forums.
Tomity, thanks for the insight into this amazing sport and your career.
Best wishes in your post professional endeavors.
added bit: Blakey, That BMX above is awesome.

[Azz]

This should be stickied