{"id":163259,"date":"2025-05-11T19:01:05","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T10:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/?post_type=global&#038;p=163259"},"modified":"2025-05-11T19:01:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T10:01:05","slug":"bike-check-rockpoint-coffee","status":"publish","type":"global","link":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/global\/bike-check-rockpoint-coffee\/","title":{"rendered":"Bike Check! Rockpoint Coffee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZW_Fv0OkMCE?si=t6KGaiRNxbLhsRBi\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Have you watched the video?<\/p>\n<p>I went back to my home town in Kagoshima last month and visited Rockpoint Coffee, who I would alway visit when I go back home to shoot a YouTube video<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-162910\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6694-1280x853.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6694-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6694-1720x1147.jpg 1720w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6694-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6694.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/1WTYhS5qTYrR3Bef7\">ROCKPOINT COFFEE<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>You can see the shop in the video, but I&#8217;ll post some photos of the shop here.<\/p>\n<p>The coffee shop is located in a minute walking distance from <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/cahci9rgsAQZA4PS8\">Sasanuki Station<\/a> in Kagoshima. They are located 8km away from Blue Lug Kagoshima.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-162940\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6571-2-1280x853.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6571-2-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6571-2-1720x1147.jpg 1720w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6571-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6571-2.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-163217\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6676-1280x853.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6676-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6676-1720x1147.jpg 1720w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6676-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6676.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-163216\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6662-1280x853.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6662-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6662-1720x1147.jpg 1720w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6662-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6662.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-163241 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6682-853x1280.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"853\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6682-853x1280.jpg 853w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6682-1147x1720.jpg 1147w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6682-512x768.jpg 512w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6682.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rockpoint Coffee opened on June of 2020, so it&#8217;s almost their fifth anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>The first time I met Iwasaki-san, the owner of Rockpoint was October 29th 2022, the day that Blue Lug Kagoshima opened. He visited us with one of the bikes in the video and I was very surprised to see such a cool bike at my hometown.<\/p>\n<p>Ever since meeting Iwasaki-san, I would always go the Rockpoint for some coffee, whenever I make myself down to Kagoshima., and I always wanted to do a bike check video with his bike.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m very happy that one my dreams came true. I also love the fact that bicycles were one of the reasons he started a coffee shop.<\/p>\n<p>You can see a lot of bike related knickknacks inside his shop, along with some cool art pieces. The shop feels like a secret hide out but still cozy. I can easily spend hours here.<\/p>\n<p>Bike check!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-162973\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6572-1280x853.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6572-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6572-1720x1147.jpg 1720w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6572-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6572.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1746452771580_468971\" class=\" meta-field photo-title \" style=\"text-align: center;\">Specialized Ground Control FSR<\/h2>\n<p>This apparently is a bike Iwasaki-san\u00a0 bought when he was about 20 years old.<\/p>\n<p>He bought the bike when he moved from Miyazaki to Kagoshima.<br \/>\nKagoshima is known for it&#8217;s nature surrounding the prefecture, so he got the bike to enjoy the adventures in the wilderness on the weekends.<\/p>\n<p>He would go down hilling on his days off, but the bike eventually got stripped to the frame.<\/p>\n<p>A few years later, the bike was reborn with the help of the <a href=\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/crust-bikes-clydesdale-cargo-fork.html\">Crust Clydesdale Cargo Fork<\/a>, when Iwasaki-san had opened his own coffee shop.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-162974\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6582-1280x853.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6582-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6582-1720x1147.jpg 1720w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6582-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6582.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The milk crate was installed when Iwasaki-san came to visit Blue Lug Kagoshima on the opening day. The bike just had the cargo fork without the crate back then.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-162980\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6598-1280x853.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6598-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6598-1720x1147.jpg 1720w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6598-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6598.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-162981\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6599-1280x853.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6599-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6599-1720x1147.jpg 1720w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6599-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6599.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-162979\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6597-1280x853.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6597-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6597-1720x1147.jpg 1720w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6597-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6597.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He kept the original Specialized Cranks from when he bought it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-162977 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6594-853x1280.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"853\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6594-853x1280.jpg 853w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6594-1147x1720.jpg 1147w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6594-512x768.jpg 512w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6594.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-162978 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6596-853x1280.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"853\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6596-853x1280.jpg 853w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6596-1147x1720.jpg 1147w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6596-512x768.jpg 512w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6596.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A magical fork that brings back life to an unused bike frame.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at your garage and look for a frame you haven&#8217;t ridden in a long time, but haven&#8217;t thrown away.<br \/>\nMaybe it&#8217;s a good frame to turn it into a Cargo Bike?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-163218\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6710-1280x853.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6710-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6710-1720x1147.jpg 1720w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6710-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/XH2F6710.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Huge thank you to Iwasaki-san for having us.<\/p>\n<p>I really hope you can visit his shop if you go to Kagoshima. I highly recommend their latte.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DIZEZ0Sv7_S\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; 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