Supposedly back in USA, some cross-country riders somehow managed to RIP APART their Spinergy's carbon fiber spokes from braking power... it's quite a dangerous, if awesomely cool wheelset to use. Please convey the safety message to Aki-san...
Softride! I can't remember the relation to Allsop, which made mountain bikes with a similar suspension beam architecture... which was supposedly a love/hate thing because it was like a leveraged pogo stick off road, or so I've been told.
Apparently...
an excavation into a piece of solid cotton, revealed two sleeping pods... where the living item sleeping there will morph into a humanoid with BIG feelers... just like a cockroach! :-p
you just reminded me of my first maid cafe experience:
a glass of coca-cola cost 350 yen, two hotcakes with ice-cream another 800 yen.
result: still hungry AND thirsty! :p
