Favorite NJS Frame maker?
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Originally Posted by CafeRacer
How about this one thats sitting in my livingroom.....................
Curt Harnett's NJS Gardin used to race Keirin.
Curt Harnett's NJS Gardin used to race Keirin.
I have that same exact bike though.
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Originally Posted by sniks
what's the favorite in Japan
If you see someone on a fixie here itll 99.99% of the time be an NJS frame. There arent all these startup companies here with cheap frames like in the states.
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Favorite is LEVEL. Nagasawa, Kiyo Miyazawa and Yanagisawa are all up there. Flat, pantographed fork crowns, traditonal seatstays with pantographing on the top, tab style dropouts and standard diameter tubing are what I personally favor.
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Originally Posted by deathhare
I would have to say 3rensho, Nagasawa, Kalavinka, Makino..from what ive seen.
If you see someone on a fixie here itll 99.99% of the time be an NJS frame. There arent all these startup companies here with cheap frames like in the states.
If you see someone on a fixie here itll 99.99% of the time be an NJS frame. There arent all these startup companies here with cheap frames like in the states.
about as much as a cheap frame from a statup company here
in the States.
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Originally Posted by CafeRacer
How about this one thats sitting in my livingroom.....................
Curt Harnett's NJS Gardin used to race Keirin.
Curt Harnett's NJS Gardin used to race Keirin.
What's the story behind this frame?
I brought this up a while ago during the initial BFSSFG group frame buy, but Toyo in Japan makes a bunch of rivendells, including the criminally affordable Bleriot. They also make Ritcheys (drool).
We oughtta order a boatload of frames from them. They probably wouldn't be much more than a Surly or Soma, but hotter by a mile.
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Originally Posted by bonechilling
It sounds to me like, in Japan, a second-hard NJS frame costs
about as much as a cheap frame from a statup company here
in the States.
about as much as a cheap frame from a statup company here
in the States.
Ben? Red sex coming right up.
Talked to a shop owner (Cycle Depot) the other day, told me a few years ago it was easy to find NJS framesets for 50 bucks. Seems crazy but im sure he knows.
Now the boooooom has hit.
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There's a wide range in prices here, and I can't seem to find much method to the madness. Online has proven to be the cheapest, though I'm sure there are a few shops hidden around the country with dirt cheap frames. Deathhare is right about the ~$500 thing, though I was in a fixed-specific shop today that was geared toward street-fixed riding, and they were selling most of their frames (used, remember) for ~$1000.
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i'm biased, but i vote reminton.
when i was in the market & looking to drop some serious green on the frame, it bested every rensho, nagasawa, and samson that was also available at the time. but seriously, i still browse sasha & stratton's pages and get excited about **** like that yellow & off-white eimei that sasha had..
when i was in the market & looking to drop some serious green on the frame, it bested every rensho, nagasawa, and samson that was also available at the time. but seriously, i still browse sasha & stratton's pages and get excited about **** like that yellow & off-white eimei that sasha had..
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Originally Posted by deathhare
I think typically yeah but it depends on what it is. Seems you can get almost any of them for around 500 bucks or even much less.
Ben? Red sex coming right up.
Talked to a shop owner (Cycle Depot) the other day, told me a few years ago it was easy to find NJS framesets for 50 bucks. Seems crazy but im sure he knows.
Now the boooooom has hit.
Ben? Red sex coming right up.
Talked to a shop owner (Cycle Depot) the other day, told me a few years ago it was easy to find NJS framesets for 50 bucks. Seems crazy but im sure he knows.
Now the boooooom has hit.
Yeah that was about 2002-2003. Sieya (Cycle Recycle) is good people. Tell him I said Hi !!
S/F,
CEYA!
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makino makes some amazing frames. i've had two now, both of which were quite different in style and the ultrajam.
that said, like many, i really like the samson frames. i sometimes think that they're too gaudy, but they are nice nonetheless. the reminton stuff is the same way.
that said, like many, i really like the samson frames. i sometimes think that they're too gaudy, but they are nice nonetheless. the reminton stuff is the same way.
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Was it sashae that had the blue or purple bike with with specs on the paint? He had a picture of it on his window-sill taken with an SLR that just made it look stupid nice.
Personally I like:
Personally I like:
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I love my Anchor. It's special. Less biased: I've seen some really pretty Makinos.
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