Originally Posted by look171
3 Renso hands down. How can you compare a custom job to Panasonics and centurion? Unless it ia a custom bike like the ones ridden by the Dutch teams. Many of then were rebadged custom frames.
jeff
Jeff, I don't think that anyone who knows the second thing about Japanese bikes would dispute that 3Rensho makes outstanding custom frames (as do Toie and Nagasawa). The original question was not "what is the best?", but "what is your opinion?" I feel it is valid to say that, even though they were "production" bikes, several of the Japanese bicycle companies made some excellent steel frames. Comparing to their European counterparts, the Japanese were right there with them.
Z