Yeah, you know it. It's the best stem I've ever used. I love it.

Even though i think the seat doesnt go with the bike at all...looks real good overall IMO.

My butt agrees with that saddle. Just out of curiosity, what saddle "goes with" this bike, in your opinion?

Almost anything but that. This would look good i think.

http://www.bikecult.com/works/saddles/guerdbturbos1.jpg

my Vivalo
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y266/roscoenyc/V1.jpg

B17's "go" in the trash, IMO.

that frame is sssweeeetttttttt

Came across this complete for sale and just had to post it. Its gold.
:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/2...5011707jh9.jpg
http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/5...5011707qw1.jpg
http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/5...5011707lg5.jpg

Oh my! thats pretty how much are they asking...? i love webbed lugs.

Its on an auction site. One day left. Its at about $1000USD. No bids ATM.

Man, you should just buy it and flip it back onto eBay US.
I don't think a 3Rensho frame has gone for less than a
grand in a long while.

Yeah, that red one went for 600 bucks recently.

Well apparently I don't follow these auctions very closely!

Haha

Finally got my new frame together last night. Ill likely be adding a brake, as per the law, but actually enjoyed it a lot without today. Of course, looks better without.
A pile o' pics.

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/6...inosignbv6.jpg
http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/5632/makpanobv9.jpg
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/9681/makfrontju6.jpg
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/5002/makwheelum3.jpg
http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/9337/maksidezl0.jpg
http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/1857/makside2lz4.jpg

i like the sparkly! nice work.

curiously, what brings you to japan?

ahh those hubs are so dope!

Thanks i like the sparkly too.
My wife brings me to Japan..she's Japanese.


Yeah i think theyre cool but i heard they were the lesser popular of NJS hubs. Or least cared for? I dont know.

that makino is the bee's knees

less popular, yes, but not inferior by any means. from my experience with sansin id say they were on par with suntour. underrated hubs, for sure.

I heard they dont make these Sansin ones anymore. That true? Ive never seen any FS

nope. word is the sansin molds went to suzue to make their hubs... from sheldon brown

Sanshin made Sunshine hubs. My understanding is they picked "Sunshine" as a brand name since it sounded close to Sanshin, non-Japanese had trouble pronouncing Sanshin, and Sunshine has nice English-language connotations. Around 1985 they seemed to have dropped Sunshine and labelled their product Sanshin.

In addition to producing product under their own label, Sanshin also acted as a subcontractor for SunTour; all SunTour-labelled hubs came from Sanshin. I don't know if there was any corporate cross-ownership, but, in the late '80s, Sanshin's president was Mamoru Kawai, the younger son of Junzo Kawai, Maeda/SunTour's chairman.

Sanshin's factory was in Shiga-ken, maybe an hour from Maeda's offices in Sakai-shi. In the mid-'80s they were diversifying a bit into forging auto parts. I don't know what happened to them when Maeda was purchased then went under.

Sanshin made a beautiful ProAm model high-flange hub in the late '70s. The flanges only had 5 cut-outs, leaving a distinctive star-shaped center section. Very nice bearing quality, lots of polish and pretty anodizing.

Nice to know, thanks

I'm not feelin' those particular bars (real bullhorns with a drop to them would be nicer imo) but it's darn good lookin regardless. I never noticed how sexy that fork was when I had the frame, though.

Are you riding a fivegold? Cuz the one that came with my eimei is [star]ing horrendous.

Yeah i guess i love the bars. I think normal Nitto bulls look huge and I cant handle drops anymore i think. These feel really comfortable.
The seat is an Ariake. About like the Kashima..hard as a hammer. Its been hammerin my ass all day. :(