Originally Posted by
LupinIII
If you knew what njs stands for, you'd know how serious their game is. NJS= 二十千. that means 20,000, or how many watts they're rated for.
omnium is obviously an inferior labeling, as they only have approved one frame and a crankset. can you get omnium approved headsets, bars, pedals, and toe cages? i'm serious about my toe cages.
look, i might not be a messenger (though that's like my dream, right after shredding through a rando all by myself), but i know i can feel the njs quality. when i'm mashing on my vivalo in traffic i can feel the superiority of these parts as I become one with the bike. without brakes I rely on this with my life. A samurai wouldn't go into battle with some crap sword, and I won't go into battle without a full njs build.
Yea great analogy. You can go all you want into being one with the bike, etc etc... but I'm pretty sure everyone feels that way since that's the pure essence of a fixed gear REGARDLESS of what parts you use. If you choose to depend your life on a crankset... go get a brake. Sure riding brakeless is so fashionable and so bad ass, but your cranks won't save you from someone t-boning you in their car.
Oh yea, and I'm pretty sure the "feeling" of "njs quality" that you're getting, is psychosomatic. For the money you pay, they better "feel" like "quality".
Once again, I'm pretty sure "Omnium" is not a label, but a sub branding that Giant and SRAM happen to both use. Feel free to correct me when you find some Japanese phrase or whatnot for it.
Oh and from Sheldon, himself:
N.J.S.
N.J.S. (Nihon Jitensha Shinkokai-the Japanese Bicycling Association) is the governing body of
Keirin racing. They have very strict standards, with the intention of preventing mechanical failure and "leveling the playing field" among the athletes.
Not all of the N.J.S. standards actually relate to quality as such, but rather act to promote interchangeability of parts and tools.
N.J.S. threading and sizing standards are generally the same as
Campagnolo track parts.