Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - OCEAN frame detail photos.....(kansai, Japan)

Here are the detail shots of the 3 Ocean frames I built up recently. Sorry for the delay, to everyone who has been
emailing/PMing me for these photos. My good friend Rick Miskiv took the photos (thanks), and we have both been moving office/shops recently so have been a bit busy....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25484700@N08/sets/72157604596104538/

Damn those look very nice:)

im diggin the geometry on the black one

they really are beautiful... so nice it's hard not to swear while praising.

DAmmmmmm...........

one of those white ones, please.

where's the shop man? i've been riding around kita-horie trying to get a sneak peek. heard you guys are opening at the end of this month?

Nice pics :)

really nice pictures
beautiful bikes

nice. I really like the offset seat stays on the 'street' model. can Mr. Kusaka do that with a 'normal' front end?

one of the prettiest bikes ive ever seen:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2223/2422509638_703e503b11.jpg?v=0

yup. thats super classy. i like it that the straps were manipulated to lean against the crank so they are not just "hanging" off the cranks.


kalavinka lugs or Nagazawa lugs. which do you guys like? i personally like the kalavinka ones more but only by a tad.

Nice lookin' bikes, I don't know if I could get into that metal flake glitter paint though...

Maybe it looks better in person.

Whaaaa......SUGOI!!

Nice lookin' bikes, I don't know if I could get into that metal flake glitter paint though...

Maybe it looks better in person.

One moonlit evening, as I pedaled home from school on a road freshly coated with snow, I decided that my dream bike would be white with little glittery bits in it. The tiny flakes kaleidoscopically reflecting light at every angle will set my heart aflutter. The bike above is a mockery of my dream.

I really like the bikes otherwise though. They are all pretty sexy actually.

I'm trying to place an order, but they won't return my emails. Maybe my newb money isn't good enough :(

we have both been moving office/shops recently so have been a bit busy....


sounds like they're busy, not holding your newbieness against you.

one of the prettiest bikes ive ever seen:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2223/2422509638_703e503b11.jpg?v=0
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I'm trying to place an order, but they won't return my emails. Maybe my newb money isn't good enough :(

I'm sure they will accept your money too but while you're waiting entertain us by telling what kind of a frameset & custom options you're getting?

I'm sure they will accept your money too but while you're waiting entertain us by telling what kind of a frameset & custom options you're getting?

White 62cm keirin sentouki with silver flake and red decals. Aero fork and classic seat stays.
I will probably place my order next month since I will be dropping $500 on some dura ace cranks and hubs tomorrow.

That sounds cool. I personally probably would opt for the rainbow flake to add some extra silliness, though. :D

White 62cm keirin sentouki with silver flake and red decals. Aero fork and classic seat stays.
I will probably place my order next month since I will be dropping $500 on some dura ace cranks and hubs tomorrow.

500$ for cranks and hubs...damn...alil much?

he must be getting two sets of hubs + cranks

hm...

going price for dura ace cranks - ~$250
going price for pair of dura ace track hubs high flange - ~300

$500 sounds about right.

btw those are damn sexy bikes

****. i forgot how expensive stuff was back home
DA hubs are $130-$150 here and the cranks are $150-200

lucky *******. i pay a little less than that and i get **** at cost.

hm...

going price for dura ace cranks - ~$250
going price for pair of dura ace track hubs high flange - ~300

$500 sounds about right.

btw those are damn sexy bikes

i dunno where u are buying these parts from but if the going price is 300$...do NOT buy them lol....

i sold a 36h njs set on ebay, mind you, for 150$.... not janky condition...

DA cranks in 9/10 condition will go for about 200$ all day on xxfixed sites....it's just that not that many have them...

deathhare is right about the japan thing...hell, i paid 225$ shipped for da7600 cranks + custom nuevos + kashimax straps + mks clips + 4 DA rings...

I found front and rear 32h hubs, new, for less than $100 each. The crank is $205. So when I said $500 I was including shipping. Good deal I think :)

I bought brand new 7600 36h HF hubs (the 'rare' 110mm ones) with two cogs and lockrings and an used 7600 crankset from ebay for way less than 500 bucks, shipped to Finland...

If were on that topic....I bought a Complete NJS Panasonic and rode it home for 450 bucks. :) Everything NJS except the spokes. And it came from a bike shop, not some dude in a dark alley. :)

holy **** dh, you are a lucky sonofagun

Yes, i was.
I sold the frame for 700 bucks and kept the other parts for myself. lol.

Stop it. I feel so ripped off.

Now I've got to eat falafel sandwiches for eight weeks to even things out in the spendthrift-vs-frugal department.

If were on that topic....I bought a Complete NJS Panasonic and rode it home for 450 bucks. :) Everything NJS except the spokes. And it came from a bike shop, not some dude in a dark alley. :)

DH,

do you think these deals still exist. I have a few friends heading over to Tokyo in the next month and I wa thinking of getting a frame but a complete for 450, details please, PM if you want.

TDHK

TDHK = so asian right now

Pretty sure deals like that are ultra rare now.
The shop i got that bike at has woken up too. I went back there over winter and they had all sorts of over priced fixed gear parts.

Now I've got to eat falafel sandwiches for eight weeks to even things out in the spendthrift-vs-frugal department.

Isn't thrift and frugal pretty much the same thing?

"spendthrift"

I thought they looked great but I think they could have really done without the glitter.

The glitter is structural.

sexy

The glitter is structural.




HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA


I seriously laughed out loud.

But, I do like the white one very much.