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Old 03-23-10 | 09:41 AM
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Bikes: 3Rensho SR Export

Here are a couple of more pictures, taken before I got the new wheels. Not great, but they'll give you an idea of the frame and paint. I'll try and take some better pictures later, when there's some sun outside.

You can see the offset fork crown, which is a trademark 3Rensho design. The original all-chrome fork was painted this way, because I liked it better. CyclArt also added the two-color paint in the investment-cast seat stay tops.

The brake caliper arms are the last-generation NR, which have the triangular cross-sections and script engraving; the pad holders are the first-generation Chorus, which accept hex-key bolts. The levers are SR, as is the crank and derailleurs. All the SR/NR components that aren't anodized have been smoothed/polished, and I added black paint in all the engraving. The hex-head fitting bolts on most of the components have been changed to stainless steel hex-key bolts, where possible.

The chainrings are from TA (52-41), the freewheel is a 6-speed Dura-Ace 7400 (yeah, not Italian, but it is the best freewheel ever made and it works incredibly well with the SR changer), and the chain is a hollow-pin Regina.

3Rensho SR Export - 9.jpg 3Rensho SR Export - 4.jpg
3Rensho SR Export - 10.jpg 3Rensho SR Export - 1 (Resized).jpg

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