{"id":160907,"date":"2025-03-08T16:30:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T07:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/?post_type=global&p=160907"},"modified":"2025-03-09T09:52:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T00:52:58","slug":"velo-de-kita-hanging-out-with-the-velo-orange-crew","status":"publish","type":"global","link":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/global\/velo-de-kita-hanging-out-with-the-velo-orange-crew\/","title":{"rendered":"“Velo De Kita” Hanging out with the Velo Orange Crew"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Before the arrival of Igor, the owner of VO and Clint, the product designer of VO, we had a quick meeting on how we should welcome them to Tokyo.<\/p>\n

“If there is a Coffee Outside, we should do an Orange Outside with the two!”<\/p>\n

That’s exactly what we did in a cold winter morning in Tokyo. Allow me to write about that lovely day.<\/p>\n

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I arrived at the Hatagaya store around 8:00 a.m. There were already a few customers who came to ride with us and a few of our staffs. Many more people started to show up as time went by.<\/p>\n

To Yoyogi-Park we go!<\/p>\n

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The group got split up, but we fortunately all made it to our destination.<\/p>\n

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Some people were already at the meet up spot! We joined them and started our picnic.<\/p>\n

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We ate a bunch of oranges, chatted about bikes, played soccer and played with some dogs.<\/p>\n

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Igor to the right and Clint to the left in the picture. Two sweet gentlemen. We were happy to see them interact with the Tokyo locals.<\/p>\n

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Many VO riders gathered for this meet up, which was awesome. Igor was constantly taking pictures of the Velo Orange bikes in Tokyo.<\/p>\n

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Say cheese!…or, orange!<\/p>\n

It was a peaceful morning. Cold, but I could feel the spring peaking its head out.<\/p>\n

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I actually had the opportunity to spend the week with the VO crew, while they were in Tokyo.<\/p>\n

Igor and Clint were such fun people to hangout and I was able to learn a lot about Velo Orange. I would like to share the week I spent with them because I want the readers to know more about the brand and the people behind.<\/p>\n

Day 1.<\/p>\n

I headed to Narita Airport with Colonel to pick them up.<\/p>\n

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We waited in front of the arrival gate with this welcome board that Jag, one of our bag designers drew for them.<\/p>\n

“There they are!” (We got too excited and forgot to take pics of their arrival)<\/p>\n

It was Igor’s first time in Japan and it was Clint’s first time in about a year in Japan.<\/p>\n

We packed their stuff into the Blue Lug van and headed down to Hatagaya, where their airbnb was.<\/p>\n

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Igor is a huge fan of cars. As a car enthusiast myself, I was very excited to see him and talk about cars. We had a great chat on the way back from the airport,<\/p>\n

I knew a place in Shibuya that is usually a meet up spot for tuner cars, so I decided to pass through the area before heading to their airbnb.<\/p>\n

Yes, we were able to see some great cars.<\/p>\n

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